Internet/SMS Lingo = Path to “Idiocracy”
by ShahI’ve read an article (click) entitled “Online writing is a typographical and grammatical mess. Should we fix it?” and I must say that Internet/SMS Lingo is wrong.
I get it - people have few space and less time to type entire sentences. But this is applicable to stressful environments mainly in gaming. Else, if you’re stressed and not willing to type properly, and someone else isn’t, why the frak do you have to add decryption of your text to the burden of the receiver of the message?
Am I the only one who writes full english statements in my SMS/MMS/twitter/Messaging serving?
I still remember the day Chris, an ole’ friend of time, replaced the word “something” by “summit” - gosh, I spent hours deciphering what he had meant. And the madness still goes on.
Part of a convo (abbreviation for conversation in ‘Net Lingo) I’ve had with someone over a message service:
i respect wat u thnk
not tat bad for the time
1 min plz
u make me shock
Sure, one may argue that short message service is expensive, but come on - sending 2 SMS instead of 1 and writing properly save receivers’ lives (provided they aren’t fond of Internet Lingo as well).
I get the following a lot, when writing properly:
dont b so formal
Does this mean that proper english is viewed as “formal”? I don’t get it at all.
What about the path to “Idiocracy”?
Well, “Idiocracy” is a movie which depicts the future of the human race. Check out Matt’s video review below.
‘Netlingo taking over language is a sign of humanity getting dumber.
What will happen if you go to a doctor and the latter communicates as follows?
Overuse of animated pictures/smileys (emoticons) also sucks. The common ones are ok:
- *smile*
- *sad*
- *sticking tongue out*
- *rolling eyes*
- *hug*
And if the above are indeed used, they should be accompanied with textual information or fit the convo.
People should use smileys wisely instead of packing up their messages with them. They cause clutter. I do admit that having a china flag as smiley is cool during the times of the Olympics.
Think of Internet/SMS lingo as french kissing, and English as hand kissing. The latter is a far more pleasurable and elegant turn on than the “ewww” cliche former.
Stop the crappy Internet Lingo! Or else, you’ll be contributing to the decrease in the mean IQ of humanity.
Note 1: The Internet Lingo is also taking over other languages, and not only English. E.g. I once believed that “mdr” was a political party. It was only way later that I found out that it meant “mort de rire.” (French)
Note 2: I’m ok with L337 though - provided the one you write to, understands the same L337 dialect as the one you use.
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I wish you all a great new week.
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