Month: September 2015

Chester:  YYYEEESSS

Eltom: Wat

Chester: 1-0 CABAYE

Fraser: Did we get any hw on friday

Joseph: we got english for 2moro

Fraser: kl

Joseph: wat is it tho I can’t remember

Ibby: I got sent out

Joseph: With mr Murray u twat

And he would tell you to look on edutronic anyway

Ibby: I think we hav 2 rewrite our storys

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This text conversation uses a number of non standard features, commonly seen in  the younger generations text vocabulary.

first line: this word is written in capital letters to emphasize the writers joy

second line: this is a question, so it should be followed by a question mark. however leaving out the punctuation shortens it to the writers benefit. the writer also purposefully spelt the word “what” without the h. this abbreviation shortens it even further.

third line:   in the third line, the writer states the score of a football match and says the name “CABAYE” in capital letters.the writer uses this ommision as the text participants know that the writer means that cabaye has scored, making the score 1-0.

fourth line: here, the writer asks if they got any “hw” on Friday.

in today’s modern english language, there are many techniques people use to make it more efficient. you can find these mainly in the younger generations speech. when speaking with a friend, you will instinctively speak in a less formal manner than you would with a teacher. in our transcript, it is easy to know that the way in which we speak labels us as young teenagers.

when i read my transcript, I could tell without looking at the name who was speaking; individually, we have different language traits which allow us to identify each other. the younger generation tend to use ommision to enable them to speak quicker and more effiecientley. when spoken, this sounds fine but when it is written however, it looks very strange. using ommision to speak isnt formal. this is why when a teacher and student speak with each other, they use formal language.