[etni] Gibberish or evolution? OMG, xprts r all cybr tok is koo
- From: David Lloyd <dlloyd54@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Etni <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 10:55:14 +0300
Gibberish or evolution? OMG, xprts r all cybr tok is koo
The Toronto Star - July 3, 2011
“Hope to c u tmr haha if u make it. TTYL.”
Depending on whom you ask, this cryptic passage could mean one or more
of the following:
1. The end of civilization as we know it;
2. The emergence of a new and dynamic chapter in the evolution of the
English language; or
3. Exactly what it says: “I hope to see you tomorrow — I mean, if you
make it. Talk to you later.”
The doomsayers — that is, those who favour the first option — have
been in the ascendant for some time, ever since text-messaging on
electronic devices became a preferred mode of communication among
teens and pre-teens.
Across North America and beyond, some parents, editors and English
teachers continue to decry what they regard as a fast-rising tower of
cyber-Babel — all those twee abbreviations, impenetrable neologisms
and thumb-friendly linguistic shortcuts that have come to define a new
and increasingly pervasive patois, known to the experts as
computer-mediated communication (CMC for short).
To the staunch defenders of Standard English, however, it’s known by
very different terms — epithets along the lines of SGTROCB.
Sloppy gibberish that’s rotting our children’s brains.
** To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1018600--gibberish-or-evolution-omg-xprts-r-all-cybr-tok-is-koo?bn=1
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