So many of us can understand a text message if it has words like LOL, OMG, JK, and LMAO. These words are part of the texting language. People that are used to texting will most likely understand these abbreviations but grown ups that don't text much won't understand them. This is called the Texting Lingo. We prefer to use abbreviations instead of the whole word because we save time and we fit more information in one text than if we wrote it all out because we only have 160 characters per text. It is something very conveniant when you have a lot to say. There is an abbreviation for a lot of words. For example, to say thank you, you would just write 10Q. They have some really wierd ones such as bye bye ....BIBI. Wierd. Anyways if any of you guys want to catch up on how these abbreviations work you can check this website that I found, it is http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php . So yeah check it out, it has a very long list of abbreviations and it will probably have an abbreviation for what you are looking for.
It may not sound like a big deal but it is. We are letting our "Texting Lingo" be used in things other than a text message. We use in everyday sentences with our friends and sometimes even with our parents. Personally I find it better to say JK than to actually say the whole words just kidding. We use words like these in our facebook statuses and thats okay but to use them in our conversation or in our homework assignments is taking it too far. I mean we are allowed to use it in our blogs because we are writing about something from our point of view. There is time to use words like that and a time to use our proper english. It's hard to do this because we have become so accustomed to talk like that everywhere, but we are now College Students and we need to start talking like college students and not saying things like LMAO!
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ReplyDeleteI have never seen 10Q before. I think that looks so weird. like how does that even sound like thanks you?? But I can see where the "texting lingo" has penetrated our speech and language. I also prefer to say JK instead of just kidding. But I do find it annoying when people scream out LMAO or LOL.
ReplyDeletehaha!! This is definately true, my mom texts me and my dad and ask me what does ikr mean? or when i say "wuh" instead of "what" they text back saying do you mean "what"? But you cant blame them, for they do not know and were not grown up around this lingo we speak but I find myself writing for english in text language! It so sad but hey...its the world we live in!
ReplyDeleteI also do not like when people shout out LOL, I just think it’s kind of stupid. I mean I understand if it’s in a text message. I use abbreviations in text messages, but I never use them in assignments or stuff like that. My parents also use abbreviations, but sometimes they make up their own and abbreviate a whole sentence. I eventually figure out what they mean and it always makes me laugh!
ReplyDeleteI have never used 10Q as a substitute for Thank You..I usually just spell it out or abbreviate. Honestly, I don't mind text lingo within a text conversation..but it's annoying when people use it in verbal communication. Another thing, is when people make their own abbreviations. Like I am supposed to know what that means. For Example: "See you around" s.y.a.<--definitely something I wouldn't recognize or understand.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know why but I have never really texted with so many acronyms I usually just spell the whole word out. I think the only acronym I is a lot is lol and now my phone never lets me use acronyms so I just don’t.
ReplyDeleteIt is so funny how people come up with acronyms and we just establish them! I love using acryonyms because it makes texting faster. Some of them are ridiculous like INBD (its no big deal). But others are really fun to use! Still, you can't replace full out words. When saying I love you, I think it's really important to spell it out because you want the person to know that you care about them. Great post!
ReplyDeleteUsing abbreviations when texting surely helps me to save space, it is so convenient and allows me to say a lot in the little characters I am allowed when texting. It can be very addicting because I use Lol a lot and one time I used it with my mother and she had no clue what I was saying. Lmbo!!!
ReplyDeleteIm not going to lie... i use text lingo all the time! not really because im lazy; mainly just to be as efficient as possible and put as much as i can in one text. I wish a text could have more than 160 characters!! I think it is reasonable that since we are college students to start acting grown up and pronouncing full words in public instead of using lingo.
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