I appreciate that not everone can spell correctly (that is why there is a spellchecker) but why oh why are we seeing questions and answers posted using slang text that reads as a 2 year old child would sound!
eg : yeh cuz she wud fel uz lied to her an dat wldnt b rite n she wud feel ya nvr luvd her bcuz u might luz her n dat.
Am I out of touch? or has slang now spread to the keyboard?
2006-11-09 10:01:03 · 28 answers · asked by puffy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
spot the typo also! doh!
2006-11-09 10:01:55 · update #1
Dear Adams Family! It is the ridiculous slang we are discussing, not degrees in Grammar!
2006-11-09 10:13:20 · update #2
I'm afraid it's another symptom of the general dumbing down of society - text speak is now becoming an acceptable form of communication and the beauty, rhythm and poetic side of the language becomes a memory.
I pity people trying to learn English as a second language - nothing on the T.V. / Ad posters / newspapers appears in the phrase book!
2006-11-09 10:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 8⤊ 0⤋
I have a pretty great tolerance for innocently misspelled words. This is because my brother is dyslexic and I realize how difficult it is for him to spell some of the simplest words. He is brilliant however. He has a Master's in computer science and graduated at the top of his class, in spite the difficulty he has with reading and spelling. So I get frustrated when intelligence and spelling are equated (not saying you did that). I also realize that spell check cannot catch all mistakes.
However, I totally sympathize with you about this computer "slang." It's very cumbersome to read that stuff when it is written like that. I can't imagine what the purpose of it could be.
2006-11-09 10:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This sort of "speed writing" vocabulary has become widespread with the advent of the Internet, "chat rooms," and online interactive gaming, because it's a faster way to communicate in real time using the keyboard when voice communication is not available. Now it's bled into homework assignments and other writing of the younger generation, as well as communications that (like here) do not require fast typing.
2006-11-09 12:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by gradivus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel the whole idea of using slang, instead of proper english, is the result of a lazy society. If no one is made to use correct english and relies on slang and others find this acceptable, why would they bother to change?
I often wonder what some people would do if they actually heard themselves speak or try to read some of the crap they write.
It's a shame that this has been allowed to happen.
2006-11-09 10:18:59 · answer #4 · answered by rustybones 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is interesting.
If you take a linguistics class, you will discover some interesting language laws. First of all, languages follow set processes (such as deletion, and other processes) that usually are geared towards increasing efficiency of communication. So vowels especially tend to get compressed when we speak certain words to the point where they aren't even voiced.
Written communication follows these laws as well. I know language purists like to find a certain point in history where they think the language was "perfect" and then insist that no changes in spelling, pronunciation, grammer, etc...should ever be allowed. Do you want to know what happens to languages where too many proponents decide this, and they try and codify and cement the language as it was? They die. As soon as languages stop changing with the people who speak them, the people stop speaking them.
Anyway, with that said, what we are seeing here is the same process of deletion (wud, instead of would) and other processes that are geared towards speed and efficiency of communication.
However, on a hopeful note, given the extreme headache inducing difficulty of trying to parce these extreme "efficient" communications, I don't think that they will last long. I think eventually we will find a happy medium between usual written language, and typing efficiency for the computer.
It is simply too bad that it hasn't happened yet!
2006-11-09 10:14:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i see what you mean. i will occasionally use an abbreviation now and then, but i won't ever type a complete message in slang as shown in your example sentence. i feel that contractions (won't, isn't, aren't, i'll, etc.) are ok though, because it shows the generation is at least modern, because if we did'nt use contractions every now and then, people would look at us as either snobby or "proper". one thing i don't get though, is why so many people resort to cussing in their sentences. they should use nicer words or substitutes such as: "oh snap!" or "oh fudge!" or even "for pete's sake!" these words are MUCH less harmful than the 4 lettered words much of todays society uses. there is a time for "properness" and a time for slang, but at least show some respect in both!!!!
2006-11-09 11:02:21 · answer #6 · answered by Kmisun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also have a reasonably great tolerance for innocently misspelled words. it is by technique of the fact my brother is dyslexic and that i comprehend how perplexing it particularly is for him to spell many of the finest words. he's staggering although. He has a grasp's in computing device technological know-how and graduated on the right of his type, in spite the concern he has with analyzing and spelling. So i'm getting annoyed while intelligence and spelling are equated (no longer asserting you probably did that). I additionally comprehend that spell examine can't seize all errors. although, I completely sympathize with you approximately this computing device "slang." it particularly is totally cumbersome to study that stuff while it particularly is written like that. i can't think of what the objective of it must be.
2016-10-03 11:28:58 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obfuscations of American English you write about are the result of the disappearance of the emphasis of basic requirements in today's schools.
Are you now in school? Talk to an english or journalism professor about your concerns. Remember that mostly young people who have access to a computer but haven’t been taught how to write properly use this media.
2006-11-09 10:38:54 · answer #8 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i no and even the fact hat the USA language is english but yet 1/2 the stuff is in spannish plus people when there using the keyboard the use alot of abbereviatons to speed up the process
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2006-11-09 10:31:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it comes down to laziness. i can't spell very well at all but i try. the odd u instead of you is ok in my book but all this "dat" n similar is out of control, or are we getting old?
kids want maximum results with minimum effort, that's why it's so popular.
2006-11-09 10:16:46 · answer #10 · answered by tuppassister 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋