In Crystal’s essay “Texting” he gives this style of communication a name “Textspeak.” He poses the question: “Will Textspeak have an effect on the language as a whole?” This is unlikely.”(Pg. 246:14) his belief is this style of communication is only purposeful for the use of
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Modern social technology is threatening to dominate our lives and make us less human. As media has developed‚ human frantically use modern technology to communicate with each other. Under the illusion of perfect connections between people‚ it indirectly isolates and leads to less socially comfortable human interaction. However‚ social media such as facebook‚ and twitter actually brings out various benefits by sharing commonality of human nature through convenient access of modern technology. In another
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easier than ever. Almost everyone owns a cell phone or PDA and seems to be connected to it like a Siamese twin joined at the hip. These technological devices allow us to be able to communicate quickly‚ easily‚ and constantly by using the language of texting. Because of this wonderful new language‚ today instead of writing‚ “that was really funny‚” we simply write “LOL” which stands for “laugh out loud” – same meaning but a shorter way to say it in writing. The use of these types of acronyms is second
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bunch of texting lingo. I’m also apparently sweet and innocent. I love to listen to music and talk about bands to my friends‚ which makes me a huge band geek. Being a teenager has also made me lazy‚ impulsive‚ have an attitude all the time‚ and‚ of course‚ I watch Netflix. On the other hand‚ I am fairly smart‚ but I don’t understand a good amount which is fine because I’m only a freshman. Although being Tumblr is a fine thing‚ I don’t even use Tumblr.
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said or it is just out of place. The Sixties like any other decade had its own unique problems‚ concerns and good times. And like any other decade it had its own lingo and cultural slang. Social unrest‚ an unpopular war‚ civil rights abuses‚ growing drug usage and a general distrust of Government provided plenty to draw from for slang lingo. Many of the phrases used in the 60’s are actually still used today. Nevertheless‚ I will show you a few words that are not commonly heard in today’s era such as
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It’s me‚ Charlotte. The 1996 Presidential Election was two days ago. The Democrat nominee Bill Clinton‚ won his second term. His Vice President candidate is Al Gore. He beat the Republican Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. Kemp is Dole’s Vice President candidate. Although Clinton got 379 electoral votes and Dole got 159 electoral votes‚ the popular vote looks much closer. Clinton got about forty-seven million votes and Dole got about thirty-nine million votes. I think that it is great that lots of people went
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| |Login #: | | Pros and Cons of Instant Messaging and Texting Communication is the “exchange of thoughts‚ messages‚ or information‚ as by speech‚ signals‚
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experts are divided about the consequences of the fast-growing new ways people have to reach out to each other. Social media is now the most popular way to keep in touch with old friends‚ new friends‚ and family. Text messaging‚ along with its altered lingo‚ has almost replaced telephone calls and voice mail messages entirely. Business meetings have been replaced by emails or internet based conference applications such as Skype. Customer service is defined now by automated voice recognition software
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that‚ “Ellis‚ Daniels‚ and Jauregui (2010) most directly assessed the effects of texting on performers in a real classroom context…..Experimental students scored significantly lower than control students did on a pop quiz at the end of class. Although this experiment comes directly from a classroom setting‚ sending a text message to a teacher who does not respond is likely not as distracting as a conversational texting dialogue”(Froese et al. 325). Cell phones are clearly a problem for the future of
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speaker your full attention. In a face-to-face meeting‚ of course‚ it is only too apparent when the person you are talking to is distracted by their smart phone rather than focusing on the content of the meeting. In the past several years‚ texting and instant messaging have become phenomena that few of us have been able to escape. Though most popular with the younger generations‚ it is becoming increasingly common to see people of all ages absorbed in silent conversations on their cell phones
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