The slow poisoning of the Queen's English-words

I agree that we need to use new age slangs and short forms only in sms , again depending on the situation . I find RIP the most annoying slang since it sounds totally uncaring..

Seriously, with us humans not willing to waste a single second of our fast-paced lives, we tend to make stupid abbreviations for almost every word. And then there is the social media, which adds to this problem.

If "LOL" wasn't enough, now people use this one- "ROFL" which means "Rolling On Floor Laughing".

This is absurdity of the highest level. 

AFAIR is As far as I remember.

AKA, Also known as are twoexamples

Abhishek Sharma wrote:

Seriously, with us humans not willing to waste a single second of our fast-paced lives, we tend to make stupid abbreviations for almost every word. And then there is the social media, which adds to this problem.

If "LOL" wasn't enough, now people use this one- "ROFL" which means "Rolling On Floor Laughing".

This is absurdity of the highest level. 

Facebook comes up with the worst possible abbreviations that grates your nerves. Some people perpetually use ma to refer to themselves instead my and me..

The excessive use of these abbreviations makes me wonder- How long before they are included in the school curriculum?

What is the problem? Life today is fast and written language also has to be done fast. If the sender and receiver are comfortable what is your problem? Either join in or continue writing Queens English. 

I am not using mobile so I don't interested in these short words. But like to write in full form when ever I chat with friends of laptop.

Personally I hate using abbreviations all the time...at times i find it difficult to read some posts sent through whatsapp . I wish they use proper English words rather than mutilated ones..

I use LOL mostly. But, I do not use AKA , howdy and such  short forms.

There is nothing wrong in howdy,  since it is part of the colloquial English and has been in use for decades ..

Ones inability to change cannot be reason for others not to change. 

vijay wrote:

Ones inability to change cannot be reason for others not to change. 

Inability? Or the strength to resist the temptation of uprooting a universal language , just to "Make things easy and save time".

No thanks.

No doubt change is a part and parcel of life , however, it depends on what the outcome would be ? I would rather hold on to certain things rather than change simply because Tom, dick and Harry are doing so...

usha manohar wrote:

No doubt change is a part and parcel of life , however, it depends on what the outcome would be ? I would rather hold on to certain things rather than change simply because Tom, dick and Harry are doing so...

True..change is an inevitable part of life and we should also adapt and change in accordance with times. However, that does not mean that we should allow or participate in poisoning of any any language, be it English, or Hindi or our own respective mother tongues. Along with just a matter of convenience, there is also something called as class and elegance which are related to purity and aesthetics of a language. If not everyone, at least there should be some to uphold these aesthetics. Otherwise, the beauty of any language is lost.

Though using abbreviations and slang words save time and spaces for communication, it had made people forget the spellings if many simple words. Since the proper words are hardly used by these people, when they have to write something formally, they end up writing terribly.

jabeen wrote:

Though using abbreviations and slang words save time and spaces for communication, it had made people forget the spellings if many simple words. Since the proper words are hardly used by these people, when they have to write something formally, they end up writing terribly.

A shortcut is sometimes the quickest route to trouble.

I feel. it is the communication that matter. Spelling mistakes may be thee. We have a couple of members here in this site despite selling mistakes, members are able to understand. Even our reputed members ocaasionally spelling mistakes. I think these small mistakes need not be taken seriously

rambabu wrote:

I feel. it is the communication that matter. Spelling mistakes may be thee. We have a couple of members here in this site despite selling mistakes, members are able to understand. Even our reputed members ocaasionally spelling mistakes. I think these small mistakes need not be taken seriously

Of Course. This post of yours is one such example.