Well, anyway you look at it; keyboards are making the written word marginally obsolete (good for me, I had terrible penmanship in elementary school). With the advent of chat rooms (hey, now that sounds like another “90’s on my Mind” topic…agreed?) and text messaging, spelling and punctuation has gone out the window. LOL.
If a verb has a ‘G’ ending or a phrase can be turned into an an acronym, it ain’t worth spelling out. Ya know what I’m sayin’. It sure makes writin’ shorter, but English is turning into a collection of slang, broken sentences, and movie quotes in today’s generation. Time saving sure, and I’m as guilty as junior high Joe or Jenny and I’m not suggesting we push for a return to Shakespearean English, ‘cuz thou art would be ye ol’ upmost terrible!! ROFL! But let’s take some value in the written and spoken word, aight?!? How do you feel?
ttyl, c u.
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| PWn3d!!! |
PeAcE,
DeRoin.
((Originally written March 5th, 2009 for Sioux City Journal's Young Readers Board))
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