There is a pronunciation difference between the words “your” and “you’re.” But this difference is quickly disappearing in even proper English (some Brit just scoffed at the irony—granted, then, I’m talking about standard American English), thanks in part to AOLSpeak. You don’t know what that is, you say? Ah, but you can’t have escaped it! Here are a couple of examples:

Are you going together?
“r u gng 2gethr?”

Well, I have to go (”gotta go”)….
“g2g”

Recently, there was a story in the news about how this kind of talk is a “code” that’s derived in order to keep parents in the dark about the plans of their children. No, that’s sensationalist. Kids are smart enough to derive a real code if they want to keep their parents in the dark.

But you DO need to discipline your kids if they talk this way online, because it’s killing the English language. Also, the sky is falling. Discuss.

There is a pronunciation difference between the words “your” and “you’re.” But this difference is quickly disappearing in even proper English (some Brit just scoffed at the irony—granted, then, I’m talking about standard American English), thanks in part to AOLSpeak. You don’t know what that is, you say? Ah, but you can’t have escaped it! Here are a couple of examples:

Are you going together?
“r u gng 2gethr?”

Well, I have to go (”gotta go”)….
“g2g”

Recently, there was a story in the news about how this kind of talk is a “code” that’s derived in order to keep parents in the dark about the plans of their children. No, that’s sensationalist. Kids are smart enough to derive a real code if they want to keep their parents in the dark.

But you DO need to discipline your kids if they talk this way online, because it’s killing the English language. Also, the sky is falling. Discuss.