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whether texting is actually destroying the English language. Arguments against this statement are varied; some believe it helps the children communicate more effectively. As a child communicating by text can be seen as ‘cool’ i personally believe it’s just a trend that like others will come and go. At the moment the trend of text message language is very popular and with most English citizens owning a mobile it is very widely spread but i doubt people actually use text message language in everyday
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Hieu Tran Professor Michael Mannion English 12 A 27 October 2013 Is Texting Ruining The English Language? In this weeks video John McWhorter talks about texting. John studies how language has evolved -- and will evolve -- with social‚ historical and technological developments‚ in addition to studying and writing about race in America. He argues that we always hear texting is a negative decline or fall in serious literature or writing ability. That texting ruins someone’s ability to write or speak
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Texting is constantly changing our language. It is a relatively new worldwide phenomenon that is an example of language in evolution. The use of abbreviations‚ digits and the general absence of any vowels has changed the way we can communicate with people and how we use the written word by mobile phone.There are critics however such as author John Humphrys who wrote I h8 texting he believes that texting is ruining our language and that it makes people lazy with how they write. By exploring and comparing
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middle aged classes to wonder‚ and be convinced that the use of the abbreviations and made up words by youth and media are ruining the English language. We can tell that the text is targeted to these groups of people as this is a criticism towards the modern language that the youth has created. This was mostly due to the use of technology in young people’s lives‚ such as texting and computers‚ chatting and social networks and even the media. Some words include: OMG‚ meaning "Oh my God" and "meh" which
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Technology is ruining the English language. Do you agree? The English language is always evolving and technology is only advancing the way we interact. Language has to continually change to stay relevant with technological advances in the modern times. Although it may appear that slang is destroying the English language‚ it is simply progressing‚ just as language from Shakespearean times has progressed to how we speak now. Secondly‚ the English language is just that- a language; it is something
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are ruining the English language.” English is a language which dates back to the 5th century. During this time Britain was being invaded by the arrival Germanic tribes. This moment in time in Britain‚ people spoke a Celtic language. But most of these people were pushed out to where Ireland‚ Wales‚ and Scotland exist currently. These tribes had spoken in similar languages which developed into what is we call‚ “Old English”‚ today (450-1100 AD). Old English doesn’t look or sound like English today
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The New Texting Language: Bilingual or Lazy? The use of cell phones has taken over this generation’s communication with each other. According to Timothy Barranco‚ he says that in “Today’s society the youth are becoming bilingual without even realizing it.” (Barranco Pg.27) The author analyzes whether the texting language can be considered a second language‚ or is the new language just another way for Americans to diminish the English language. In the article “A Way with Words‚ or Away with Words:
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72% of teenagers text regularly‚ and one in three sends more than 100 texts per day. Clearly‚ texting is the preferred method of communication among young people‚ and that trend is moving upward toward adults‚ who are also texting much more frequently. More people prefer texting nowadays so so face to face communication is really starting to lack in society. Texting is constantly changing our language. The use of abbreviations‚ digits and the general absence of any vowels has changed the way we
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everything Humphrey says. He merely establishes the main point‚ that text messaging is destroying English. Paragraph Two: DC also summarizes John Sutherland’s paper from 2002 which asserts that texting is an ugly‚ illiterate version of English. Paragraph Three: DC places Humphry‚ Sutherland‚ and others who criticize texting shorthand into a longer history of critics who have opposed new media for using language‚ such as telegraph‚ telephone‚ radio‚ and television. Paragraph Four: Initiates a history
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