Sorry this took me so long..I was having difficulty writing about the chapters in the book so I had to come up with my own topic for my blog post.
The topic I came up with is online lingo or online jargon. . .you know what I'm talking about. . . idk, bff, omg, sob, brb, jk, lol, wtf, lmao, btw, nm, ttyl....the list can go on and on....
I'm sure most of us spend a lot of time sending text messages, talking on AIM, communicating via facebook or myspace, as well as writing emails, etc...and when you aren't writing a formal paper it is nice to be able to type and write things in a much more carefree manner. You don't have to watch for spelling errors as much and you can abbreviate almost any word that has more then 2 vowels in it. I am a huge lingo user, I'd probably be considered an abuser...haha jk! But as I think about the online lingo more and more I wonder if it is actually effecting our language. . .
For many people, such as the people of my parents generation who are close to 60, and even my brothers generation which is close to 30 do not use the lingo as much as my generation and on. This can be an annoyance to the other generations and can serve as a threat as well. Many parents have no idea what their children are saying which I imagine would get very frustrating. For example, the commercial (I believe it is for Sprint, or some phone company) when the mother asks her young daughter who she has been texting, the girl answers, "I. D. K. my BFF Jill" which is full out lingo, demonstrates how communication between adults and children may be beginning to decrease. This can be a threat to many parents because of how easy it is for kids to communicate with others online. If a parent wants to be able to know who their kids are taking to and what they are saying, they may not be able to fully protection their children if they can't even make out what they are saying.
From a grammar standpoint, I wonder if the increased use of abbreviations and jargon has changed our language at all, or if it will in time. Is it effecting our language since people are beginning to speak in lingo instead of just writing it? Likewise is it effecting our grammar because people become so comfortable with using the sloppy, shorthand writing? I feel as if this language is minimizing the use of such common words as well as ignoring the meaning as well. What about those good old homonyms and the importance of spelling?
I have a link to the site of two commercials demonstrating the use of jargon and how it has shaped our language today. I find this topic to be interesting, and although it is the last week of school, if anyone has time to write what they think about online jargon, I'd like to hear what you've got to say.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ySR3hpieiQc&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4nIUcRJX9-o&feature=related
I apologize again for those of you who may have been waiting for this blog post.
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LMAO! Solid topic choice. I think it is interesting that people are speaking in this abbreviated internet language. Walk up and down the student center a few times and you'll hear IDK or OMG about a million and a half times. I think that as this language becomes more and more prevalent in every day language that it will start to have an effect on the written word as well. People who are careless with their word formations will get careless with grammar and soon language will be nothing more internet jargon! OMG Look out!
This is a great topic for the last real blog summary! I have had many courses that grads were taking too, and one comment I have often heard is in regard to this topic. They say that many of their 101 and 102 kids write "academic" papers using this jargon. Yes, when texting or IM-ing it is much easier and efficient to write r u instead of are you. However, many students apparently carry this into papers and still write r not are. Some schools have banned their students from using this shorthand jargon in any e-mails through their school account or while typing at school. I think this is a very new topic that needs to be explored.
Like most of you, I also fear that Internet Jargon will become the language of tomorrow (OMG RUKM?!) I think that as future teachers we will be seeing a lot of these generational abbreviations in our students' writing.
An important lesson we've learned that can be applied is that of Codeswitching. Much like a home language, or even slang, this jargon is perfectly acceptable in certain situations. If students are taught the art of codeswitching, they can still use the abbreviations, but learn when it is appropriate.
I agree with durdaa (I have no idea who you are in class) but if we, future teachers, can some how use this jargon when appropriate, maybe it is another way to relate our students to outside our classroom's four walls. Perhaps if we keep blogs in our classrooms students can use texting online.
However, I think our generation is responsible for texting and these abbreviations. Come on people: ICQ! Was I the only person in the 90's using it? I remember dialing up to the internet, tying up the phone line and that 'uh-oh!' went off every time you got a message (it was very annoying). We used some of the jargon: BRB / LOL / LMAO / OMG.
i trully believe that it is effecting our language. take for instance in my literary analysis class, while typing my research paper i almost wrote jk into my essay until i realized that i was using jargon. In today's age we are constantly condensing mass quantities of information in an effort that because its short and sweet people will pay more attention to what we have to say. I don't know about you all but i dislike a person who is long winded.
I have noticed through going to school and working in different places, that maybe jargon is really just 2 different things. It's either a pun, or game that people speak with to each-other, or it's a kind of abbreviated language for the work place. When me and my friends use it, we're usually mocking the subject entirely, or simply making our voices sound different, but in the world of restaurants, half the time we're shortening words, because there isn't enough time to say the whole thing!
Lol I agree with Eric, it is interesting that people especially young people are speaking in a abbreviated language. I do it all the time. It sometimes just makes it easier especially if you're writing something long. It save time. Some people I know do write like that in essays for classes which does not go over to well. I know for myself that when I write a paper I know not to write in lingo, but write proper. Sometimes I may slip up and write ling but I catch myself right away. None the less it is fun to write like that on AIM or by text message as long as the other person knows what it means.
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