First of all, progress is all around us, simply passing by texting. Texting wasn't always in our society. Texting is a new kind of talking with it's own kind of grammar and conventions. It's destroying our language and we are victims of this progress. The scientists found that kids who sent three or more text messages a day had significantly lower scores on literacy tests than children who sent none. After all, texting, which is a form of progress, as consequences…
In the essay “I H8 TXT MSGS: HOW TEXTING IS WRECKING OUR LANGUAGE,” author John Humphrys explains how people’s everyday use of texting and computer shorthand is destroying our language (Humphrys 176). People who use proper grammar and punctuation are now being seen as old fashioned and behind the times.…
Text messaging has made a shorthand version of English that many youth are beginning to use as an everyday language. Instead of full sentences and proper spelling, they only use a few necessary words and don’t spell words completely. They do this so that they can fit many things into a limited texting space. Twitter, the social media website, also adds to this habit because it only allows each tweet to be 140 characters long. As a result, words have become less sophisticated and only the things that are necessary are said. Like Frye said, such a habit will create a society that only thinks that the basic words are important, and doesn’t believe in valuing words that would be more complex. Therefore, the same words are used over and over again and new thoughts aren’t made by people.…
John McWhorter, who is a linguist, did his presentation on “Txting is Killing Language. JK!!!” his interpretation of electronic communication also supports the observation that (texting, tweeting, and blogging, etc.) is not affecting spoken language but is what he elegantly refers to this type of communicating as “Fingered Speech.” He stated, “What texting is, despite the fact that it involves the brute mechanics of something that we call writing, is fingered speech.”(McWhorter 5:20)…
Is texting making our language worse or is it improving it? David Crystal, “a professor at the University of Wales and is known for his work in English language studies and linguistics” (335), writes about how many people think that texting is destroying our language, but Crystal believes that texting can improve children’s ability to read and write, he also writes that texting may add a new dimension to communication in an article called “2b or Not 2b”. In the article Crystal starts off with a quote by John Humphry, he believes that texters are “vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbors 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped” (335). As a response, Crystal states that people have always thought that any new technology will destroy our language. He also talks about how people believe that texting will make people spell worse because they are always abbreviating them in text messages. He talks about how a lot of the time people don’t always text abbreviations. He believes that abbreviations people use is negligible compared to the amount of texted words people send. Crystal states that many of the abbreviations we’ve come to associate with texting has been in conversation and literature generations older than texting. Crystal ends by saying “There is no disaster pending. We will not see a new generation of adults growing up unable to write proper English. The language as a whole will not decline.” (345)…
Citations: Barranco, Timothy. "A Way with Words, or Away With Words: Effect of Texting and IM 'ing on Language. Department of English 16th Edition University of Delaware. n.d. 27-29. Web. 24 Sep. 2012. <http://supriportfolio.com/docs/print/arak.pdf>.…
Texting consists of numbers, letters, and signs which allow us to condense long and challenging expressions into more efficiently read words on a keyboard. Texting is used to condense elongated words into simpler more easily typed words. The word “message” can be converted to simpler more efficient term “msg.” Before you break any rules of the English language, you first need to understand the linguistic rules of the correct language to be able to text appropriately. Texting helps the users to comprehend the language more than ever before as David Crystal states, “The latest studies ( from a team at Coventry University) have found strong positive links between the use of texting language and the skills underlying success in standard English in pre-teenage children”(Crystal 345). In…
It is true that with latest inventions being introduced old work, schedule, and much more has changed. Advanced inventions include the use of technology; with technology comes phones. There are many more inventions, but the phone is considered one of the largest inventions and phones are very common and popular in service. The operation of phones is very convenient and affordable because the main purpose is to text other people, yet texting can have negative impacts on a person’s life. Texting can be dreadful for a person in his or her day to day life due to countless reasons. Some of the reasons are: the slangs and acronyms, incorrect use of grammar, and no sense of proper information being sent in the text message. A person should not use these texting criteria in his or her formal writing.…
As SMS messages has brought significant changes to our lives by revolutionizing the way people communicate, using abbreviations in texting has become more popular than ever as a quick and convenient choice to exchange information. Yet, there remains some disagreement as to whether this useful and powerful tool of communication has been positive or negative on literacy in the long-term. According to the article “Text messaging and the decline of the English language” published in The Fulchester Times on 25 August 2012, Louise Dite states that texting can lead to reducing students’ literacy ability. In the article “Mobile phones and Literacy” published in The Daily Planet on 8 August 2012, Samuel Tsung, meanwhile, argues that using SMS messages not only is a useful tool to practice English skills but also improve students’ results. This essay will critically evaluate to both arguments in these two articles.…
Writing in many ways is easier than texting. Texting is mainly for shorter sentences, phrases, or conversation. Written text is all about lengthy paragraphs and correct grammar. According to a blog on Paper Rater, "As a grammar fanatic, it has always bothered me to see sentences and words broken up to save time via email, text messages, and instant messaging software. I understand that the world now relies heavily on these programs for communication, and not everyone feels as strongly as I do about proper grammar. However, it is quite common that students confuse texting and writing to be the same thing. The truth is that they are incredibly different. Syntax (sentence structure) is affected by this new language of instant chatting, and I hope to clear up some of the confusion." Some people, mainly the elderly, see it this way too. These people grew up with completely correct grammar with their letters and newspapers. Before the boom of texting in the 21st century written text was one of the only ways of communicating with friends or family. People still write instead of texting. Books, for example, will never go away because readers love to read about other people's opinion upon subjects other than texting someone about…
There are several disadvantages of text messaging that affect peoples’ language in the all communities around the world. The first disadvantage of text messaging is that school performance can be negatively affected students’ performance in school. For instance, students are facing difficulties about grammatical mistakes at school which means the language they are using for texting is too weak for their schools (The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program 2009). Also, spelling is problem that affects student’s school work. This can be mirrored in their exam papers and this happens with students because they use abbreviation to the words (‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ 2008). A second disadvantage of text messaging is the lack of writing skills in school. For instance, most of the teachers at school concerned about students’ performance because of texting and they said that most of students do not know about the differences between the formal languages and informal (The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program 2009). Moreover, students now are using a lot of abbreviations rather than full words and this makes them to use short sentences which put themselves in terrible situations (‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ 2008). A third disadvantage of texting is that new language is getting people misunderstanding. For example, most of this new language is absorbed into spoken language which might be spoken in front of…
A trillion text messages might seem a lot, but when we set these alongside the multi-trillion instances of standard orthography in everyday life, they appear as no more than a few ripples on the surface of the sea of language. Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.…
There are a number of reasons why SMS is useful. The first effect is effective and fashionable massaging. The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program (2009) shows that SMS makes communicate easier and faster. According to ‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ (2008), the contrast between normal English and text messaging, SMS language is more convenient and stylish. ‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ (2008) reports that massaging can take shorthand with syllables rhyming. For example ‘b/c’ and ‘cuz’ mean is because (The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program 2009). In fact, text messaging takes personal letters’ place as the most popular communicate tool, it is much faster than handwriting (‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ 2008). ‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ (2008) mentions that ‘SMSing’, which not only young people but also adults using, it’s an avid fever. The last factor is people created own language. ‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ (2008) says that language in the process of constant development, people need to make innovations. According to ‘SMS spells end of gd grammar?’ (2008), text messages is various and creative, when people use SMS, they will innovate new words which can meet the needs of people. The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program (2009) states that teenagers create their own language, which causing them feel pride. Creating new words can improve and bring out young people’s creativity (‘SMS spells end of…
• The older generations feel that texting has taken the ability of writing and correct spelling to zero, they deplore what texting has done to the English language…
Researchers have found that Cell phones have materially affected language use. These days, it's a common sight to see people write "LOL" or "srsly" instead of expressing themselves through fully realized action and language. Text talk is now affecting how we speak and is taking over our everyday life. Language has become compacted even further by cell phone links to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Because of character count restrictions on these sites, messages are restricted to 140 characters. These shortened thoughts often necessitate abbreviation of words that could become a habit, given enough time and use, with the potential to spill into normal conversation. But, studies show that the shortened speech may help children with reading comprehension, and that there are no negative effects from texting. This shows that cell phones can be harmful.…