Our teens are establishing a new language. 'm dnt 4get 2 pic me u @ 5' (Mom, Don't forget to pick me up at 5:00). It's called texting. I think it's changing the English language, as we know it.
While we were having lunch, my friend received the text from her 14 year old daughter. "It's like a new language, isn't it?" she commented. "It sure is, a language that I am still trying to get used to. I don't know what they're saying sometimes."
The other night I went in to my daughter's room. She was texting her friend, Cindy. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Trying to find out if Cindy is coming to my track meet. I was hanging over her shoulder trying to read the message she had just typed on her Ipod Touch, "h hru sup r u comin 2 c me tomo @ tm tmb" (Hey, how are you? What's up? Are you coming to see me tomorrow at the track meet? Text me back.) Cindy responded with, "idky mgt c u @ 10 ttyl ily bff" (I don't know, I might see you at 10:00. Talk to you later. I love you. Best friends forever.)
Is this something kids have adapted to communicate with their friends? A language that only they can understand? aitr (adult in the room)
It looks like shorthand from days gone by. I remember when I was in high school, we all took shorthand.
"What does that say?" I asked. "Oh, come on mom, you don't know?" "No, I really don't." "Wow, really?"
Wow, really I didn't know. but gwhtlc (glad we had this little chat)
A couple of weeks ago an out of state friend, that I haven't spoken to in months, sent me an e mail, requesting info for a friend of hers moving to the area. I responded with the info, and wrote a lengthy e mail. She wrote back, 'it was so refreshing getting your e mail. You actually write in English. I have friends that abbreviate everything. They don't use capital letters, or any punctation marks and it drives me crazy."
Out of curiousity I went online and googled 'texting abbreviations'. One website gave me 1180 texting abbreviations. ygtbkm (you've got to be kidding me) I was shocked! My daughters looked over the list. "Oh, we don't use these. I've never heard of most of these," My 14 year old chimed in, "we don't use 1/32nd of the abbreviations on that list!"
Really, 1/32nd of them? Hmmm, I have to think on that one.
Well, I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm back in college, taking Spanish, learning a whole new language, again. mego (My eyes glaze over.) Something I've just got to get used to.
I wonder how long it will take. tttt (These things take time.)
Let me know if it's easier for you, than it is for me.
Aight ttfn hag1 (Alright, ta ta for now. Have a good one.)
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