Thursday, July 21, 2011

What iz u tryna say?

This summer I have to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.  Let's just say this book is hard to read because of the dialect in which it was written.  Because of this, I have decided to investigate different dialects people use through text.  

Online chat language 101:

U kno wen u got dem ppl who type on da computer da way dey actually type in real life?  i just cant stand understand dem ppl. it dont make no sense whatchu even saying n u causing ppl to stress ova tyrna read ur posts.  I mean, what iz u tyrna say?

WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO TALK IN ALL CAPS?  STOP!  IT'S LIKE YOU ARE YELLING AT US.  AND WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE THAT.  EITHER YOUR CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS STUCK, OR YOU HAVE ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES.  I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?

and then we have the people that dont use any punctuation at all id take the overly punctual people over these people any day of the week you dont know where to end a sentence you dont know where the sentence starts if its a question or if its an exclamation i already dont like reading a whole bunch of words in a row and your lack of punctuation just makes it difficult to understand i mean what are you trying to say

But Then There Are Those People Who Capitalize Every Single Word In The Sentence?  Where Were You During First Grade When We Learned About Grammar and Sentence Structure?  But I Have Arrived At A Sensible Conclusion, You All Are Just Really Punctual People.  You Know...Those People Who Over Pronounce Every Word and Every Letter of Every Word.  I Mean, At Least We Know What You Are Trying To Say.

Fellow beings, let's get our act together.  They say we need to communicate more, so let's.  But talk in a way so that people can understand what you mean without them feeling like an idiot when it takes them 10 minutes to read one sentence.

Comment if YOU know what I'm trying to say!!!

2 comments:

  1. Ahahaha, you make a very good point here. I hope more people read this and maybe change their typing style for the better. Not that any of the Bloggers would have such terrible linguistic abilities... Ehem... :P xx

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  2. Thank you and I hope people do! I was just as thrilled to hear that you commented on my post! This blogger sure does have its high points =]

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