The other day I was having a conversation with my roommate: Him: How do you spell ‘definitely’? Me: I dunno, that’s a hard word. I usually just put ‘def.’ Him: Ya, me too. I’ve been randomly thinking about how technology is changing the way we write, spell and even talk. Now that people have to limit characters for their twitter updates, or are texting, chatting, messaging, facebooking, etc., Words are turning very shorthand. Even in longer mediums… I’m forever getting email blogs with random things abbreviated. I think I saw super-mag today, something that reminded me of the made up slang of the future from J.D. Robb’s ‘In Death’ book series. I may sound like I’m against this changing of the English language but I’m not. Once upon a time, … Read entire article »