Since last class, I’ve been thinking about the huge change in communication social media has brought to the world. We’ve created avatars, developed an online persona, talked to people in countries we’ve never been to and have been exposed to information not even hours in the library or the freshest newspaper could bring us.
Okay, so our channels of communication have changed, at least we’re still speaking in the same language. Oh wait…
I’ve always known of urbandictionary.com to give me definitions of slang words even my 20-something year old self hasn’t been updated on. But after doing a .11 second google search I encountered an entirely different realm of slang; the internet language.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not new to this cyber planet, I know the LOL’s and the BRB's, but I had no idea language has become this distorted. You actually need a website to decode what’s being said in under a paragraph. I introduce you to English 2.0
As shocking as this may be, it does make sense. The social media revolution came about, as least for one reason, for the great efficiency it brings. But will you just read this language in the cyber planet? Trusty google gave me the answer in .21 seconds; no.
Yes, it was entered in the prestigious Oxford dictionary.
Will scientists 2000 years from now look at the internet language like we did when we first discovered the Rosetta Stone? Will they be asking, "Why did their eloquent language turn into a bunch of cap letters and numbers?"... "Who was this LOL?"
Idk wat made me LOL more, The fact we have tried to save time with phrase we commonly use or the fact we now have english 2.0
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Cody
haha nice cody...
ReplyDeleteI think this language that the generation y and z have created will also be killed by its creators... as we all grow up and enter the "real world", we will realize that this so called internet will not be acceptable to use.
I totally agree with what David is saying.
ReplyDeleteWith new online languages (such as Twitter) becoming so prevalent nowadays it's becoming increasingly difficult to decipher the different abbreviations and coded messages. When I receive e-mails or text messages from people I am working with on a professional level I am always shocked at the lack of 'proper' grammar and punctuation.
I feel that using this new online language within the realm of social media makes complete sense, but there needs to be a point at which you separate your social media language from your professional one.
People are so lazy nowadays when they're writing online, it is so much easier to shorten words and leave commas and dots, and most people do it automatically. In the end, most of their emails or messages makes no sense. This is common even in Europe. Many of my friends who live in London are shocked by the bad grammar and smileys in proper business emails..
ReplyDeleteWhat worries me now is the younger generations. we (my generation) grew up with some level of respect to our English lauguage, but for the generation Y and Zs,how are they going to be speaking and writing in the future? Will proper English matter anymore?
ReplyDeleteMy yngr couzin seems 2 only knw hw 2 write lke dis now. (Very Disturbing)