Are you LinkedIn? No?
Well if you Care2, Gather up your stuff and come on over to myspace to see what’s up; we’ll chat over dinner. I promise you it will be del.icio.us!
Ok, so maybe the only thing I know how to make is mac & cheese in the microwave but I’m sure together we can StumbleUpon something else. Wiki! Wait, what’s that mean?
It’s, like, slang dude. You Digg? Whatever, I’m just Twitter-ing on about nothing, trying to get a Ryze out of you. But since you’re here, I’ve got a book I want to loan you; I Reddit, and I think you’ll love it too.
Books. You remember books right? No, not that kind of book.
Who names these social networking sites anyways? I guess they’re catchy and all, but really? Bebo? Xanga? And, more importantly, what is with the complete disregard for spelling and punctuation when choosing a name? What are we teaching our children?
Maybe that’s just my English Literature background coming back to haunt me. But I have to wonder, would a social networking site by any other name still be as connected?
What do you think? You’ve been Tagged, so you’re it!
Can I get a Hi5 for that one?
OMG! I completely agree with you. As someone who studied to be a teacher, I was able to observe many conversations my students had with one another. Not only that, I read what they wrote. Kids these days definately do not know how to spell and use a whole language I am certainly not familiar with, which made me LMFAO. I think social media sites and instant messenger programs are partially to blame. Oh, and let's not forget about spell check.
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Cleverly written. (Is it sad that I didn't even know half of all these site names until I read them on your post?)
ReplyDeleteBut to back up what you say, I agree that these sites/services aren't exactly setting good grammar rules for future generations.
This instant message stuff allows us to get sloppy. I hesitate to use the word lazy, but I think sloppy is most fitting.
We can get away with writing abbr. words cuz that's what ppl want to do and r doing. See, I bet you had no problem understanding exactly what I just wrote.
To all English teachers out there, I feel your pain!
Best post ever! I don't even know what half these social media sites are! You should hyperlink them for newbies like Jill.
ReplyDeleteBut really, for me.
Thanks ladies!
ReplyDeleteI think the popularity of instant messaging has completely changed the way people use (or don't use) grammar. And it's all just gone downhill from there.
I'm not going to lie, I actually looked up a list of social networking sites for this post; I had no clue what a lot of these worth either.
Melissa - consider them all hyperlinked!
Creative to the max! Who thought blogging could be so fun? I enjoyed reading it and look forward to future posts.
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