The second segment from J.K. Rowling's lengthy chat with ABC's Cynthia McFadden to promote The Casual Vacancy is online now, where the Harry Potter author discussed what she thought of the new generation of abbreviations and acronyms that exist in the technological and even real world, her thoughts on the digital book media, and how she would definitely not read the 50 Shades of Grey series. More from the interview will be released on Thursday's episode of Good Morning America and World News with Diane Sawyers.

“[Those kind of abbreviations,] they really interest me because language isn’t and shouldn’t be static, ever. So, I’m the reverse of the person who wants to preserve it in aspic and say, ‘We still conform to a certain way of speaking and writing because that’s how it was done 100 years ago,’” she told “Nightline” co-anchor Cynthia McFadden, in an interview for ABC News and the ABC News/Yahoo series, “Newsmakers.”

“There are loads of them that I got wrong. Loads of them. And to the extent, I don’t wanna tell you what — how badly I got one of them wrong that I had to go and get– to get a crash course with Jessica,” Rowling said, adding that some of today’s abbreviated slang is “quite ugly.”

“I remember the first time I heard a teenager say ‘LOL.’ Just what? But it means ‘laugh.’ Why don’t you just laugh? What are you doing?” Rowling says.

“It’s not really for me. I’m a middle-aged woman. So as a writer, I find it very interesting, but it would be embarrassing if I started trying to use it too fluently. Sometimes you’ve got to accept you don’t belong in that gang.”

“I would always want printed books. So maybe — maybe when I’m 70, my latest novel will be [only digital]. I’ll just have one specially printed for me because I’ll always want them to be ink and paper,” she said when asked about the future of reading. “Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.”

“I just couldn’t fill the [suitcase] with enough books to keep all of my kids and me happy. So … I downloaded a lot of books and it was a revelation,” she said. “I loved knowing that I had, you know, 200 books to choose from with me, having a little library. But physically to me, it’s not the same. But I enjoyed it. You know, we were on the move a lot and it was perfect. So I think I’m going to be one of those people who downloads but has a physical copy at home.”

“Everyone, everyone has asked me if I’ve read Fifty Shades of Grey and I haven’t. I read The Story of O and I think, you know, if you’ve read The Story of O you’ve kind of you’ve read the ultimate,” she said about the 1954 erotic novel.

Order J.K. Rowling's 512-page book The Casual Vacancy now, via:

Amazon.com - The Casual Vacancy Hardcover | The Casual Vacancy Kindle
Amazon.co.uk - The Casual Vacancy Hardcover | The Casual Vacancy Kindle
Amazon Canada - The Casual Vacancy Hardcover | The Casual Vacancy Audio CD

hpluvr037

__________________

Thanks, Kitakins <3

BanaBatGirl

__________________

yeah, there's one thing about me that you should know________________________________

__________________________________________that I can't help from speaking my mind

Hermionespell

MudInMyBlood