As a girl of the 21st century who is totally into
the use of technology in all forms is also the victim who is been using
abbreviation of words or also called the technology or SMS language. The short
forms used in this language have dourly led to the ruination of my English
Language with spellings and formation of sentence and maybe the same with
others too.
It all started with
the use of text messaging. We try to type as less as we can, with replacement
of words by a single letter or digit which have the same sound (for e.g. ‘C’
for see, ‘U’ for you, ‘4’ for four, ‘2’ for to etc.) At times we also replace
the syllable within the word with a digit (for e.g. ‘l8er’ for later, 2mrw for
tomorrow etc.) Texting has also led to the evolution of acronyms, where the
letter of the words in phrases are used, such as ‘LOL’ for ‘laugh out loud’,
‘BTW’ for ‘by the way’, ‘IRL’ for ‘in real life’,’ JTLYK’ for’ just to let you
know’, ‘BRB’ for ‘be right back’ and many many more. Also we use ‘emoticons’,
that express mood and also the facial expression such as ‘:D’ for ‘laughter’, ‘J’ for a ‘smile’, ‘L’ for a ‘sad face’,
‘;(‘ for a ‘cry’, ‘:P’ for ‘sticking tongue out.
It more over increased with the constant use of E-mails,
Online Chats and Blogging too. English continues to change with the influence
of all kinds. The influence of technology is highly dynamic in nature and I along
with many are experiencing it almost every day and mainly the reason for the
forgotten English with spellings and formation of sentence.
