“Words are all we have.” - Samuel Beckett-
Oscar managed to push the dictionary under his bed before his mother came in.
“Acks?” she asked, “Test 2moro.”
“I hate Acronyms!” said Oscar. “Why can’t we use whole words?”
“2 Slo” said his mother. “Law sa acks betr.”
“They aren’t even real acronyms,” said Oscar with disgust. “Do you know if a word disappears, we lose the only way to describe something. Like an animal going extinct.”
“U hav 2 try,” said his mother. “Law.”
“I think people should be able to talk the way they want.”
“U betr Behav. Arest’d” she said with some concern. Acks as the Universal Language was adopted in 2057 and was taken very seriously. Anyone who could not master Acks, or even worse, refused, well…They were cracking down.
Words are beautiful, delectable, delicious, said Oscar dreamily.
“Shhhh!” said his mother sharply. “No! Law!”
“No law, “ repeated Oscar. “I like that. No law! Up with the word!” He knew he had found his calling, but said goodnight in ACKs to please his Ma-ma!
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