Internet Case

Teenagers began to express their words on the internet in a slightly different way. Many

abbreviations were created and many foul languages were used. Lots of abbreviations were a

language totally different to what I usually speak. When I became a teenager, I was finally exposed

to these abbreviations and began using them.

When I was young, reading internet slangs were like deciphering an ancient inscription. It took me

quite a while to fully understand what others said. On social networking services such a facebook,

I always reply to comments or to text messages as fast as I could. I used the abbreviations to speed

up my response. Then, it became a habit.

There were many concerns regarding internet languages. People thought that the true value of

languages were being depreciated. In other words, people were concerned that teenagers were not

speaking the language in a proper way. It is understandable. The Korean language was introduced

in order to create a new language that could replace the complicated Chinese characters with an

easier language. But since new words and abbreviations were formed, it was an alien language to

adults, but it was the “Korean” language for teenagers.

A consequence arising from this need to convey messages in a short, effective manner has also

produced a number of slang terms which originate from misspellings of other words. The most