"In a study of college students' text messaging, my colleague Rich Ling and I found a few more lexical shortenings; yet the grand total of clear abbreviations was only 47 out of 1,473 words, which is hardly overwhelming." (Baron 2009)
Response:
I was able to relate to this excerpt. I almost always use proper grammar and punctuation in text messages, however, with only being allowed the allotted amount of 150 characters per text message sometimes it is tough to get all you need to say in just one. If I'm really crunched for space, I admit I will sometimes convert a "you" to a "u" or a "to" to a "2." However, I kind of wonder who thinks that text messages should be in the form of a term-paper. (And why?) If it gets the point across, what's the big deal? I mean, I would never, ever turn in a report to a professor with the abbreviation "u."
Quote:
" He added that 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." (Shea 2010)
Response:
I thought this was an awesome fact! I was so surprised when reading it, that I actually looked for the dictionary of abbreviations. All I found were a couple of card catalogue entries, but I did come across this website that has several of today's SMS abbreviations and how they were derived.
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
Baron, N. (2009). Are digital media changing language?. Educational Leadership, 66(6), 42-46. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
Jampard, J. (2010, November 8). Ok, so the more things change the more they stay the same. Dissociated, Retrieved from http://www.disassociated.com/tag/abbreviations/
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