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Author: Billy Lau // Category:
I found this interesting topic on Victor's blog and here is a quote that talks about abbreviations and how Victor likes to use them...
For those who love texting, you know chating is one of the most favorite things you love to do. The world is becoming more social. So technology is trying to improve our social lives, like the phone or the computer. Well, abbreviations are the same thing, they are just trying to improve our social life. They are instant, abbreviations say what needs to be said and are faster than long words.
Some say, abbreviations are going to kill the writing world well I say STFU. Abbreviations are only going to help the writing world, because if abbreviations did not exist then papers would be too long and wordy. I think abbreviations is a next step to better writing. Lets see, when you say "DNA", that is a major abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism. So who would want to say, whatever that word is pronounced like. In conclusion, people need to use more abbreviations and stop saying deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism. So LOL
"Personally, I use LOL only when I am smiling. When I am actually laughing, and I want to show my laughter, I use LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL or just a simple ROFL(rolling on the floor laughing) and LMFAO(laugh my fat ass off). I find that the longer the LOL I use, the stronger the laughing Impression i would show to the receiving person. Usually, I use a short lol when I am not laughing out loud, but smiling out loud. "I am like Victor and everyone in the world who uses abbreviations to text or chat. I am seeing that it is becoming more and more common for people to use abbreviations. I guess the purpose of it, is because we are becoming lazy. We ,the world, are tired of spelling out or saying out how we feel ,so rather we use abbreviations. Lol is one of the most common abbreviations in the world. I would rather use lol, lmfao, and rofl and instead of laugh out loud, or laughing my fat ass off to express my happiness.
For those who love texting, you know chating is one of the most favorite things you love to do. The world is becoming more social. So technology is trying to improve our social lives, like the phone or the computer. Well, abbreviations are the same thing, they are just trying to improve our social life. They are instant, abbreviations say what needs to be said and are faster than long words.
Some say, abbreviations are going to kill the writing world well I say STFU. Abbreviations are only going to help the writing world, because if abbreviations did not exist then papers would be too long and wordy. I think abbreviations is a next step to better writing. Lets see, when you say "DNA", that is a major abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism. So who would want to say, whatever that word is pronounced like. In conclusion, people need to use more abbreviations and stop saying deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism. So LOL
I responded here! http://musical310.blogspot.com/2010/12/convenient-abbreviations.html
This post cracked me up. Yes, we teachers sometimes freak out about this type of language and maybe don't always like it. There are certainly times when it's more appropriate NOT to use these abbreviations, convenient thought they may be. But languages change over time based on the way people use 'em. At some point there's no use in freaking out about it; just gotta go with the flow.
Money quote:
"Lets see, when you say "DNA", that is a major abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism."
Heh, heh...