Published on 12, July, 2020
I seem to be the only one who dosen't understand acronyms and initialised words and phrases. It's very disconcerting to read a post or a whole thread where I find I don't understand what people are talking about because of acronyms and stuff. Is this just me being an old fogey who dosen't understand text speak or something?
Whilst there are some acronyms I am familiar with and understand, there are plenty that I find myself having to look up on the internet.
One thing I've noticed is that since smartphones became a thing, the use of SMS 'text speak' has significantly increased. I appreciate that language is ever-evolving, but my fear is that a time will come when future generations will be incapable of stringing a sentence together, unless it's been condensed into 'text speak'.
I wonder the same thing too, especially when I hear people using them in normal speech, like "awks", how will people verbalise emoji's though? Or will all emotional and other contexts be lost?