Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Plain English Please!!

Yes! I know you are very cool and technologically advanced (wid it! - as some may say). Perhaps you have transcended the english character continuum and can speak in a binary dialect ( I guess I am not addressing this audience right now- perhaps another time!). I am sure the time it takes to type that text message into that all important cell phone must be seriously diminished! Plus, think of all the character keys you must be saving by typing in a "no-vowel' barely phoenetic way . . . but people . . . PLEASE . . . STOP the MADDNESS! PLAIN ENGLISH PLEASE!

Sure, it may be a product of generational change. . . But, I ask of you - plead even - what happens when you really have to write in plain english? Are the words spelled correctly? Do you use proper punctuation (can you spell punctuation)? Can you effectively communicate your thoughts without using emoticons? My guess is that there is impaired development.

It is no large surprise that everything takes practice! (Practice makes perfect as they say!) Reading, writing, and speaking are not any different. What is more is that the more you practice the better you get AND the better you get the more you realize a depth of experience - a depth that can be obtained by learning any subject matter (in the rant du jour - it is the English language, or any language for that matter). So I dare you, go ahead and type out those vowels, spell out that word *CORRECTLY* (look it up if you have to), and even use some punctuation and Capital letters for a change.

I know you can do it! Undoubtedly, you will have a tremendous skill that will evolve over a lifetime and perhaps someday you may even obtain gainful employment.

Good Luck and God Bless!

[For those that may be having a difficult time reading the above it has been transcribed below in modified form]

Yep! know u r kwl and all dat (with it! - u knw). U tink u r a cmptr geek ( shout out 2 u peeps ltr) U tink u can txt fst wit no vwlls but chill! No txt lik dat!

Cn u rlly read n writ? Cn u pnktuate w/o smily faces? N-way!

Gotta praktice duwin it da rght way, man!

U can duwit! Maybe u cn get job too (someday)!

Peace out!

7 comments:

Tanvi said...

Hmm... I know what you mean. Took me longer to read your "cmptr txt" than the longer Plain English Text

I think we're just getting old and not "wid it"..

Vik said...
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Sujal said...

good to know someone's taking a stand and ranting about this...Way to go !!

rhythm fadia-maniar said...

hey jij...guess u will find some of that in my blog as well...but thats just for typing faster n typing few alphabets coz some of us r not so good at typing...so its not a thing to look cool or something its jus for speed part....i know there r many spelling mistakes here too....but as i said its faster....

Sujal said...

hey Rhythm...U R cool !! whether you want to look cool or not !!

rhythm fadia-maniar said...

hey thanks sujal ben..came here too add one more point..when we send sms on cell we have limited characters so in order to fit in a more characters we use short cuts....like v for we or r for are..4 for for etc etc...n then it becomes a habit...so v type like that only

Vik said...

Hello Rhythm. No need to get all defensive! (I understand the reasoning for the abbreviations) However, thank you for making my point - it "becomes a habit."

(P.S. - I'm sure you are an English scholar that can turn "on" and "off" your English writing talents - this blog is not necessarily addressing you :)