1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:00,280 Speaker 1: Listen. 2 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 2: Of course, some heaps of us will have watched Polkinghorn 3 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 2: documentary last night, so we have a little chat about 4 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: that in just a few minutes time. First up, though, 5 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 2: if you're one of the people in this world who 6 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 2: enjoy using the text abbreviations, you need to stop in 7 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: you know what I'm talking about here right sending things 8 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 2: like brb, lol or wyd What you're doing, It's got 9 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: to stop because new research out of the US has 10 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: found that no matter how much you think that the 11 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: rest of us like reading your text abbreviations, we do not. 12 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: Doctor Ariana Berardi Wiltshire is a linguistics expert at for 13 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: Massi University and with us. Now, Hello, Hi, what's the problem. 14 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: Why does it annoy us? Is it because the person 15 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: sending it to us just looks lazy? Ah? 16 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: Yes, that's basically the short of it. It seems to 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: signal poor investment in whatever communication we're engaging with. So 18 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: you couldn't even take the time to spell that out completely. 19 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: That's kind of the feeling that we get. Is that 20 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: really most said to us? 21 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: I mean I would look at it if somebody had 22 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: sent it to me, I would just not think that 23 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 2: they'rearticularly serious persons. Do you know what I mean? It 24 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: feels like something that a twelve year old would see 25 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: somebody else. 26 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, And is it part of it, right, yes, yes, 27 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: it's also part of it. Yes, it's sometimes you get 28 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: the feeling when they use when people use too many abbreviations, 29 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: that they're trying too hard to kind of convey some 30 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: sort of you know, sense of vith or you know, 31 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: and no, but people seem to do it less and 32 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: less anyway, even younger people these days, they tend to 33 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: use abbreviations less and less. 34 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: Why do you think that is, Well. 35 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: It's technology has changed now, we have predictive spelling, we 36 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: have full keyboards on our phones. So and also I 37 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: think that there's a sense that young people are much 38 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: more relationally aware than people were in the past, and 39 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: so they know quite often. I have two teenage daughters. 40 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: Actually they know quite often when it's appropriate to use 41 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: them and when it's not. And you know, that's reassuring. 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 2: Seems to be also that because you were talking about 43 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: predictive texting, right and the order correct that you have 44 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: on your phones and stuff, you actually would have to 45 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: make more of an effort to say s R R 46 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 2: Y on your phone than to say sorry, true, wouldn't you? 47 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's true. You're a try yes exactly, yes, exactly. 48 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: You're doing it for a purpose, and sometimes there is 49 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: a purpose why you would use abbreviations. And sometimes it's humor. 50 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: You want to be funny or so people use ong 51 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: a lot, but sometimes they just want to be quick. 52 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: You know, I'm guilty of having used the occasional K 53 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: with my children. You know, can you can you pick 54 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: up milk on the way home? K? So you know 55 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: there are users for it. 56 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 2: But yeah, jesus, my mum just sent me a K, 57 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: I'd hang up on her. Hey, Arianna, thank you, thank 58 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 2: you very much, doctor Arianna Bararti woelschair, who's a linguistics 59 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: expert at Massive University. Some Peter Peter straight on the 60 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: old text machikon Waite he was on nine two nine. 61 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: Who just sent me an ffs. Now, there's a carve 62 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 2: out for that. You are allowed to do that one. 63 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: And simply you're allowed to do that one because I 64 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: don't know if you've tried to spell squear words on 65 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: your iPhone, but they make that very difficult, and so 66 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 2: if you just go for the old FFS. I understand 67 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 2: that actually is a shortcut for more from Heather Duplessy 68 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,119 Speaker 2: Allen Drive. Listen live to news talks. It'd be from 69 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.