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What do U Tink Of Slang?

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Assalamu Alaikum

Theres a lot of bad things about slang:

1) Wastes time for the hundreds or even thousands and millions of people that will attempt to read that post.

2) Wastes time for the person who is kind enough to translate it

3) Wastes time for the Mods/Admins who have to give out the warning and make sure you dont do it again

4) Religion wise, it shouldn't be done as we are supposed to increase our knowledge, speak with wisdom, and spread the word of Islam, if no one understand your post, how are you to do that??

5) Even if you are a child, you will grow up, and it is best to stop bad habits from becoming addictions or "issues" that you will have a hard time to control inshallah.

6) The upper teenagers and 20 year olds or older sound soo childish, seriously guys, you do, and that is sadddd.

7) It's annoying, especially when you are quoting the quran, ahadith or poems, seems disrespectful in a way to those types of scriptures. Allahu A'lem

8) It's difficult to take someone seriously when they type in that manner.

subhanallah, do we need any more reasons??

fi aman Allah
w'salaam
 
Salam Alaikum:

Ohhh, this text speak is a pet peeve of mine. :rant: I can't stand it. I won't waste a second trying to read it and it's a shame because the writers could have some valid and interesting points, but I see that text speak and I immediately shudder and skip over it. lol Sorry if I offended anyone with my opinion, but it really makes me crazy. lol

It must be incredibly frustrating to try to read for those that don't have english as a first language. As a native english speaker, I can't be bothered to try to decipher it.

Ok, that's my rant and opinion. :okay:

Wasalam,
Hana
 
Slang is the begining of how a language developes. It is inevitable, as connontations for words will change based on experience and/or exposure. What is slang today, becomes coloquial speech tomorrow, non-standard in a few days the is soon informal. Before you know it, today's slang is considered the standard formal language.

Do I mind slang? Yes I do. But, only because I know it is a sign I don't get out as often as I used to.
 
well as an oldie i dont really like slang of today....its all 'standard' and 'braap'...ive still to understand what 'braap' is erm erm yes
 
ok but what is 'brap' thats the question i pose...is it like you know a erm erm ive forgotten no i remember is it onamatopoeia or however it is that you spell it!! anyways must go library (my home) awaits me :w:
 
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Colloquialism, in other words it is called slang, is horrendous! It is absolutely useless, it makes one sound like a commoner. I shall say no more. Or write no more, in this case.

Ignore the top paragraph, slang is OK, I usually speak it with my younger Brothers and Sister. But at school, I prefer to speak normally, not too formal and not informal, in other words, not slang and not posh. :giggling:

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Qurratul Ayn
 
salaam,

i dont mind it when people slang a little...but it can be confusing to read, especially paragraphs full of it!!!:confused: :hmm:

and sis Gangsta4lyf :)....im not posh... :p

wassalam :peace:
 
seein as i am frm the Black country area we automatically spreak slang 2wards bros and sis's in london manchester etc. so u know anywayz i lyk speakin slang its cool
peace out!
*KB*
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Errr.... :? Is "sik", the good way or the negative way e.g. vomiting?

My Brothers and Sisters always use that word for good comments and compliments but I always ahve to ask is it good way or not? Like vomiting. :okay:

I know, weird but I can't seem to get my head around slang, well, most of the time though I do undertand it, well sometimes! :giggling:

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Qurratul Ayn
 
Wohhhhhhh....I dont mind 'slang' ...to me its just a form of abbreviating your words ...However reading through this and on other threads i see its very much dspised...To be on the safe side i reccommend everyone to just converse in standard english dialect...
1) Saves you from the arguments
2) Dont have to explain what your words mean
3)...I get back to you on that one...
So to save everyone the hassle i think everyone should communicate in such a manner which is best for themselves and fellow citizens on board InshAllah...Peace be with you all fellow beings of this Kingdom x
 
I don't mind it when people use some word as slang like 2 and u. bt wen peepz strt chattin lyk dis n dey tink itz kk It's NOT It takes me AGES to understand and I just don't see whats wrong with using plain old standard english.
 
salam.
well i use alot of slang when i talk but on the froum it doesn't really matter cause if thats the way you wana write it then go ahead but then again ''some'' people do struggle to read it but you always need to think theres ''slang'' which is really bad and that can lead to influence,but from my opinion i don't mind cause i use it alot when i speak and also i can understand so it's all good :)
w.salam
 
I dun fink ders nefn rong wit chatin lyk dis buh das ma opinion buh 4 de benefi of ova users i tink ya'll need 2 cht dwn geme...Safe me out WalaykumAsalaam x
 
i dont mind slang..but when everything is in the abbreviated form, as how most people type in text messages, takes me a long time to figure out what is being said
 
In my opinion, I think that it is okay when you speak slang because it's easier to undersatnd then when you write slang, Which in some instances is virually impossible to read. Occasionally when I am speaking I do throw in the odd one or two slang words (I live in North London It's only natural that I speak slang!)

I remember this phase that a bunch of us went through a couple of years back everine was talking so much slang and then somehow the language backslang got invented, I don't know how that happened but I know I will certainly never talk like that again!
 
Greetings,

I think we need to get clear on what we're talking about here. There's a difference between slang and text-speak. Slang is just different vocabulary choices, but usually spelled correctly. For example: "I'm totally chuffed, man". That's not a problem at all, and is very easy to understand, provided you know the vocab.

Text-speak may or may not consist of slang words, but hardly any of the words will be spelled correctly. This is much more difficult for most people to understand, and for that reason is not allowed on the forum.

Peace
 
czgibson said:
Greetings,

I think we need to get clear on what we're talking about here. There's a difference between slang and text-speak. Slang is just different vocabulary choices, but usually spelled correctly. For example: "I'm totally chuffed, man". That's not a problem at all, and is very easy to understand, provided you know the vocab.

Text-speak may or may not consist of slang words, but hardly any of the words will be spelled correctly. This is much more difficult for most people to understand, and for that reason is not allowed on the forum.

Peace
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greetings Czgibson.
i really agree with you ''RESPECT'' also i want to say i have said in me previous post ''slang'' can lead to influence and text is totally different cause you shorten the words whereas 'slang'' can be use which have no respect cause the way you speak
peace.
 
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