Comments on: The Slangification of Culture http://shamuswrites.com/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/ Trapped within my own mind Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:16:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Stuicide http://shamuswrites.com/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11917 Stuicide Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:31:08 +0000 http://open-dialogue.com/blog/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11917 LOL CAD FTW!!! I love the use of slang, if used sparingly. Of course, it depends on WHO you are talking to that should drive the way you talk. I know that I talk to my parents one way, my friends another, my co workers another, and my girlfriend another way. I signed up for AIM when I was 12, and I've been using it ever since. I still sign on it daily, and keep it up whenever my computer is on and I'm nearby. I spend most of my workdays in hunting through a few different forums, but I don't think it's necessarily the exposure from these areas that drive this behavior. It's more from the circle of friends that you surround yourself with and how much you want to fit in when something like this comes along. If you go to Communities like 4chan and YTMND, you'll find this stuff in excess which makes my brain hurt. LOL CAD FTW!!!

I love the use of slang, if used sparingly. Of course, it depends on WHO you are talking to that should drive the way you talk. I know that I talk to my parents one way, my friends another, my co workers another, and my girlfriend another way.

I signed up for AIM when I was 12, and I’ve been using it ever since. I still sign on it daily, and keep it up whenever my computer is on and I’m nearby. I spend most of my workdays in hunting through a few different forums, but I don’t think it’s necessarily the exposure from these areas that drive this behavior.

It’s more from the circle of friends that you surround yourself with and how much you want to fit in when something like this comes along.

If you go to Communities like 4chan and YTMND, you’ll find this stuff in excess which makes my brain hurt.

]]> By: SeismicMike http://shamuswrites.com/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11903 SeismicMike Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:14:44 +0000 http://open-dialogue.com/blog/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11903 wtf? Sorry just had to grate on your nerves. I don't mind slang so much as long as it is in its proper context - casual conversation - and as long as the intended message is still conveyed. Though anytime anyone is trying to debate logically, the presence of slang in their speech tends to cause me to lower my opinion of their credibility, thus harming their argument. What I find irritating are clichés - particularly in the Church. People are so lazy in their relationship with God they allow their speech to be inundated with mindless statements that mean nothing! wtf? Sorry just had to grate on your nerves. I don’t mind slang so much as long as it is in its proper context – casual conversation – and as long as the intended message is still conveyed. Though anytime anyone is trying to debate logically, the presence of slang in their speech tends to cause me to lower my opinion of their credibility, thus harming their argument.

What I find irritating are clichés – particularly in the Church. People are so lazy in their relationship with God they allow their speech to be inundated with mindless statements that mean nothing!

]]> By: Jim http://shamuswrites.com/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11899 Jim Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:54:27 +0000 http://open-dialogue.com/blog/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11899 I think it's a combination of several things leading to lower test scores - the use of crap language like all these idiotic acronyms, the additional time spend on computers and cell phones, and the subsequent time spent away from things like reading and schoolwork. It almost makes me glad that technology wasn't quite as prolific when I was a kid as it is now. Of course, I can't imagine anything ever interfering with my love for reading. Trouble is, most parents these days don't really read, so their children never get inculturated into reading - and it shows. I think it’s a combination of several things leading to lower test scores – the use of crap language like all these idiotic acronyms, the additional time spend on computers and cell phones, and the subsequent time spent away from things like reading and schoolwork.  It almost makes me glad that technology wasn’t quite as prolific when I was a kid as it is now.  Of course, I can’t imagine anything ever interfering with my love for reading.  Trouble is, most parents these days don’t really read, so their children never get inculturated into reading – and it shows.

]]> By: Susanna http://shamuswrites.com/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11891 Susanna Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:43:44 +0000 http://open-dialogue.com/blog/2007/04/09/the-slangification-of-culture/#comment-11891 LOL! No, just kidding. That was a nice post. It is somewhat frustrating to get text and instant messages and not know for sure what the person is talking about. I recently read somewhere that since kids have started using aim and text messaging, test scores have significantly dropped. LOL! No, just kidding. That was a nice post. It is somewhat frustrating to get text and instant messages and not know for sure what the person is talking about. I recently read somewhere that since kids have started using aim and text messaging, test scores have significantly dropped.

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