Plenty of people with similar interests to mine (esp the computer hardware
enthusiast circles, which is in fact related to the IPC circles) benefit
from the usage of this system... Was shorthand detrimental to learning
development? No... it was an additional skill. And should English ever be
what it was? No, that's evolution of language, necessary for proper
conveyance of changes in culture through literature and other recorded
mediums... There are extreme cases of overuse of this format (which does
have an evil cousin named "reetspeak", typed "r33tsp34k" or something like
that), but then again there are extreme cases of overuse of everything...
"ruining young peoples' grammar and vocabulary as they replace English with
this stuff" ...
... ROTFLMAO!!
(rolling on the floor laughing my *** off)
Next thing you know, there'll be a dateline special on it... Anything to
appease the soccer moms, I guess... :D :D
Anyway... back to work...
-John Grabski III
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Reeves [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:09 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] Neither a query, nor a response... (NON-TECHNICAL
CONTENT!)
Yeah, have you heard about the language (not English) that has sprung up
around the instant text messaging craze...it takes the abbreviations we use
in e-mails to the extreme. I don't know from personal experience, but I
heard a comment on the radio about how it's ruining young peoples' grammar
and vocabulary as they replace English with this stuff.
examples
Abbreviation Meaning
AAR At any rate
AAS Alive and smiling
ADN Any day now
AEAP As early as possible
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
AKA Also known as
AISB As it should be
AOTA All of the above
ASAP As soon as possible
A/S/L Age/sex/location
AT At your terminal
ATM At the moment
B/F Boyfriend
B4 Before
B4N Bye for now
BAK Back at keyboard
BAU Business as usual
BBIAF Be back in a few
BBIAM Be back in a minute
BBL Be back later
BC Because
BCNU Be seein' you
I think that's a lot of stuff to remember, and it's not hard to imagine that
it would "crowd out" knowledge of proper English.
Tim Reeves
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: Niether a question, or a response...
How about 'their' or 'weird' or numerous other exceptions that don't
immediately spring into my tiny brain? This seems to be a day for taking a
dig at other folks's expense (though I'm all in favour of improving the use
of English, which is not what it once was).
Peter
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