Stop the Silly Lingo "Worrhx"!
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Students, adults, teachers and parents. There has recently been a new "lingo" that is increasingly becoming popular among youngsters, especially teenagers.
It involves the intentional misspelling of words such as "you", "me", "love" and even some Singlish terms like "lar" and "har".
Such words are not only silly, they are also a humiliation to the country. Singapore is striving to become a world-class hub. With our future leaders spelling "you" as "euu" and "me" as "moii", I believe that vision is not a very realistic one. Such actions can develop into a very poor habit and also affect the image of the country. The country is not the best at the English Language, so much so there has been a plan to recruit foreign native speakers of the language to teach the students here. I would be ashamed to hear a foreigner laughing at the teens, much worse if he/she is not very good at English him/herself.
This mainly involves the girls, but that does not mean the boys do not commit the same mistake.
I would like to recommend that you take the time to correct these teens' spelling, if you know of any. It could be your classmate, your best friend, your children, your student or even someone you don't know very well. If you take the time to tell them how silly it is to misspell on purpose, I am sure they will take the time to think how true your words are. If they do not, I am afraid they are too ignorant to follow stupid trends. "Stupid" is a strong word but I think it is used at an appropriate situation.
It does not even deserve to be a trend because there is not purpose in doing so. It is not even possible to pronounce "worrhx" or "kekekekz". What is the point of putting uneccesary x's and z's after words?
Imagine a student spelling this way in an 'O' Level examination paper, or even in a major business contract. What would be of these teens? Would they have any place in this civilisation? On what grounds do they have to say that they will not commit such a mistake in the future?
I hope that the usage of this "lingo" will greatly reduce in near time, before it becomes virtually permanent.
It involves the intentional misspelling of words such as "you", "me", "love" and even some Singlish terms like "lar" and "har".
Such words are not only silly, they are also a humiliation to the country. Singapore is striving to become a world-class hub. With our future leaders spelling "you" as "euu" and "me" as "moii", I believe that vision is not a very realistic one. Such actions can develop into a very poor habit and also affect the image of the country. The country is not the best at the English Language, so much so there has been a plan to recruit foreign native speakers of the language to teach the students here. I would be ashamed to hear a foreigner laughing at the teens, much worse if he/she is not very good at English him/herself.
This mainly involves the girls, but that does not mean the boys do not commit the same mistake.
I would like to recommend that you take the time to correct these teens' spelling, if you know of any. It could be your classmate, your best friend, your children, your student or even someone you don't know very well. If you take the time to tell them how silly it is to misspell on purpose, I am sure they will take the time to think how true your words are. If they do not, I am afraid they are too ignorant to follow stupid trends. "Stupid" is a strong word but I think it is used at an appropriate situation.
It does not even deserve to be a trend because there is not purpose in doing so. It is not even possible to pronounce "worrhx" or "kekekekz". What is the point of putting uneccesary x's and z's after words?
Imagine a student spelling this way in an 'O' Level examination paper, or even in a major business contract. What would be of these teens? Would they have any place in this civilisation? On what grounds do they have to say that they will not commit such a mistake in the future?
I hope that the usage of this "lingo" will greatly reduce in near time, before it becomes virtually permanent.
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