Three things – (Buff Chat)
Jun 12th, 2008 by Mr Moo
Begging…
Safe, man. You lookin buff in dem low batties. Dey’s sick, man. Me? I’m just jammin wid me bruds. Dis my yard, innit? Is nang, you get me? No? What ends you from then? If this language sounds familiar, the chances are you’re from inner-city London, where a new multicultural dialect is emerging. But wherever you live, it’s coming to you soon.
The Guardian yesterday had a feature on Jafaican, the new street slang. When I showed Mrs Moo, she said “Sick”.
Social Notworking (sic)
As Barakah from Rickshawdiaries noted, this trend of incomprehensibility has arrived at facebook too. I submit an entry between two young cousins…
oi is der suttin u aint tellin me coz if u aint den we gtta chat sak dat we gtta chat neway. (SUBU lol)
I feel old, and I hug my Oxford minireference thesaurus for comfort. I suspect the quote above is the talk of the 2008 version of the bhangra muffins (from Goodness Gracious Me)
Haiku-Twittering
The sidebar has links | to my haiku on twitter | I post/text when bored
I’m getting steadily more annoyed at how these usually quite young people use these ridiculous forms which require no knowledge of actual spelling whatsoever. How will they ever learn to use the language properly or to spell if ‘deys always gonna gt 2 each ova usin txt lingo innit! newayz, c u 2mrw, mwah… LOL’…?
I know I sound like Mary Whitehouse, but for some reason seeing the proliferation of that sort of usage is slightly getting under my skin. I long to see clear, beautiful prose, even on that slippery medium known as Facebook!
Bring back the three Rs!!!
PS: I realise you’re talking about something slightly different in your post, but I felt the need to let off steam on the other, related issue!
BRAAAAAPPP!!!…….please someone tell me what the hell this means???
wag 1 g this ting is sick. cool gettin noticed wid dis bein ma homies lang. when me kotch wiv ma bois outside me yard i say dis lang be sick. listenin to muzik trough me new phone iz jus nang. we here dat sh*t from E15. Blad E15 4 eva. yeah. g . me off naw. laterz.
safe blad ur blog iz me new homepge. you officialy ma homie