I am really starting to hate slang

[redlined302]

wtf u tlkn abt foo?

I replied to a kijiji ad a little while ago about an Accord and the reply was written completely in slang and I replied back "I can't even understand a word you just wrote" and I got a reply back "y u cnt read txt?" and I just replied "I'm not interested anymore." and then got another message back "y u reply to ad then?"

*face palm*

lmao dude thats hilarious i would have done the same thing

[Law Grandeur]

Man, that shit cray.

i see what you did there

[Bullhorn7]

Im a closet Cupcake wars fan.

[DrLove'sKuDang]

i see what you did there

Hahaha, I'm glad someone picked up on it.

[Accrdwgnguy]

This from the guy that posts questions in Offtopic instead of googling the answers himself.

[sunburn]

cut the girl some slack bro! she probably had a cupcake in her mouth

[HondaB18]

Now is it so hard to right that properly?

I know what you mean man. I hate when people can't take the time to write things out properly.

what is your opinion on people that can not compose without grammatical errors?

[cbscandal]

Now is it so hard to right that properly?

I lol'd.

[crazymikey]

I'm going to admit that the only slang writing I can tolerate is lolcats.

[Gemini]

Hahaha, I'm glad someone picked up on it.

[bobbycos]

wrd dis thred

[deevergote]

I'm going to admit that the only slang writing I can tolerate is lolcats.

That stuff is USUALLY only used by people who know the difference... used for effect, rather than in actual conversation. (I assume you mean things like "ooh, i can haz?")


Slang is one thing... words that have no official meaning, or words that take on another meaning... that's something that will never go away, and will always evolve with popular culture. It's only natural for people to dislike the slang of a new era, when they're still accustomed to the old slang they used. I still say "rad"... I don't care how dated it is!

The stuff that's plaguing the internet isn't really slang. It's a result of a handful of things:
1) txt-speak... people type with a full keyboard as they would on a (now outdated) phone. When texting required multiple button presses to get a single letter, shortening the words actually made some sense. "U" was easier to type than "YOU", and it also took up less space on a small phone screen. These days, such typing is pointless, since many modern phones have large screens and full keyboards. There is a 4 letter span containing the letters that spell "YOU" in a QWERTY keyboard. It takes even the slowest typer a fraction of a second longer to type 3 letters instead of just one.
2) Laziness. Largely the fault of autocorrect, people will misspell words carelessly, assuming their software will correct it for them. Not everything has autocorrect, and people often don't even bother using a spell checker, so the result is a careless jumble of letters that vaguely resembles words.
3) Street slang that does not translate well to type, at least not without proper care. Such slang could be used with minor alteration, and with attention to punctuation... but without those things, very often the meaning is lost. Spoken inflection is lost in the typed word, making proper notation and organization necessary.

[Leung]

i only say cool or OK. I don't think i know any other slang.

[Straight Success]

This comes from society not placing enough emphasis on education in modern days. You can't blame people for their ignorance with regards to a proper education, especially when everything basically boils down to lack of education. If educators and politicians don't care, THIS is the result. I've watched schools deteriorate over the last 15 years. There are some people who try to keep others uneducated, and this is the result. Effects of the American culture being destroyed by those who plan to make others dumber.

Politicians just cut school budgets in half, and I'm seeing this happening in some places in America. Some schools barely have any resources for learning, and we continue to cut additional resources. I know people in the 10th grade who can barely do algebra.

I'll also state that parents can be the blame as well. Laziness, well, that's another part of it.

[dysfunk]

This is one of my biggest pet peeves, but sadly enough, I can read it like if it was in plain English.