The Decline of Written Conversation: OMG! WTF? LOL!

by Deb Ng on July 16, 2010

Im nt a bg rsk takr, bt I dnt sit & lt life pss me by, ethr. I <3 2 tk advntge f opps tht prsnt thmslvs, & prsnt opps f my on. Evn so, thr r a fw thngs I wnt do.

  • I wnt jmp out f a pane or f a twr, evn tthrd 2 n elstc bnd.
  • I wnt tke sass frm mthy 8 yr lds.
  • I wnt sll my bdy.
  • I wnt LOL r OMG

Wt…Wht? LOL? OMG?

Wr cmng upn a pt pve

I dnt gt 2 rnty, bt ths 1 gts my goat evry tme. F thrs a thng I cnt stnd its rcving ems wrtn n txt spk. I gt tht smetmes we hve 2 mke wrds ft whn usng Twtter, bt cm on, emls? Skpes? Blg cmmnts? We hve nlmied rm 4 r chrctrs, so whts wth the abbratns?

  • Wht f ws mre old & out f tch thn I m nw? Wld I b able 2 ndrstnd my nphws txt abrvtd thnk u nte?
  • Y wld I hre sm1 who cnt tk th tme 2 tpe  fll wrds?
  • Y wld I do bsnss w/sm1 who wld rthr tnxs me thn thnk me?
  • 140 chars dsnt trnslt 2 inchrncy.
  • Do u rlly nd 2 s tht Ill BRB?

Dt lt my lst nme fl o, I cn’t prnnce wrds w/out vwls. Ths no rsn n e 1 ndr 17 shd use txt spk n a rglr bss, nlss its N 911. 4 xmpl, 911 shld rlly mn, “cll the plic my hs i on fre.” It sldnt mn, “OMG! Cll me nw. 911!!”

Smrt ppl no brvty. We cn gt R pt acrss i lss thn a par. w/out hvig 2 rsrt 2 abbrvtns, acrnms, angrms & shrtnd, spllngs. Txt spk hrts the Is, its lzy & its rde.

wlhe wrds ppl, pls. Whle wrds.

Tnx

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  • http://getpaidtowriteonline.com Sharon Hurley Hall

    This is hilarious, if incomprehensible in parts. We definitely need more ‘whle wrds’ :)

  • http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog Karen Swim

    ROFL! Yes, whole words please! I find myself stumbling over some of the abbreviations people use and I don’t swear so I always forget even the common ones that substitute letters for curse words, Drives me crazy, lol!

  • http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog Karen Swim

    Deb, I agree with Sharon totally hilarious! Yes, please more whole words!

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