Today in class, we were required to report on our group’s P4 progress, we received very positive feedback giving us confidence that we were on track. One respondent commented on the sound spread of the podcast as it projected through the speakers and Jasmine said I had a nice voice for radio. Naw, shucks folks, I’m speechless.
One team presented their work which introduced me to a new word, wordle.
It is astonishing just how many words have landing into the ever-growing lexicon that owe their meanings to the constantly advancing digital era. These words have been tried and tested and eventually accepted as terms that are pertinent to our language and communication. Some examples being, the re-branding of the word spam, the annoying security step that is captcha, the quirky, cute and sometimes necessary ditty known as an emoticon – and many many more.
As I have become infatuated with mediums (this is our P4 element) , their uses and their malleable forms, this word wordle got me thinking about text as a malleable medium. Text has evolved in new ways that need to be acknowledged otherwise brilliant concepts like wordles will go undiscovered.
Wordle is now in the lexicon