OMG,kids don't speak anymore. They text and IM now, and when they do, it's in some foreign code that makes a mockery of the King's English. ITDGI. Why don't kids talk anymore? IDK. I'll ask my BFF. BRB.
2007-09-13 04:11:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
lol wut????/ i dun unerstan u lol.......u tok wierd omg asl??? omg wut albms u hav???? im me plz
More seriously, I don't exactly see what the problem is. So long as people can still understand each other, making the language more simple can hardly hurt. We just have to be careful that people CAN still understand each other.
2007-09-13 04:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
my sister learned the phrase "ya know" in college back in 1961 which drove us all up a wall. Maybe it's been replaced with "like". I've also heard the words "I mean" overused, but somehow it just doesn't sound right at the beginning of a sentence when nothing was said before it that needs clarified. The word axed appears to be a ghetto word and does not mean the person's educational level. So I think with each age comes a new phrase. The newest probably is "it's hot" (paris), although I still prefer the word "kool" or "kewl" when it's hot. I can also say that I'm so happy "uptalk" bit the dust. It's kinds like prostitution, it's always been around and will continue, doesn't mean though we have to like it being around or get used to it being around. Are there still spelling bees in gradeschool? Where have all the nuns gone? Where has etiquette gone? Where have all the parents gone? Where have spankings gone? These days texting and computers, IM's and such have brought in misspellings and abbreviations. Just like calculators have replaced fingers (to add with). Time marches on. But you're right to call this to our attention since this misuse or misspelling of words shows that a huge percentage of students from public schools aren't getting their high school diplomas and it's scary to think what the future will hold for those who don't learn. I repeat..where are the parents? With regard to that attorney's office, why didn't you ask to speak with the human resources director of office manager and make a complaint?
2016-05-18 07:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why be frightened? change is good. and more often than not the "abandonment" is for greater efficiency - conveying the same or very similar meaning in a shorter or faster way. the worst possible outcome is that the english language of a few decades from now is incomprehensible in terms of today's dialect. but is that really so bad? were the contemporaries of shakespeare worried that when they were gone nobody would say "thou" or "thine" and all those good old words anymore? i'd imagine not. and what makes "the king's english" so important? like all other language, past, present, and future, it's a human creation. it will change over time, and just because we haven't observed a great deal of change in it for a certain period of time doesn't mean that it must never be changed in any way.
so i say no, i'm not frightened. i'm intrigued, and pleased to have the opportunity to watch a language evolve.
2007-09-13 04:25:07 · answer #3 · answered by visionary 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you are limited in length to type a text, you have two choices: Either be concise (which I prefer) or compress the message somehow. Most choose to compress the message with abbreviations and acronyms.
What I don't see the point of is using txting to chat when you can simply dial.
*dances away singing 'I wanna have text on the beach, message everybody'*
2007-09-13 04:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not frightened. More like frickin' annoyed, but, it's not like the kids don't acually know what they're saying behind the acronyms and abbreviations. If they were running aroundusing the lingo and had no idea what they were saying, THEN I'd be frightened. lol
2007-09-13 04:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Special nobody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not texts that prove problematic it's the spoken English, I have trouble with all the missing T's.
2007-09-13 04:26:35 · answer #6 · answered by Erebus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Text.............. these kids can't even speak correct english. I get annoyed when i hear the youngsters chopping up the language.
To think I used to get teased about spekaing and reading correctly is funny..
2007-09-13 04:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by BLACK GUY! ♣ 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I am very frightened by it. The younger kids I work with, can't even write/spell correctly.....wtf....you'll never change them.....lmao
2007-09-13 04:17:59 · answer #8 · answered by mowsermae 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not frightened, just really really ticked off.
Are you trying to incur my wrath? lol
I actually have a friend who likes to wind me up by SPEAKING in text abreviations.
She actually says 'lol' and 'rotflmao' (shudder).
2007-09-13 04:17:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Word Up homie!
2007-09-13 04:19:21 · answer #10 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋