to be pissed off with pupils using web acronyms orally in real life?

[MNHubbie]

As it says in the title.

Look I am web-savvy I'm in my mid 30s and as I tell the kids at school it is my generation and the one before that came up with the likes of LOL, ROTFLMAO and so forth. OMG I'm just not fazed by it and IMHO I think the usual acronyms are useful and have their place. TBH I use them less and less of late as I can type at a decent rate on the laptop and can afford linked texts on the phone.

All that said AIBU to think it is an EPIC FAIL to say "LOL", "OMG" and "TBH" in real life?

OMG and TBH do make some sense one was used heavily in US film and TV fiction and if you post your opinion a lot you'd get used to saying TBH TBH but the one that REALLY bugs me is LOL! I use LOL a lot online, it nicely indicates whether or not you are serious etc but in real life you can f$$king smile or laugh!

So AIBU?

And don't even get me started on their coursework...

ds has started saying OMG..... does my friggin head in!

YANBU. But sadly, 'tis the way of things to come and it will only get worse.

It always make me think of 1984 (as in Orwell's book). The official language was a kind of text speak, really wasn't it.

Do they say "lol" or L - O - L?

[curious but appalled]

You need to tell them that it is an epic fail! I am 27 year old student and recently did this in my class, half of us are 18 year olds and the rest older. Some of the younger ones even agreed with me!

It is quite easy to "Fuck off, did you actually just say LOL? Out loud? You weirdo!"

It is unacceptable behaviour! If you are the teacher you might need to avoid the sweary words at the start

YASNBU.

I bet they sound stupid!

YABU language is always evolving

I've been known to say DH and HV in real life

Hmm, yes and no. Languages evolve. As long as the evolution enriches the language then it should be acceptable. There is something quintessentially British about saying "lol" with a straight face, something that adds nuance to the comment.

But for all that I am merely a pseudo-libertarian when it comes to linguistic evolution: I loathe the use of txt spk in 'longhand' communication!

The only one I like in rl is CBA because it least that makes sense and you obviously can't be arsed saying the full three words. {grin]

*at least

YABU, unless they are speaking to someone who isn't a peer, or use it out of context in their writing.

A lot better than loudly effing and blinging IMO.

I don't mind it as a spoken form, some of my daughter's friends use Lolcats-type phrases as well. 'Can haz shower now?'
She and they do not use it in written communications, especially coursework.
her Facebook is probably full of it, but then I'm not on Facebook.
It's just language transforming for another generation, happens all the time.

Blinding.

But blinging would also be annoying.

I agree with you, acronyms are not language they are language replacements for the lazy. Considering the meaning it is surely redundant to say LOL as you are doing it. And if you're not doing it, why are you saying it?

They also become meaningless with overuse - and become simply punctuation. (I've just had all my teeth out LOL. I've just written off my car LOL etc.)

I think its okay

Squeaver they actually say "LOL" not "EL-Oh-EL" and whilst it would be a wonderful statement filled with nuance if it was meant in that way but the pupils in question are... well... the word nuance and an explanation of the word would kinda pass them by if you know what I mean.

Hellbent I do actually use EPIC FAIL in class on occasion but only when I know the pupils quite well I'm one for humour in class not for bullying (and once you know the kids quite well you can tell the ones you can shout EPIC FAIL at their answers and those who need encouragement to try again and praise for having tried in the first place.

I did try to explain where webspeak and txtspk came from and that they shouldn't be surprised that I know the terms but again the class I'm hearing it mainly from aren't exactly scholars. I honestly am not sure they know what all the terms they use mean or just that they are appropriate responses to certain contexts online...

Yes language is evolving but this is hardly Shakespere's massive influx of new words but, as has been said, Newspeak a reductionist approach to language. In fact saying lol with a straightface rather than smiling or laughing seems incredibly Orwellian.

i have had someone ask me who i mean by 'Dee-dee'

I have to stop my self doing that as well Ruddynorah and my DD says LOL

LOL

does EPIC FAIL stand for something? if os, please enlighten me.
i cant stand the use of textspeak in texts, let alone oral language.

I've lost the ability to write even a birthday card without wanting to put a smiley face or appropriate emoticon at the end of the text

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