Please Do Not Destroy

sJumping right into this blog and getting straight to the point. Young people are having a very hard time spelling words correctly. The English language is being assassinated. I have noticed while reading any correspondence from young friends and family, I am finding it most difficult to decipher the message(s). One friend wrote to me that she was "bakn cookees", another wrote, "ne1 c the moovee Cowboys and Aleans"? 

My brain cannot compute.

I do not understand why it is that people are so unwilling to speak and use proper English.  I was taught to speak clearly and use words that have definitions.  I am finding that the Merriam Webster Dictionary is being replaced by the Urban Dictionary (it is to understand "tech" language and has become a widely used reference in the USA). That's fine.  But when you mix the two books, Merriam-Webster and Urban Dictionaries, I wind up feeling lost in a diabolical read. Comprehension does not come easy, most times, I have to call the person and ask what they meant.  

I can leave room for a typographical error. What I cannot leave room for is when the typographical error is left uncorrected. Therefore, I am one of the persons on-line, playing the role of teacher. Wanting to circle the word in red and give the correct spelling. My friends and family do not seem to mind, and often they will admit to me that they were wondering if they spelled the word correctly. A typical response from the younger crowd will read: "O yea, I ws wondrin if I spelt that rite". Oh My God!! (OMG), those types of responses immediately initiate another red mark. Their typical response to that correction? "WATEVE". lol (laughing out loud). 

This is no laughing matter. I happen to appreciate the English Language. I also notice that when I engage in conversation on the computer with someone who actually uses the proper spelling of words, my mind is at ease.

I suppose this new age will not decease anytime soon. Abbreviations have always been a part of our literary world. They were common. They were much fewer than what has come into existence now. Though I am in high hopes that one day, the horrible use of our beautiful language will rest in peace. (R.I.P.).

Until then, I hope to never find our countrys' anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" reads something like this: "O say ken u c, bye the downs erlee lite.  Wat so prodlee we hale, bye the two lites last gleemin. Nd the rocets red glare, the bums burstin N air, gave prof thru the nite, that r flag ws stil their"  

Please do not destroy.