Great and Easy Ways to Communicate

GR8 EZ Way 2 Communicate In the technological world we live in, staying connected to friends and family is easier than ever. Almost everyone owns a cell phone or PDA and seems to be connected to it like a Siamese twin joined at the hip. These technological devices allow us to be able to communicate quickly, easily, and constantly by using the language of texting. Because of this wonderful new language, today instead of writing, “that was really funny,” we simply write “LOL” which stands for “laugh out loud” – same meaning but a shorter way to say it in writing. The use of these types of acronyms is second nature to anyone who uses these devices, and in today’s society almost everyone does. Users of this new abridge dialogue would agree that there is simply no reason any longer to spell out all of their sentences to the person they are communicating with. Why would anyone want to take all that time when we are so busy today with school, work, errands, and life in general? In the past, the English language has evolved to include new styles of writing along with the addition of new words. So, I would not be surprised to see acronyms like gr8 (great, y (why,) c (see), bbl (be back later), and b4 (before) be included as acceptable “words” in the English dictionary in the not too distant future. Since cell phones and texting are more popular now than ever, the texting language is at the forefront of how we talk to each other. Children are getting cell phones in elementary school and learning this language at the same time they are learning traditional English grammar. That means children will be opting to use the abbreviated text style of writing as they grow up because of their early exposure to it and its simplicity. This phenomenon will change how the English language is used when writing even the most formal documents because our language is going through a new phase of evolution. Although texting is a phenomenon that is sweeping the world, there are still some