" there is very little that is new about most of the abbreviations and lexical shortenings that make texting so maddening to so many. In fact, he said, with the exception of a few recent coinages like LOL, “virtually all the commonly used ones can be found in English a century ago.” For example, bn (been), btwn (between) and wd (would) can all be found in a 1942 dictionary of abbreviations."
Response
I chose this quote from the article "The Keypad Solution" by Ammon Shea because I totally agree with what it is saying. I do not understand what the big deal is with this "texting language". I do not know how many professors that I have had here at Fairmont State start of their first class by telling us when writing a email to them not to use abbreviations like students do when they text. People act as if this is some kind of new phenomenon. I know I'm a little older then most the students here but I can remember my mother telling me about taking a college course in shorthand. This course taught you how to abbreviate words and read them. My questions then is was not shorthand the 1960s version of texting. Here is another example how about all the abbreviations we use in the Education Department should these also not be allowed in emails to professors. Yes I do agree there is a time and place for standard writing and English but you can not tell me that because some people do not like a way something is done like texting LOL that therefore it is a problem and should not be recognized. If this was the case then you wouldn't say you were going to KFC for lunch you would say you were going to Kentucky Fried Chicken instead. I remember as a kid if you did say KFC nobody would know what you were talking about. My point is that change happens either get on board or be lost.
Here is a sight I fount very interesting because it shows the texting language and basically the definitions of a few abbreviations. Texting
Sources
Shea, A. (2010, January 22). The keypad solution. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html
Paradise. (n.d.). Text messaging--anem language. Retrieved from http://paradise7.hubpages.com/hub/Text-Messaging-A-New-Language
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