The Poptart Tragedy

[SQ]

The infamous, facebook, Poptart Tragedy
The new English language, thanks to technology?
Make sure your sound is turned on ...

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[BBvideo 450,375:1hr4yzy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tLgds1u6fyw#![/BBvideo:1hr4yzy8]

 

[MumsyRat]

Iz crien! :cry3:

 

[SQ]

Iz crien! :cry3:

:laugh4:

 

[Cait]

Alwus mks mi criiiiiii (((((

 

[Petunia]

:shock:

 

[NinjaRatMama]

Not so infamous, I never heard of it! and I have to say, Holly, that I could have gone my whole life without hearing that man talk!! :shock:

 

[SQ]

Not so infamous, I never heard of it! and I have to say, Holly, that I could have gone my whole life without hearing that man talk!! :shock:

LOL
This is what I learned in school today :roll: ... I had never heard of it before either

 

[jorats]

It's a tragedy how the young spell these days. I make typos all the time but that's because I type too fast, not because I can't spell. How can one expect to become a professional when they can't even spell.

 

[mia9_28]

It's a tragedy how the young spell these days. I make typos all the time but that's because I type too fast, not because I can't spell. How can one expect to become a professional when they can't even spell.

This video is clearly making fun of the spelling.... but I agree with you that it is a tragedy how some spell these days.

 

[SQ]

It is basically illustrating how technology is altering spelling.
People are shortening words when texting one another and new conventions are being created.
In the long run, I wonder how it will impact the way in which words are spelled.

Since I am older, very poor, and do not text, etc as I do not have access to the technology, this is somewhat new to me but I thought was likely normal for most people on here. LOL
I posted it as I though it was funny.

 

[jorats]

I text a lot and I do use the shorter version for texting but I can see how the young can start to have trouble spelling. I know of a few young people who can't spell and many high school graduates too.
Technology is not helping this situation one bit.

 

[temblabamomo]

Lolol had neva seen dis 1 b4 wuz n stichez laffin. Iz srsly a crien shaym how d yooth txt n spel deez dayz.
That was too funny SQ, thanks for sharing!

 

[temblabamomo]

P.s. on the topic of how text is changing the english language for the worse - our office takes claims from citizens regarding damage they feel the city if liable for, sometimes they bypass us and write the mayor directly. I kid you not, people are submitting things saying "I would like 2 submit a clame 4 damages did to my car when I ran over a pothole..." etc. Really people? How does anyone expect a person to take them seriously when they write like that? Aand to the friggin mayor of all people. It's truly sad.

 

[KayRatz]

I cry evertim... I cry tears of lololololol

 

[breakthenight]

LOL...I love this guy. Basically he reads things that people actually post on facebook, etc, exactly as they were written. As a side note I HATE the "Like dis or post dis is u creid everytim." Hate so, so much.

To listen to more hilarious things people have written:

http://www.youtube.com/user/dukerecordings

 

[EDK]

I dunno wheather to laugh or cry lol! And ya I admit my spelling is questionable at times, its really just because I am lazy, I dont tend to caps my "I"s like i should, but its fact of the matter, pure laziness hehe! When it comes to important documentation, typing reports or essasys, i always take it seriously.

 

[Rissa]

I am very much for full sentences and proper spelling, my work actually encourages us to use short form for everything and we even have an entire page on short form abbreviations. We can take a paragraph and turn it into a sentence. I find myself doing it more and more even outside of work

 

[KayRatz]

I have a wonderful contribution to this thread.

 

[rattums]

I CRY EVERTIM

 

[Cait]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT IS FANTASTIC.