Effects of Jejemon Essay

Jejemons, are you one of them?Recently, someone tagged me in a weird photo in facebook showing JejemonI never knew that freakin word and didnt care until I saw on the news what they are, what it means and why the hell its being aired everywhere. Well, at least in Phil. This hub is only about Jejemon. What is Jejemon?What is Jejemon really? It was derived from two words jeje (from hehe means laughter) and mon (a Japanese-influenced suffix in Pokemon)Jejemons are the people who laugh Jejejeje instead of heheheh in Pinoy SMS.Jejemons has multiplied through chatrooms, online games, sociable networks and widely in mobile texting. They became a popular subculture because they make their own rules of spelling, punctuation and grammar. They type words in the practical(prenominal) public by alternating capital and small letters, adding H, Z etc. So weird that besides their group could understand.dHeY tYpe wOrdz lYk diZs**To view their website visit Jejemon.comJejemon became so controversi al and often, it creates debates discussing the advantages anddisadvantages of Jejemon.Good Effects of Jejemon* Gives pleasure to a social group. Jejemons became a tribe, so if you are one of them, you tend to enjoy like them. I rottert object and Im not against them but I know every crowd or sorority brings pleasure to anyone in a way he feels he belongs * Secret codes. If youre a Jejemon, you definitely know how to speak and how to communicate with them. Only you and your folks can understand each former(a) pretty well. So maybe, in times of secrecy, you can converse using your special terms. * The feeling of freedom. Ifyoure a proud Jejemon, it also means you entert care about anti-Jejemon critics. Its a sign that you are liberated from what others would think.Bad Effects of Jejemon* You forget your main language. Whatever it is, English or Filipino, if youre a Jejemon, you always speak with it, so you get used to it. Your other dialects are dance orchestra aside. Oftentimes, it will let you forget the right spelling or grammar in English or Filipino. * Jologs status. (Ok Jejemons dont freak out) Jologs, just like Jejemon, is a term used to denote low discriminate group who are majority from the province towns, often times termed as tambay Jologs is a label of no-care to the world of etiquette or whatever is prim and proper for that matter. * Outcast. Jejemons unfortunately are not widely accepted in the nation so if someone sort of suspects hes talking to one, he wont talk with him again or be a friend with him. A perfect example would be what Ive read from a site that says, OMG youre a Jejemon Bye Because of it, Jejemon has been a big social issue. * Difficult to read. All would agree its freaking hard to read Jejemon words.Sample Jejemon words and phraseseOw poHw (hello po)xInU pOe xLa? (sino po sila)jejejeje (heheheh)Do Jejemons annoy you?-Top of Form* Yup so annoying* No, they are cool.Bottom of FormSee results without ballotDo Jejemons annoy you ?DepEd (Department of Education) discourage everyone using such grammar because of the obvious effects. A lot of groups have freehanded also to combatJejemons, they areJejebusters, Anti-jeje, GOTTA KILL EM ALL JEJEMON and many more.Surprisingly, the term Jejemon won the word of the course of instruction inSawikaan 2010 over nine other entries, by the University of the Philippines academic group in Diliman, Quezon City organized by the Filipinas Institute of Translation.I have no problem with Jejemons and they dont annoy me at all because I dont talk/text to anyone of their kind.