Become An Expert in Mobile Phone Chat/Text Speak

Morning!

Do you hate chatspeak?

If so, your not alone!

AH HAH!  Did you catch that most horrible of grammatical errors as well???

If there's one thing I HATE about chatspeak (actually, there's more like 948 things, but I won't grit my teeth about them) it's that it truly encourages not only today's youth but today's supposedly educated adults to write like a babbling ninja gorilla on steroids.

Actually, that's one of my most kind descriptions about it.  But I digress yet again.

Anywhos!  If you're in a niche that indulges in massive chatspeak (ie, teens, adults, babbling ninja gorillas, etc.), you might have found yourself doing a double-take at the most bizarre of terms and asked yourself:

Jeepers Self, what on EARTH are they babbling about?

If so, not to fear!  Here are some resources to help you gain the edge and educate your audience.

• Chatspeak Dictionary
  
• IMglish
  
• Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator
  
• NetLingo List of Internet Acronyms & Text Message Jargon
  

And if you want to point your readers in the direction of what happens when good people go really stupid, check out:

Romeo and Juliet-Chatspeak Style

A Film Concerning…: Chat Speak

Walker: Texting Danger

I would be most remiss if I didn't interject a moment of extreme seriousness to this post as well.  The following video is EXTREMELY disturbing…but it's one you simply MUST share with your children.

Texting While Driving Is Deadly

Hope you've found the above videos useful indeed!

Remember, while you might abhor chatspeak with all of the fervor of a coffee drinker who got her first cup after depriving herself of it for 5 days, the fact remains:

Texting is here.  It ain't going anywhere.  Might as well make money off of it.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

ps – speaking about texting, have you seen: