The "Typo"

Chat/IM, SMS has become so prevalent a medium of communication and my primary means with most of my friends and clients abroad. At times we may have to remind ourselves how the real world works.
The advent of mobile phone and SMS did play a part in killing the “Half Knowledge” I had of English. At a time where every letter and word counts and directly has an impact on your money, we end up inventing a more convenient form of English. There are downsides to this, I tend to make typos (might sound simple but not really). Some typos end up being innocent but some promote profound misunderstanding of my character.

I would like to justify myself for some of the unflattering impressions I may have created and also try to comment on few chat notations that can be tried in real life but at your own expense.

Speedster Mistakes:
  • Chatting with a female and you type (Go tit), now that might sound like you may have rooted for a specific body part, but yeah we know, you just meant to say "I got it"
  • One more…this might sound like a sexist comment about random women, (I like her butt), but it was just a case of an extra “t”. I meant to say “I like her, but”. Where is the grammar gone for god’s sake!!!
  • “Back in a sex” sounds familiar I guess? That indeed sounds like a quickie but I was just taking a break for a sec……. and hey without the sex, of course. Who the hell placed “C” & “X” that close on key Board?
  • Talking with my system support guy, I ask him “Both the sluts are not working? Can you please come and check immediately, I have a presentation to make now” He asks me back “What is a Slut?” For a moment I read those lines again and was LMAO (can’t really help, had to use it). Any way I just meant Slot
  • One eagerly hiring, company HR person wanted to chat with me online and while inquiring about the teams I handle, I just told him “I have 12 people blow me” and that guy asks back “How was it?”, I reply back “they are divided into 3 different teams and each team has a different process” and then type “Sorry *Below me”.  For once you get a lesson for showing unnecessary authority.
  • You never know what you get when you try to multi-task with 3-4 conversations at the same time. As a phenomenon it is too complex to explain and can lead to unpleasant situations.
  •  “Can you please do me” and press enter…..Hey not right now but some time later….!!!!!  Helloooooo that was just a finger that was very eager to press “enter” button, please read the next line, “a favor”. God bless you all!!!

There are many more like these that you might have come across, try sharing few here!!

And now few things that I would like to see happening in real life:
  • Gone are the days of asking “asl” but would like to see someone asking this and see how he handles the “s” part.
  • LOL, ROFL & LMAO:  There is no real life equivalent for LMAO but would like to see someone enacting all three
  • Now my favorite,  “Offliners”: Would like to see someone shout in guys cubical when he is not there and expect him to complete the task when he comes back
Be Safe and Play Safe!!!

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