Sunday, March 25, 2012

Your Semantics Smell So Sweet…

With all of these new smart phones hitting the market, it’s fun to hear about the cute glitches they each have; most importantly the ‘spell check’ function.  What better way to have a conversation these days than through text … NOT! 

Text messaging has taken the place of verbal communication. People no longer know how to carry a conversation face-to-face, but give them a phone and they could probably send a few 100 texts in an hour or so. It’s especially hindering the education of the youth (who cannot speak proper English anymore). What was once inventive spelling (non-conventional spelling of a word created by a novice reader or writer) for learning how to spell is now SMS language like “OMG and “ROFL”.

We know all this already. I want to make light of the situation by going back to the spell check function on phones like the Droid and the IPhone.


The website, damnyouautocorrect.com makes texting a visual comic strip. The site allows people like you and me to submit funny text message mess-ups, all thanks to the auto-correct function.  Most submitted texts on this site are vulgar, but regardless, hysterical. It makes texting into a visual commentary and really shows us how communication can be hindered by the slightest slip of a word.  








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