tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post1148018249080858790..comments2024-03-25T15:49:59.208+05:30Comments on Preeti Shenoy's blog.: Why SMS lingo irks mePreeti Shenoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-81594318757756248962012-08-15T09:36:18.684+05:302012-08-15T09:36:18.684+05:30SKVR: Thank you for your long and detailed comment...SKVR: Thank you for your long and detailed comment. The last line of my post as well as the title says it all. I have no objection if people want to use it. But kindly leave me out of it! <br /><br />If people want to communicate among themselves using Hinglish, slang, texts, (incidentally lingo is indeed an English word, kindly google), I totally have no issues. It is entirely their choice. (I really cannot stand Hinglish too)<br /><br />It is like this: If I say i do not like brinjals, it is my personal choice! The point you are making in your comment is akin to saying 'But you cannot stop other people from eating brinjals. Brinjals are good for health and tasty'. :)<br /><br />And for the record I do not like people who hide behind online identities with a made up name, either. It's a personal quirk.Preeti Shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-2206812778849795142012-08-14T21:55:26.363+05:302012-08-14T21:55:26.363+05:30I realize this reply is coming almost a month afte...I realize this reply is coming almost a month after the post. Usually I read your blogs in spurts as I do not follow them regularly. I found this one particularly interesting and was very tempted to put in my 2 cents.<br />I actually do not believe that using "Textese"( I din't know that's what its called!) is equivalent to butchering the language. It is like a lot of other forms of "lingos" (which isn't an English word either!) that have come into being off late. One doesn't have to like it or agree with it. However, to say that using textese is being lazy or miserly is a bit much. Especially with college students. Yes it does go into one extra text and that one extra text isn't much when it is just one so to speak. It is however equivalent to a meal or a litre of petrol when multiplied by some 50 friends. Studies show that an average student sends about 200 texts a day. That is a lot of money in one extra text. :)<br />I believe that your point of view is definitely one school of thought. There is however another one that believes that textese has enhanced the way people pick up languages and it shows how far our minds can be stretched to be able to understand even incomplete words (I'm sure you've seen enough such forwards on facebook!).<br />All in all, I think it is a creative way to play around with words; a new branch of English not unlike "Hinglish" so to speak. Requesting someone not to text in a certain way is like asking someone not to use slang or mix words of other languages(which we ALL do!) while conversing. Having said that, I also believe that there is a time and place to use both slang and textese - a boss or a maybe an acquaintance, someone elderly who might have trouble with this language or even a friend who says that they don't understand this mode of communication (which is what I do sometimes when I don't get it or pick up the phone and call them). <br />After all, in an age with freedom of expression who are we to say how one should or should not communicate. :) Roshni Shuklahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943100782291464469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-74713931405626229562012-07-26T18:09:12.260+05:302012-07-26T18:09:12.260+05:30I'm so glad that you want to read that:) Here ...I'm so glad that you want to read that:) Here is the link: http://tarangsinha.blogspot.in/2012/05/article-published-in-womans-era.htmlTarang Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346902969017351667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-70964235034865029442012-07-23T13:37:02.956+05:302012-07-23T13:37:02.956+05:30Seeba: I just write whatever is uppermost in my mi...Seeba: I just write whatever is uppermost in my mind that day. Thank you for reading! :)<br /><br />VPP: So right!<br /><br />lifeinside: I cringe too.<br /><br />Shachi: yes :)<br /><br />Phanikumar: It is hard to break once it becomes a habit.<br /><br />Jasmine: thank you for commenting and welcome aboard! :)Preeti Shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-71570880126582579362012-07-23T13:34:39.917+05:302012-07-23T13:34:39.917+05:30Ramesh: You are very right about language evolving...Ramesh: You are very right about language evolving but if that ever happens, I being 40 already,would be dead and gone :) So I guess it is okay to not adapt :)<br />And even though I criticized the sms lingo so much, I still use emoticons like this! :)<br /><br />Shannu: :)<br /><br />Jnyandeep: Didn't get that.<br /><br />Krishna: I don't know, I am a purist and a grammar Nazi.Preeti Shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-52626003419761248952012-07-23T13:30:30.235+05:302012-07-23T13:30:30.235+05:30Leonardo: :-)
Jyotsna: :) A resume in that lingo!...Leonardo: :-)<br /><br />Jyotsna: :) A resume in that lingo! That takes the cake! :)<br /><br />Me: why didn't you reject him/her straight away? :P<br /><br />Shehnaz: I don't know, i am anal about it!<br /><br />Chandni: True!Preeti Shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-17075065107502557202012-07-23T13:26:51.321+05:302012-07-23T13:26:51.321+05:30Sourabh: yes! :)
Tarang: If you share a link I wi...Sourabh: yes! :)<br /><br />Tarang: If you share a link I will be happy to read it.<br /><br />Aaekay: I guess I am a freak too :) Let's form a freaky club :D Welcome :)<br /><br />Bala: I don't know if pace has increased as many i know do not use it.Preeti Shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-13317338120136618102012-07-22T02:08:09.584+05:302012-07-22T02:08:09.584+05:30Totally agree. Using auto-complete one can type an...Totally agree. Using auto-complete one can type any message very easily. Even this one is being typed using auto-complete in a smart phone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344391556717826823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-16590313761373333132012-07-19T22:49:12.445+05:302012-07-19T22:49:12.445+05:30Very well said Preeti! It irritates me immensely a...Very well said Preeti! It irritates me immensely and out of irritation I wrote an article and I’m happy that it got published in Woman’s Era Magazine. Completely agree with you and I really liked this post!:)Tarang Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346902969017351667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-20888067409666342772012-07-19T20:35:52.766+05:302012-07-19T20:35:52.766+05:30How true Preeti!
My friends have a habit of typin...How true Preeti! <br />My friends have a habit of typing like this and I'd rather delete the text or not reply, than spend my time cracking the code, understanding it and finally replying! I tend to text in full language with proper punctuation and sometimes people do think I'm a freak who needs to be laughed at. But in my head, I know who really is the clown :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-82340931466222298802012-07-19T19:59:59.422+05:302012-07-19T19:59:59.422+05:30True, I too get lost when something arrives in SMS...True, I too get lost when something arrives in SMS lingo but I agree with Ramesh that the pace of change has increased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-57716783324382883472012-07-19T00:55:58.743+05:302012-07-19T00:55:58.743+05:30Rightly said! SMS lingo sucks! :/Rightly said! SMS lingo sucks! :/Rachithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155735795813567751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-21397450332593678052012-07-18T23:16:49.786+05:302012-07-18T23:16:49.786+05:30Can you beat this - I received such an encrypted m...Can you beat this - I received such an encrypted message from a candidate who had applied for a job at our place and I was taking the interview. It took me 10 minutes and 3 people's help to understand what that candidate wanted to tell me :DPrivy Trifleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317530852098436444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-133116263232877832012-07-18T14:01:11.469+05:302012-07-18T14:01:11.469+05:30Yes you are very right:) most of the time when i a...Yes you are very right:) most of the time when i am working or if i am upto something i donot attend calls i use sms to talk to my friends and yeah this sms lingo is sometimes very annoying for example if something important has to be conveyed and if it is conveyed in sms language and if people type in this sms lingo and expect me to reply promply it is very annoying and again as you rightly said one is not going to save tonnes of money by typing one or two letters extra..The excuses they mention are very lame ones.i couldnot believe my eyes the other day when i saw this lingo in a resume and so was manager very shocked as well..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015783497707842313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-73136509070525946042012-07-18T12:09:57.040+05:302012-07-18T12:09:57.040+05:30Oh Preethi!! Are you talking about me by any chanc...Oh Preethi!! Are you talking about me by any chance?! Uhh!Though I am a mom of three kids,I still do that...I know it sucks,yeah! big time..but still do that sometimes..Seems like its time for me to stop before my nine year old gets into the habit!shehnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907472131843042300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-36102091513238720572012-07-18T10:48:02.730+05:302012-07-18T10:48:02.730+05:30Soon we will be going back to the old days of comm...Soon we will be going back to the old days of communicating with signs...easy way out :) people are becoming lazier by the day...grrrr!!<br />(see, me not lazy ;)...hahaha)Chandnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193196729932983956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-70495170277916609882012-07-18T10:04:57.157+05:302012-07-18T10:04:57.157+05:30While I agree that this trend is irritating to say...While I agree that this trend is irritating to say the least, this is simply the way languages develop. English is incredibly adaptable to change and that's why it has flourished. We wouldn't be able to read Shakespeare's original - it would be difficult to understand a word and if somebody from that vintage were to read today's impeccable English, he wouldn't understand either. The problem is that the pace of change has rapidly accelerated and its now mutating in decades rather than centuries. <br /><br />I will never adopt SMS lingo, but I suspect to our children, that will be the normal language and maybe our English will be as esoteric and unintelligible as Shakespeare's.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-59708568720152728212012-07-18T09:58:34.643+05:302012-07-18T09:58:34.643+05:30"SMS lingo creeping into answer sheets" ..."SMS lingo creeping into answer sheets" - I completely agree on that. Many times i have myself got into that habit. That's when i stopped using the short forms in SMS and till date i type complete words, even though my friends make fun of it.Archanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673325378799322120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-11594063923895578662012-07-18T07:18:41.047+05:302012-07-18T07:18:41.047+05:30The writer save time in these but the reader needs...The writer save time in these but the reader needs time. Interesting!Jay Neoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324325199996273334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-1407038589103926302012-07-18T06:48:34.360+05:302012-07-18T06:48:34.360+05:30Impressive... Even I feel the same and use to repl...Impressive... Even I feel the same and use to reply my friends as "Lazy Buggers" who sms me in such lingo... It has become a common habit for especially students these days to use such script even in their exams... Hope this generation realizes the true value of grammar and punctuation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375943984625052498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-76324930325852044812012-07-18T06:22:16.000+05:302012-07-18T06:22:16.000+05:30Loved it..! Though am an ardent fan of such langua...Loved it..! Though am an ardent fan of such language I limit it to select friends. I guess it depends on whom you are sending it to. I can’t imagine my boss/senior in office appreciating a mail in such lingo.<br /><br />I would love to know where you get all these creative ideas for your blog. I started reading them a month back and I was tempted to go back in time and read all your blogs from the start. And am happy I gave in to the temptation.Seebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781620550384382378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-74977234110084481842012-07-18T06:18:49.337+05:302012-07-18T06:18:49.337+05:30:)I can't imagine anyone writing in any of our...:)I can't imagine anyone writing in any of our indian regional languages would dare to use this sms lingo.The meaning of the word will change with every letter missed :p :DVPPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650415841442179589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-25055635766349303202012-07-18T01:04:19.080+05:302012-07-18T01:04:19.080+05:30Loved it.I so agree! I, most of the time, cannot i...Loved it.I so agree! I, most of the time, cannot infer these lingos and so I despise them. Also each time some texts me in such a way, I feel like the words are being cruelly murdered. And it is not even a tiny bit cool for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-67553243803607152592012-07-18T00:02:44.171+05:302012-07-18T00:02:44.171+05:30I completely concur! I am glad I never got into th...I completely concur! I am glad I never got into the habit of texting....till today...it has spared me largely from reading such crap!Shachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008713817905152623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36418670.post-56806504464805388962012-07-17T23:36:20.035+05:302012-07-17T23:36:20.035+05:30""SMS lingo is creeping into answer shee...""SMS lingo is creeping into answer sheets too...Students use 'btwn' instead of writing 'between' "" <br /><br />it happened many times with me too & also i used to write becoz my lecturer mark it with his red pen & write the correct speeling over it while giving the ansher sheets they used to give ne weired looks & i used to laugh a lot while checking out . thanks a lot you remembered me some good memories of my college daysphani kumar d warrior princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041834720882069562noreply@blogger.com