Language is a medium of communication and expression. The language translates your thoughts into words. Thousands of languages are spoken around the world. English being a common global language.Each language has its own style, rules, spelling, syntax and grammar. It appalls me to see how the English language is butchered during the chats on social media. People shrink the spellings, use acronyms and mangle the beauty of the written word.
great – gr8
love- luv
that- dat
come –cum
why – y
see you- cu
for-4
the- da
I see- ic
ate – 8
bye for now – bfn
I don’t know-idk
let me know-lmk
These are some of the short forms we come across daily while texting or updating posts on various social media platforms.
I am not a great fan of such short forms. It hardly takes a few extra seconds to type out the right spelling of the word. Some consider me as “uncool”……….but I don’t mind. I would rather maintain the beauty of the language than to strangle it by chopping the letters.
What do you think?
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