Well, this post is nothing but a rant. So if you were expecting poetic verses or literary gems, you are looking at the wrong place; and anyway, if you were looking for such things in a blog entitled ‘Fool’s Wisdom’, you need help.
This post is about those people who use ‘ma’ instead of using the more common ‘my’ eg: that’s ma pen; thats ma friend.. etc. For a variety of reasons, this just annoys the hell out of me. I mean why, why not use the word ‘my’?? Is it so difficult? I’m not just ranting for the sake of it... here are logical reasons why using ‘ma’ makes absolutely no sense
1. Length.
The most common reason of using slangs is to cut down the length of letters being typed. Eg: ur, brb, btw etc. This is aobviously very useful where there is a constraint on the length.. or you know, if you are basically too lazy. But ‘ma’ = 2 letters. ‘my’ = 2 letters. So why use ‘ma’???
2. Ease of access:
Another possible reason could be the ease of access. Unfortunately, even that is not the case. Seriously, just glance at your keyboard
It is clear from the above figure that typing ‘my’ is far easier that typing ‘ma’; especially if you use a single finger for typing.
3. Sounding hip/cool:
Believe me, you don’t. Saying ‘ma’ does in no way make you cooler. Neither does it make you sound hip. It does make you sound like a... well like another body part that rhymes with sick. Oh, and in case you think- ‘Hey, butt all da amerikaans yuse it.’ A simple internet search will reveal that the only internet slang associated with ‘ma’ is 'Mom Alert'. Using ‘ma’ instead of ‘my’ basically makes as much sense as the lyrics of the super-awesome song Friday.
Whenever someone uses 'ma' in a sentence, I get all kinds of weird imagery, like:
That’s ma friend = mom’s friend—aunty
That’s ma den = that maddens me
Teri ma key = fine I got a bit carried away there. But you get the drift.
Seriously, if this habit is not curbed in time, it may lead to all kinds of potentially embarassing scenarios like:
^the malady pun was intended, of course.
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I agree, this is not one of my best works. But the ‘ma’ word annoyed the crap outta me. DO stay tuned; there are better posts on the way. (Not a very difficult thing to achieve, I know). In case you are wondering where the part 2 of ‘How to use sarcasm’ is, here’s a ragecomic to inform you what happened:
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I'm kidding.. the second part is in the pipeline. Expect it sometime soon!
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