"My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc."
This was part of an essay of a 13 year old Scottish girl, who wrote her entire essay in “short text system.” What she was trying to convey in her essay is actually as below; (Bbc News, 2003)
"My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's a great place." (Bbc News, 2003)
Some may say it’s faster, cheaper, easier and more convenient. But should we compromise these small perks with language? Is technology to be blamed for the deteriorating standard of grammar and language? Global citizens living in the technological era has conformed to the short text system when using the internet or mobile phones. Some may say it’s faster, cheaper, easier and more convenient. But should we compromise these small perks with language?
Teenagers are not the only ones to be blamed as this alarming way of writing has also been exercised by working adults in touch with technology. Schirato & Yell (1996) said that people make meaning according to who and where we are socially and culturally. Due to the current teenage obsession of the cyber world, many innocent minds are forced to conform to the mainstream of abbreviations, internet slang’s, and loosened grammar. (Grant, 2002) This disease catches on to the fast paced working world where everything is fast and simple, bringing down well educated individuals along with the rest.
Although the text is recognisable and readable, drawing upon already established and shared set of meaning, (Schirato & Yell, 1996) Kress & van Leeuwen proves that that different cultural backgrounds and knowledge are deeply interrelated with the interpretation of meaning. Therefore, abbreviations can mean something to a person and something else to another. For instance “ASAP” would mean as soon as possible to some, but for people in Malaysia “ASAP” is smoke in the Malay language.
The “short text system” should be highly discouraged as it deteriorates the stadard of language. For many, it is also unreable as we share different backgrounds as cultures contrast. Lts cumbine R F-erts 2 work 2rds a fu2re 2 Nsre R Niuspapers Rn’t pblished dis wy. (Let’s combine our efforts to work towards a future to ensure newspapers aren’t published this way)
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References
BBC News, 2003, Is txt mightier than the word? viewed 22 October 2007, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2814235.stm>
Grant A. G, 2002, Communication Technology Update, Oxford University Press; Fifth Edition.
Schirato, T & Yell, S 1996, Framing context, St. Leonards, NSW.
This was part of an essay of a 13 year old Scottish girl, who wrote her entire essay in “short text system.” What she was trying to convey in her essay is actually as below; (Bbc News, 2003)
"My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's a great place." (Bbc News, 2003)
Some may say it’s faster, cheaper, easier and more convenient. But should we compromise these small perks with language? Is technology to be blamed for the deteriorating standard of grammar and language? Global citizens living in the technological era has conformed to the short text system when using the internet or mobile phones. Some may say it’s faster, cheaper, easier and more convenient. But should we compromise these small perks with language?
Teenagers are not the only ones to be blamed as this alarming way of writing has also been exercised by working adults in touch with technology. Schirato & Yell (1996) said that people make meaning according to who and where we are socially and culturally. Due to the current teenage obsession of the cyber world, many innocent minds are forced to conform to the mainstream of abbreviations, internet slang’s, and loosened grammar. (Grant, 2002) This disease catches on to the fast paced working world where everything is fast and simple, bringing down well educated individuals along with the rest.
Although the text is recognisable and readable, drawing upon already established and shared set of meaning, (Schirato & Yell, 1996) Kress & van Leeuwen proves that that different cultural backgrounds and knowledge are deeply interrelated with the interpretation of meaning. Therefore, abbreviations can mean something to a person and something else to another. For instance “ASAP” would mean as soon as possible to some, but for people in Malaysia “ASAP” is smoke in the Malay language.
The “short text system” should be highly discouraged as it deteriorates the stadard of language. For many, it is also unreable as we share different backgrounds as cultures contrast. Lts cumbine R F-erts 2 work 2rds a fu2re 2 Nsre R Niuspapers Rn’t pblished dis wy. (Let’s combine our efforts to work towards a future to ensure newspapers aren’t published this way)
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References
BBC News, 2003, Is txt mightier than the word? viewed 22 October 2007, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2814235.stm>
Grant A. G, 2002, Communication Technology Update, Oxford University Press; Fifth Edition.
Schirato, T & Yell, S 1996, Framing context, St. Leonards, NSW.
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The New York Pass is a 'smart card' - like a credit card with a computer chip inside - which gives you totally cash free admission to more then 80 New York tourist attractions.
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