Jenelle D'Alessandro
Communication Strategist / Social Media Consultant
freshgreenwriting@gmail.com
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Once upon a time in my university days, I wrote a semester-long paper on how "IM speak" was changing our English language. Srsly, u remember all those times when ur Instant-Messaging chat lingo slipped in2 ur academic and/or professional life. Accidentally.
I did some case-studies of how IM speak was sneaking into our vocabulary like a thief in the night, often embarrassing the snot out of people. It's the beauty (ugly?) of the missed code-switching opportunity. It happens to the best of us.
The paper is now almost 10 years old, but I keep meaning to resurrect it for publishing. Dust it off, renovate, breathe new Twitter words into it. If you would like to collaborate with me on that project, do let me know. I would like that.
I just keep finding fresh fodder for its halls of consideration...
