Is the Web affecting the way you talk?
The Internet has its shorthand expressions, jargon, and buzz-words. Do you find yourself using Web-speak in your conversations? Don Reisinger at Webware writes about how the Web is killing his ability to communicate:
Thanks to the Internet, I can’t communicate effectively anymore. Before I immersed myself in the world of blogs and vlogs, I communicated with others well. We’d talk about the weather, why the Yankees didn’t have the pitching to turn things around last year, and the meaning of life. I’d make an argument, others would listen intently, and understand every word I said. It was great.
But now, things are different. I still have those conversations, it’s just that now nowadays, I find myself shortening phrases like “I’ll be right back” to “BRB” and using words that the majority of people just don’t understand.
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