Quote: You may not like seeing the phrase “LOL — U R gr8” on the page, but it is common enough that you are likely to understand it.
Emotion: Depending on the age group, the response to this is different. My mother wouldn't be able to understand it because she hasn't been texting for very long, therefore, doesn't understand the lingo. Also, older generations understand lol as lots of love instead of our use of laugh out loud. So implying that it is likely that we know what it days is just too much of a generalization. We might guess as to what it is, but not know it and in certain situations it could be a bad thing. If someone from the past generation said grandma died lol, I would be offended. I guess my point is just that people understand things in different ways and some don't and won't understand it.
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| Not everyone knows what this means or interprets it the same way. |
Quote: But a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms that middle school and high school students understand what kind of language is appropriate in what context.
Emotion: I do believe that this is correct because some students in my high school and I were having a conversation/debate about it in English class my junior year. We all agreed that even though we text u on our phones, we would spell it out on an essay- you. Even in high school we know that it's proper English and more professional to spell words out in certain cases. It is just easier, quicker, and much nicer to not have to go through all of the trouble of spelling while texting. The whole idea of a text is to get the point across and quick, so why wouldn't we, as in the technology generations, make up abbreviations to help us succeed at that?
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| You don't make a car out of a house, why would you use texting abbreviations in an essay? |
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