Lexigrams, as a kind of shorthand, has been around before computer/texting of
course, and some of it is validated by studies that show if you give even only
part of the consonants of a word (sans the vowels) people can still read it,
and quite quickly, and tests have justified it all. As an parallel, just as
body language conveys so much (and a picture is worth a thousand words) we are
more aware of conscious and unconscious functions and consciously use it to our
advantage.
I have UK heritage so tend to spell things that way, even though I was taught
differently in the US. An example is "grey" and I was corrected to spell it
with an "a" but I still choose the English way as an adult regardless, and
consider it a genetic predisposition that I consciousnly choose to
honor/honour. <S>
Do you think that the influence of original English settlers inclined us to use
true "English" more, and as the US has become more and more of a melting pot
that middle road and simplifications have merged. Perhaps not politically
correct, but some get miffed at how our language is getting pushed toward
Spanish, as every machine one deals with, or phone call one makes (to a
company), one has to decide to use English or Spanish and how all of it is
taking over, even with vernacular and slang.
When I was a child, phonetics were involved in humor and using consonants as
they sound (don't know the term), and a naughty example in reading the letter
and using it's sound was for instance:
M, C D puppies?
D, M R no pupplies!
O S M R!
C M P N!
(Of course having English and Scottish ancestry, one was not allowed to use the
word that phonetically sounds like the letter "P"... there were/are "proper"
words for that!) LOL
Best,
Susan Reishus
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