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Are LOL , ROFL and the team ruining language ethics?

Created by : Jyoti Kapoor, HR Manager, Cybage Software  | 03 14 2011 06:08:32 +0000
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:-), LOLz , ROFL and lot more .. We use them whenever wherever.. Do we really laugh out loud or fall on the floor laughing? Then there is PAW - Parents are watching..Sounds dangerous isn't it! It started with Ims and sms and now it is almost possibily everywhere. Is it for fun anf would be a passe like any other fashion or is it here to stay and ruin the language ethics?

  
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Kids are using them at school and even in exams . These words are culprits for scoring lower grades and ofcourse they are ruining the language ethics at core.
By Jyoti Kapoor, HR Manager, Cybage Software  03 14 2011 06:10:45 +0000
 
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I am not saying that it will pass and things will change but The point is it is for short conversation and expressions which are not required to be explained. It would be difficult to convey everything if we stick to the language ethics. We just need to understand the importance of the vocab and use it when necessary . Use it at right place and it won't harm anyone.
By Mahalakshmi Subramanium, QA/QC Manager, Genpact  03 14 2011 08:00:53 +0000
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ITS THEIR LEARNING AGE AND KIDS MUST KNOW FIRST ITS USAGE.
ONCE THEY BECOME FAMILIAR TO THESE WORDS THEN THEY CAN USE
WHILE CHATTING OR SENDING MESSAGE TO SOMONE.  

ITS NOT A RIGHT AGE FOR FUN.
By Sairam. M, System Administrator  | 05 24 2011 06:20:38 +0000
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No doubt. This is bad ENGLISH.
By Dr.G.S.Rama Rao, Freelancer  | 03 19 2011 23:51:23 +0000
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RELATIVELY SPEAKING ENGLISH IS THE EASIEST LANGUAGE OF ALL LANGUAGES. IN THE NAME OF EVOLUTION AND THE CHANGING SCENARIO WE HAVE BEEN PUSHED OR RATHER COMPELLED TO ACCEPT ANY CHANGES. BY AND LARGE IT IS ADAPTATION AND NOTHING SPECIAL.
By sudhakar , BUSINESS CONSULTANT  | 03 15 2011 17:07:13 +0000
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Frankly, I am the supporter of sticking to the language norms myself, and I hate to see any communication so made. But any language in general, and English in particular has to undergo a lot of changes in the process of evolution. What to say when the British kids are seen using the 'SMS and Internet lingo' in their routine communication? What's more even the British dictionaries have been continuously including these popular words in their newer versions.
By PG , Top Management, INMANTEC  | 03 15 2011 10:06:42 +0000
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Your views are nothing but the fact  of nowadays.They are really doing

postmortem of the language.

Thanks for referral, Jyoti.

 

 
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 03 15 2011 05:10:09 +0000
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As lolng as conversation is personal and informal, its fine to use LOL or ROFL etc in it.. But using them at anywhere else is not desirable.
By Prashant Kumar, Senior Software Engineer, Marlabs software Pvt Ltd  | 03 15 2011 03:53:59 +0000
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Yes, absolutely.English is a beautiful language and like so many other things it too has suffered at the hands of the so called technologies that has invaded our lives.Gone are the days when grammer was part of our school and college curricula. Today even the teachers lack the knowledge of grammer and therefore given less importance in our schools and colleges. It is o.k to shorten some words like you with 'U' and so on to accommodate the number of words within the S.M.S. limits but to add such words as 'LOL' 'F....' and so on, are uncalled for.Such usage only brings in disrespect into the other side's mind.
By Venkatraman , Sales Executive/Officer, Magnum Enterprises  | 03 15 2011 01:25:21 +0000
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Its true and I support that this culture has already made an impact on kids who use more of IMs and SMS technology. They have a big difficulty in remembering spellings and right grammar.
By Denis Thomas Varghese, Instructor, Air Force  | 03 14 2011 16:32:50 +0000
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I agree with you Jyoti on your point of view and it seems there is no end to it as a result of TV.
By Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant  | 03 14 2011 12:24:46 +0000
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yes!It's correct.It will be danger in the future.It's children game but not elders. we forgot vocabulary near in the future. So correct words in chatting and messages. 
By reddy gopal naidu, Software Developer, infosourcetech  | 03 14 2011 11:37:13 +0000
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I think its not good for office chat and all professional stuff. I am also using these abbrevialtions but I do take care always. A smile :) is jsut OK if we use in professional life but if it is avaidable it should avoid. I agree with JYOTI, it is ruining our culture and basically against ethics.......
By Ankit Goel, SSCS, AonHewitt Associates  | 03 14 2011 10:58:42 +0000
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smileys and shortened versions of the phrases are LIFE of the CHAT apps on the net. These are the tools for conveying the message in short span of time and not for getting the Language ethics right. Since, the young children are in large number among the users of online CHAT apps, they are greatly exposed to such kind of terms and adapt them more quickly. Again the natural urge to share, use newly known things with others make the children use these terms more often. It eventually ruines their language ethics, unless parents, teachers or elderly persons strongly encourage them to stick to language ethics. There is a fear that with too much use of LOL, children (or anybody for that matter) would spell "laugh" as "Lough", some day in future ..
By Amod Rajendra Pusalkar, Solution Developer, MCSD.Net  | 03 14 2011 10:32:35 +0000
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A phrase in full has its own sweetness and depth. Consider using BTW, Rgds etc. while sending a professional letter. Next you should be sure that the recipient understands such abbreviated stuffs. To few COLLEGE can mean: C-Come, O-On, L-Lets, L-Love, E-Each, G-Girl, E-Equally .. and what not? Its fair to differentiate and use appropriately while for a SMS, an email or a generic format.
By Arpit Biswas, Managing Consultant, EMCPL  | 03 14 2011 08:30:55 +0000
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choldren r using this slang extenbsively in school and colleges and also when talking informally. at this rate, the day is not far off when they will use slang in their professional life when they reach 20+
By srirang gollerkeri, Senior Recruitment Specialist with AimPlus Staffing Solutions  | 03 14 2011 07:10:53 +0000
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Yes, Its not good for their learning
By Abhishek Gupta, Director , Skills Factory  | 03 14 2011 06:36:24 +0000
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Slang including abbreviation are meant to show insiders that you belong to their group and to keep outsiders in the dark. If ethics is to see life as a compettion between something good and something else that is good, then this is not good ethics, simply because it ruins the possibility of entering a dialgoue across closed communities. Internally in the community abbreviations are meant to speed up the communication.
By Kaj Voetmann, Senior Consultant, Beren  | 03 14 2011 06:25:08 +0000
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definately such words are ruining our language ethics and mainly it is effecting the students!!
By Rohit Thakur, Electrical Engineer-Industrial, Quality Engineering and Software Technologies  | 03 14 2011 06:17:54 +0000
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haha...oops sorry, LOL...a gud d-bate...lang. do not get ruined if v start using abbs. to start communicating.However, 4 kids at schools, the rt. form of lang. must be tot (what was that?) so that dey getta hold of da lang. b4 dey begin to learn dis form of lang. vich i b-live  tears the lang. ethics apart 4 fun but however keeps da basic foundation strng.

Such type of lang. do not give a chance to ny1 to find errors in vat uve ritten...But, dats ver d fun lies and shud nt be taken as part of d real lang. vich has all brought us together. Lets not get FCUKD UP using dis lang coz it just adds spice 2 our communication...Phew! I think dat was enuf 4 2day.

The ones marked in bold is just a snapshot of how the language has been torn apart for fun but its our responsibility to fix them together. I just fixed it. Have you?
By Saibal Ray, Sr. Process Engineer, KPIT Cummins Infosystems  | 03 19 2011 08:35:24 +0000
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Its for fun where does the question of ruining the language comes,besides these looks pretty cool to use instead of typing a long text itz abbr are preferred more. Moreover nobody raised an eyebrow when we were going ga-ga over western culture.
By Rahul Kumar Rai, I.T Consultant, Bennett, Coleman & Co. (The Times Of India Group)  | 03 17 2011 04:17:26 +0000
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Mahalakshmi is very much correct.

It is no way harming the language at all as it is just derived from the English language.

It is very difficult to type all the letters using your handphone,PC, Laptop,especially when you are in hurry.

When it is an official matter,we generally don't use such shortcuts though.
By Dhawal , IT Consultant, Electro Industries  | 03 15 2011 12:31:26 +0000
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It can be taken as jovial or fun and need not consider serious. it is just like that.Thanks for the referral Ms.Mahalaxmi.
By NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd  | 03 14 2011 17:34:04 +0000
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I agree with Maha, that whether we like it or not the smileys and shrtend form ahve come here to stay for a longer time.The actaul fatality is grammar. Even grown ups find it hard to use correct grammar nowadys
By sheriff r mohideen, General Manager -Technical, Origin Foods Limited  | 03 14 2011 09:08:59 +0000
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