Journal 9

Yes, of course. My style will change depending on my audience, as it should. When talking with my friends (who are usually very literate), I will type in complete sentences and use proper grammar. I may skip on capitalization with them, but even then it's usually just a typo. With classmates who I need to contact for assignments and the like, or just anyone who is a peer of mine, I usually try to adjust to how they write. If it's a facebook message, I actually make an effort 2 type lyk this lol bcuz thats how every1 does it. For someone like me, it's not easy and internally I'm strangling myself, but it's what appeals to the majority and the person whom I'm conversing with for whatever reason. When writing in general to my peers, I try to avoid using a more complex vocabulary, since no one likes a show-off. I try to include more pop-culture references too. However, when I'm writing to a crowd of mostly adults, I am able to write how I normally would like to, using proper grammar, a strong vocabulary and I can even throw in a few jokes that they would understand. My humor doesn't exactly make others my age "lol", I've discovered. Though I must say, Vonnegut makes me "lol". I loved Slaughterhouse-Five. So it goes~