And so it is rather bizarre that the first widespread change in how people spell English words appears to have come from a group of (largely) young people sending text messages to one another with cellular phones and other electronic devices. You may not like seeing the phrase “LOL — U R gr8” on the page, but it is common enough that you are likely to understand it. Why have such inadvertent “reforms” succeeded where generations of dedicated intellectual attempts have not? And will they last?
My Thought:
I believe that many generations before did not succeed for many reasons. Society is an ever changing thing in everything we do from jobs to technology. Many older people may not have fought for what they wanted and possibly gave up. If they would have kept at what they were doing and put it out there they may have gotten what they wanted with the spelling of different words. I know that many words have different meaning and spellings for those meanings so in a way they did get that. I believe that in a way todays generation uses these abbrevations possibly due to laziness. I know that is one reason why I use them, sometimes I am in a hurry and just want to get done texting or instant messaging. Someone will still be using these 10 years from now, if not something better.
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Referance:
shopbizland, (2011). Text message abbreviations - sms dictionary examples [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6c_TZmOl0M
Ammon Shea. (2010, January 22). The keypad solution. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html
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