Honestly gue ngga tau ini ide brilian siapa untuk bikin layanan nilai tambah dari Telkomsel seperti ini tapi yang jelas ada kesalahan mendasar dari persepsi mereka dan banyak orang tentang bahasa alay. Ini hasil tweet kemarin malam setelah dapet link ke yang di atas dari @bocahmiring. Entah mau gue blog di mana, kayanya berhubung ini hasil tweet mending di sini aja. I think there’s a fundamental misunderstanding by most people about alay texting. It’s not just inserting numbers in place of alphabets. When you see alay texting, most of the time you don’t see numbers in place of letters, you see a “creative license” in spelling. Proper example of alay texting. Note the liberal spelling being used here: http://twitter.com/gwyndaaa/status/4679716267098112 Or try this one. Note the lack of numbers: http://twitter.com/miyanka/status/4533646044172288 Some people compare alay with the prokem language of the 80s but there’s a significant difference. In alay the words are the same but the spellings are different and irregular. You rarely find the same word being spelt the same way. In prokem, the words and object names are changed and there’s an agreement among prokem speakers to recognize the same replacement words.  Both however express the need of each generation to find some sort of bond among themselves and to have a shared identity. Prokem was spoken mostly by those born in the late ’60s and ’70s, alay is used mostly by those born in the late ’80s and ’90s. Correct me if I’m wrong, but there doesn’t seem to be a similar linguistic trait that came from those born between those periods. Anyone? If you’ve ever heard people say bo’il (mobil), ngokar (ngerokok), spokat (sepatu), that’s prokem. For better examples, ask @pinot. -@amasna
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Honestly gue ngga tau ini ide brilian siapa untuk bikin layanan nilai tambah dari Telkomsel seperti ini tapi yang jelas ada kesalahan mendasar dari persepsi mereka dan banyak orang tentang bahasa alay.

Ini hasil tweet kemarin malam setelah dapet link ke yang di atas dari @bocahmiring. Entah mau gue blog di mana, kayanya berhubung ini hasil tweet mending di sini aja.

I think there’s a fundamental misunderstanding by most people about alay texting. It’s not just inserting numbers in place of alphabets. When you see alay texting, most of the time you don’t see numbers in place of letters, you see a “creative license” in spelling.

Proper example of alay texting. Note the liberal spelling being used here: http://twitter.com/gwyndaaa/status/4679716267098112

Or try this one. Note the lack of numbers: http://twitter.com/miyanka/status/4533646044172288

Some people compare alay with the prokem language of the 80s but there’s a significant difference. In alay the words are the same but the spellings are different and irregular. You rarely find the same word being spelt the same way. In prokem, the words and object names are changed and there’s an agreement among prokem speakers to recognize the same replacement words. 

Both however express the need of each generation to find some sort of bond among themselves and to have a shared identity. Prokem was spoken mostly by those born in the late ’60s and ’70s, alay is used mostly by those born in the late ’80s and ’90s. Correct me if I’m wrong, but there doesn’t seem to be a similar linguistic trait that came from those born between those periods. Anyone?

If you’ve ever heard people say bo’il (mobil), ngokar (ngerokok), spokat (sepatu), that’s prokem. For better examples, ask @pinot.

-@amasna

Source: telkomsel.com