for example, in answer to my last question, someone put "take her to da vets" !
2006-07-08 23:30:43 · 18 answers · asked by rachel 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I hear ya! (kidding) This internet abbreviation and anacronym trend drives me crazy. Literacy is already on the decline and this is not helping. Furthermore, often one can't even understand what's being said because people are inventing their own shorthand and expecting others to decipher it. Specifically with the examply you use i'm further mystified by the fact that 'da' is only one character shorter than 'the'. So the time saved is virtually nill. Why don't people capitalize the beginning of their sentences? Don't they realize how ridiculous it looks?
2006-07-08 23:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not really about "da" vs "the". It's just about slang and "da" is just part of the latest incarnation of slang. From shiznit to groovy to swell, to like totally tubular! Everyone goes through that slang phase and every generation has their version. It's usually not until later in life they realize how ridiculous they usually sound and thus begin to talk "normal" again.
2006-07-08 23:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sinurgy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there not people from all over the world here on Yahoo! Answers? English isn't the main world language although many in N. America may think so. Not everyone has had the English language education that we get over here.
2006-07-08 23:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by Windseeker_1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No excuses, the world is getting DUMBER all the time
Sorry meant to write da and be funny ha ha
2006-07-08 23:35:31 · answer #4 · answered by Useless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live in a fast world and take short cuts. It's just like saying mo instead of moment
2006-07-08 23:34:50 · answer #5 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rididiculous as it is, and coming from a college grad with a BA in History (lotsa papers lol), in yahoo sometimes its a freeing of oneself I guess from the daily parameters which guide some of us I guess, or then again they are just some punk *** kid talking smack :)) IDK lol
2006-07-08 23:38:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the same people who write ya instead of you (what do ya think) it doesn't only look ridiculous its also annoying to read.
2006-07-08 23:36:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its further bastardisation of the English language, this time from the need to abbreviate everything, just think how much precious time you could save !
2006-07-08 23:34:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people are not bothered about the ridiculous looks of a word. they are more bothered if the word can communicate their thought as well.
2006-07-08 23:33:45 · answer #9 · answered by whatsinaname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually thats is is being used for texts in SMS....chats...
nothig wrong with that if the other end can understand those shortcuts textx messages
2006-07-08 23:36:29 · answer #10 · answered by catty blond 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋