In the world of text messages, ignorance of grammar and punctuation obviously doesn't affect a person's ability to communicate messages such as "C U L8er".
High school teachers and college instructors are receiving formal papers with text abbreviations instead of proper spellings. Employers are complaining about receiving cover letters and E-mails written with text abbreviations, especially from "Gen Y'ers" -- and sometimes following interviews, unwelcome "THX" texts on their private cell phones. ("THX" is "thanks" for the uninitiated, not to be confused with "THX Surround Sound!")
Webopedia hosts an amusing Internet site for text messaging abbreviations (over 1,000!) but beware of using them in standard business communications, including E-mail to colleagues.
But I admit to giggling over the following text "codes:"
AIAMU: And I am a monkey's uncle
OATUS: On a totally unrelated subject
PAW: Parents are watching
ROFLCOPTER: Rolling on floor laughing and spinning around
2 comments:
As a member of the tail end of Gen X, I object! :) It's Gen Y that's using all those pesky codes. Us Gen X-ers didn't grow up with text messages. We grew up with Apple //e computers.
Thank you, Christine! I corrected it to "Y", as in "YRU" leaving most of the letters out of most of the words! :) Clearly, I'm no good with abbreviations. ;)
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