Monday, September 26, 2011

Acronyms in our language?

          At school, at the store, or even at home you probably hear people say things like "LOL!" or "TMI! Those are acronyms for laugh out loud and too much information. Those were originally developed for instant messaging and then for text messaging to shorten up the text so you can type more. Now it has been infused into our daily lives and daily spoken language.
          Larry David, a comic who has his own show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has recently called people out in his show for using Acronyms in their daily language. In the episode he called out his friends wife for using "LOL," in her language when she spoke.


           Using acronyms is the latest trend right now it seems like. There are groups on Facebook like "Stop Saying LOL in real life you sound like an idiot." To some people it is rather annoying and they like to use proper english language. To others, they like to use their slang and don't care how they talk.
          I could really care less, I tend to speak proper English just cause I like to stay proper. One of my best friends says "LOL" all the time, but I think it's funny just cause she's my best friend and I've gotten used to it. Some people probably find it annoying, especially if they don't know her the way I do.

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