Simsen Me: Miss V textualises

Miss V gets textual with a look at SMS abbreviations in German and French and what this means for languages in general.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• MissVerstaendnis
• German
• Deutsch
• English
• Englisch
• lernen
• French
• text
• phone
• mobile
• cellphone
• language
• SMS

[sin2k8]

in german "3n"?? Never heard of that...

[lana1991]

well... i have to confess that i use sms language for nrly (^^) everything - but never in sms :D

i use it for IM and chats. the german and english ones i know... xD

[Mitsimad]

Hey, whats the name of the tune while the screen shows "Charlz Dickniz"?

[Sugartalker]

I really don't know any. I really should learn some though because I still use a rotary phone.

;)

[Aparecido11]

nice subject, interesting :)

[csarito]

i watched all your videos now, you are equally funny and cute! whats the name of your intro/outro song??? plssssss

[chufuss]

What a great idea for a video

[afdh17]

1. In Spanish SMS = "Servicio de Mensajes Cortos" but we always use the SMS abbreviation or say "Mensajes de texto"(text message).

2. I don't use either of them, I always try to write fully, if I use any it'd be predictive text, as I found "text-speak" awful and dumb(in Spanish)...

3. I think I just answered this in the second one...the sad part is people actually USING the sms "language" for everything else, like in instant messaging or when they speak, besides it does great harm to orthography

[kittykattykoo]

Well, in Japanese we write "39" = San Kyuu = Thank you "4649" = yon ro shi ku = Yoroshiku = It has no direct english meaning, but it could mean "nice to meet you", "please", "light heartedly". in Bahasa indonesia: "gw" = gue = me "ntn" = nonton = watching "knp" = kenapa = why "kpn" = kapan = when "tgl" = tanggal = date "tlg" = tolong = help "gpp" = ngga apa apa = no problem we have too many to list down here. haha

[CharlyChampignon]

cool music!

..and cool video of course. i am always confused by text language. i'd rather write it out.. :)