In this modern world of ours, we are so pressed for time, we cant express words in the way they were meant to be. 'Where are you' is now 'w r u'. 'What you see is what you get' becomes 'WYSIWYG' (thats actually funny, because what you see is not what it means). 'KISS' is not a way of expressing your affection. It just means 'KEEP IT STRAIGHT and SIMPLE' (wish we could apply KISS on a kiss).
It doesnt stop there. Twisting words is in. Cool is not cool anymore, its kewl. Thank you has not been twisted into danq. Love is just luv. And so many others too.
Sometimes, very rarely, I wish people would take the time to say things as they were meant to be said.
But then I couldnt insist on that, because who am I to say that this is the way it should be said. All these were words formed by people like us.
Someone, somewhere at some point of time decided that a particular word means something and there will be these many alphabets in that word and they will be pronounced in this manner (have you ever wondered who found words and who defined what a word is...strange).
Over the centuries, people have been inventing new words. They put together alphabets to give birth to new words.
In this world of change and improvisation, every thing in this world is getting smaller and lighter. Words are going through a similar transition. And its bound to go a long way too.
Maybe centuries down the lane, people will take a reverse route. Maybe they will form new words not knowing that long back these words were part of a vocabulary and the same were buried along with their ancestors. Maybe the words which were forgotten due to non-usage will be born again.
Maybe they will get a notion that 'danq' is not kewl and 'thank you' sounds cool.
And maybe someone will re-discover 'love'.
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