Naming one branch of NewSpeak - "URL-speak" or "URL-lang"? "Link-Talk"?
A friend on facebook posted this:
"Drat. @odannyboy reveals the iPhone case I might have bought ( http://is.gd/bbT9G ) had I not just bought http://tinyurl.com/n2nceh"
I so enjoyed this example of hyper-English, felt it needs a new moniker, like "url-speak" or "url-lang" or something.
Ideas?
Additionally, all language requires some forms of rules for everyone to understand. Additionally, specialized languages pop-up to encourage non-comprehension by non-professionals or 'outsiders' (I've seen it in corp USA (corp-speak or suit-speak), in MMORPG'ing, and of course texting/chatting (Emoticon/Smileys doesn't accurately represent the new abbreviated language IMHO).
Any ideas on rules/parameters that might enhance effective communications with these new-speaks?
so we can heal the Earth by giving, collaborating, and sharing.
"What to call it"
Urlish.
It's like halfway between Orcish and Elvish, which describes what I think is the stage that humanity is about to grow out of...
In regards to the first
In regards to the first quote, I am a firm believer that all links should have a 'plain text' reference or subject, and that abbreviated site links (tinyurl & so on) can be very dangerous & I often avoid them -- I would pre-judge whether I'd click on it based on my evaluation of the person quoting/linking.