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know, if you are studying English as a foreign language. Language economy is not exclusive to English. Several lan- guages use this way to shorten long names, phrases and scientific phenomena. Among the different language economy methods you could form an acronym which is a new word built from the initial letters or groups of letters in a set phrase and pronounced as a separate word like LASER, ‘Lig- ht Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation,’ RADAR, ‘Radio Detection And Ranging’ and SWAT, ‘Special Weapons And Tactics.’ However, there is a spectacular result out of acronyms. They not only turn into new words, but also are used as almost every part of speech. Sometimes, these new words can even eclipse their initial meanings and be treated like com- mon nouns or verbs such as ‘table’ or ‘give.’ That is the example of TASER, ‘Thomas A. Swift’s Elec- tric Rifle.’ This acronym of a dan- gerous and painful electrical gun has not only become a noun, but also a verb. You can hear or read that someone has been tasered by a cop or ‘that girl tasered my heart with her eyes.’ Lately, it has been appearing a new way to form abbreviations called ‘vowel omission.’ This ‘me- thod’ deals with a witty strategy of Destroying or Creating a New Language Tourist Office 923 218 342 923 268 571 SALMÁNTICA Tourist 609 486544 Guides Asociation AGOST Tourist 629 407300 Guides Asociation Rural Tourism Info 923 437 573 Central Bus Station 923 236 717 Train Information 902 240 202 Taxi Information 923 250 000 HERTZ Rent a Car 923 243 134 AVIS Rent a Car 923 269 753 Emergency 112 Local Police 092 National Police 091 / 923 265 311 Red Cross 923 221 032 Universitary Hospital 923 291 100 Salamanca City Hall 923 279 100 Author: Yoemichel Domínguez Gutiérrez Time is not only money, but a rusher. Besides being a human creation, time has also become an unstoppable centrifugal power in modern society. Nobody and no- thing are out of its scope. Time is the centre of all excuses and plans because everything is measured or valued according to the time it takes. As a result, our lives are remarkably conditioned by this mythological god Chronos and his laws. At present, we are living in a speeding-up century and everything is wanted to be faster. With a snap of fingers – or a click – you could have almost the whole world at your doorstep, have any kind of information, buy anything from ten thousand miles home and get it in a week at least, pay all your bills and chat with as many friends – or contacts – you want to. In short, the creature has beco- me the master. Even language has been rushed by this invisible tick-tack. Social networks and mobile devices are forcing human creativity until zipping language into codes and symbols to safe time texting. Experts have called it for a long time language economy, but now it has been turning into a kind of parallel language that you should 13 de marzo de 2015 22 ‘121’ is the code to invite your chat contact to a private chat room deleting vowels to create a more ‘difficult’ result to be deciphe- red. Perhaps this secrecy is not intentional, but undoubtedly it tests any sharp mind. Only the frequent contact with this kind of ‘terminology’ may be the only way to understand it. This practi- ce occurs mostly among teenagers or chatters who are constantly improvising to shorten words to safe time typing them. Vowel omission (from now on VO) is predictable, but not all the cases are so easy to decode. Some of the most usual VOs are msg [message], thn [then], vry [very], nw [now], bqz/ ‘cz/ [because] and thnx [thanks]. The method seems to be simple. You only have to omit vowels, punctuation marks and capital letters. This way, a vo text would be ‘sry I cn’t mk it on tm/ trffic’s trrbl nd I jmd/’ which means ‘Sorry, I can’t make it on time. Traffic’s terrible and I’m jammed.’ At first approach vo is easy and fun too, but there is more. If you want to go with the flow, you must add emoticons and num- bers. So, texting a message or ‘txtn a msg’ with numbers could be way more ingenious. ‘121’ is the code to invite your chat contact to a private chat room, ‘143’ means ‘I love you,’ so 1432 means ‘I love you too.’ Moreover, the acronym l.o.l – laugh out loud – is not im- pressive anymore. Now, you could find in your teen sibling or kids’ chat history [always with their permission] ‘55555.’ This line of fives means ‘l.o.l’ because in Thai the number 5 is pronounced /ha/. Whatever this way of commu- nication will finish being is now creating a parallel language which is emerging naturally and uncon- trolled in front of our eyes. None- theless, it cannot – and must not – be stopped. Perhaps, we are just witnessing a brand new language or nothing more than an outburst of creativity in the digital native generation. Just in case, ‘c u sn!’ [See you soon.] It has been appearing a new way to form abbreviations called ‘vowel omission’
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know, if you are studying English as a foreign language.
Language economy is not exclusive to English. Several lan-guages use this way to shorten long names, phrases and scientifi c phenomena. Among the different language economy methods you could form an acronym which is a new word built from the initial letters or groups of letters in a set phrase and pronounced as a separate word like LASER, ‘Lig-
ht Amplifi cation by Stimulated Emission of Radiation,’ RADAR, ‘Radio Detection And Ranging’ and SWAT, ‘Special Weapons And Tactics.’
However, there is a spectacular result out of acronyms. They not only turn into new words, but also are used as almost every part of speech. Sometimes, these new words can even eclipse their initial meanings and be treated like com-mon nouns or verbs such as ‘table’
or ‘give.’ That is the example of TASER, ‘Thomas A. Swift’s Elec-tric Rifl e.’ This acronym of a dan-gerous and painful electrical gun has not only become a noun, but also a verb. You can hear or read that someone has been tasered by a cop or ‘that girl tasered my heart with her eyes.’
Lately, it has been appearing a new way to form abbreviations called ‘vowel omission.’ This ‘me-thod’ deals with a witty strategy of
Destroying or Creating a New Language
Tourist Offi ce 923 218 342923 268 571
SALMÁNTICA Tourist 609 486544Guides AsociationAGOST Tourist 629 407300Guides Asociation
Rural Tourism Info 923 437 573Central Bus Station 923 236 717Train Information 902 240 202Taxi Information 923 250 000HERTZ Rent a Car 923 243 134AVIS Rent a Car 923 269 753
Emergency 112Local Police 092National Police 091 / 923 265 311Red Cross 923 221 032Universitary Hospital 923 291 100Salamanca City Hall 923 279 100Author: Yoemichel Domínguez Gutiérrez
Time is not only money, but a rusher. Besides being a human creation, time has also become an unstoppable centrifugal power in modern society. Nobody and no-thing are out of its scope. Time is the centre of all excuses and plans because everything is measured or valued according to the time it takes. As a result, our lives are remarkably conditioned by this mythological god Chronos and his laws.
At present, we are living in a speeding-up century and everything is wanted to be faster. With a snap of fi ngers – or a click – you could have almost the whole world at your doorstep, have any kind of information, buy anything from ten thousand miles home and get it in a week at least, pay all your bills and chat with as many friends – or contacts – you want to. In short, the creature has beco-me the master.
Even language has been rushed by this invisible tick-tack. Social networks and mobile devices are forcing human creativity until zipping language into codes and symbols to safe time texting. Experts have called it for a long time language economy, but now it has been turning into a kind of parallel language that you should
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‘121’ is the code to
invite your chat
contact to a private
chat room
deleting vowels to create a more ‘diffi cult’ result to be deciphe-red. Perhaps this secrecy is not intentional, but undoubtedly it tests any sharp mind. Only the frequent contact with this kind of ‘terminology’ may be the only way to understand it. This practi-ce occurs mostly among teenagers or chatters who are constantly improvising to shorten words to safe time typing them.
Vowel omission (from now on VO) is predictable, but not all the cases are so easy to decode. Some of the most usual VOs are msg [message], thn [then], vry [very], nw [now], bqz/ ‘cz/ [because] and thnx [thanks]. The method seems to be simple. You only have to omit vowels, punctuation marks and capital letters. This way, a vo text would be ‘sry I cn’t mk it on tm/ trffi c’s trrbl nd I jmd/’ which means ‘Sorry, I can’t make it on time. Traffi c’s terrible and I’m jammed.’
At fi rst approach vo is easy and fun too, but there is more. If you want to go with the fl ow, you must add emoticons and num-bers. So, texting a message or ‘txtn a msg’ with numbers could be way more ingenious. ‘121’ is the code to invite your chat contact to a private chat room, ‘143’ means ‘I love you,’ so 1432 means ‘I love you too.’ Moreover, the acronym l.o.l – laugh out loud – is not im-pressive anymore. Now, you could fi nd in your teen sibling or kids’ chat history [always with their permission] ‘55555.’ This line of fi ves means ‘l.o.l’ because in Thai the number 5 is pronounced /ha/.
Whatever this way of commu-nication will fi nish being is now creating a parallel language which is emerging naturally and uncon-trolled in front of our eyes. None-theless, it cannot – and must not – be stopped. Perhaps, we are just witnessing a brand new language or nothing more than an outburst of creativity in the digital native generation. Just in case, ‘c u sn!’ [See you soon.]
It has been appearing
a new way to form
abbreviations called
‘vowel omission’
