just realizd pylova is also missŋ Alternate Text 4 vidz:
[🐴2×🙂‍↔️ realizŋ somethŋ meme captiond: “wen ð 10/10 baddie uv bēn datŋ 😆@ an extremely niç ref. ðt uonly ur homeboy hu disappeard in 🇹🇭 6年 wld understand”]

          • Diurnambule@jlai.luEnglish
            6·
            2 days ago

            That a new way of speaking ? I am not English native. If I didn’t had the image as reference I wouldn’t be able to understand. I am curious, last time I seen something similar was when we were 1447 speaking.

            • alapakala@quokk.auOPEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Here’s a few.

              • ŋ is contracting “-ing”
              • ð “th[e]”
              • ç “ch”
              • 🇹🇭 Thailand [flag]
              • 年 year
              • hu who
              • wld would

              I can contract the post more, but I felt this was basic contractions.

              • festnt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                6·
                2 days ago

                ok but do ANY of these make sense?

                the only languages i know that use ç use it with an s sound, not a ch one

                and how is anyone supposed to know how year is written in chinese?

                oh also i think you put the wrong links cause i don’t see any of the “contractions” you made in them

                • alapakala@quokk.auOPEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  They do, if you know IPA.
                  “Ș & Ç” used to be “Sh & Ch” substitutes before IPA created “ʃ & ʒ” respectively. In English electronic keybords, those characters are more accessible than “ʃ & ʒ.”
                  The “year” one is a personal touch, I admit. I prefer a logogram over 4 symbols.

                  i don’t see any of the “contractions” you made in them I’m about to slay your brain🤯. Even b4 SMSlang, we had something called 🌈shorthands✨.

                  • Starski@lemmy.zipEnglish
                    2·
                    1 day ago

                    Just text like a normal person, the whole point of language is to be understood not be obnoxiously avant-garde.

                  • festnt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    2·
                    1 day ago

                    so not only do i have to learn IPA, i need to learn the old symbols that aren’t used anymore? if you go out of your way to put a lologram in there why not also add ʃ and ʒ to your keyboard?

                    ok i have to be more specific… i don’t see any of the random characters you’re calling “contractions” in any of those links.

                    edit: forgot to mention, if you’re using ç for the ch sound, why is it in niche, the one word with a ch that makes an sh sound?