The reading summary is done by:
ENGL300-1: Britny Hawk
ENGL300-2: Dan Krieske
Due by class time on: Friday, Sept. 30th, 2011 The responses by the whole class are due by class time on: Monday, Oct. 3rd, 2011 The text you need to read is here.
This article about texting slang was interesting. So many young teens and even adults are beginning to write slang in texts over 'proper' English. In this article they talked about omitting letters in text, using initials over complete phrases, and use of logograms.
Personally, I never really got into text slang, with the exception of a few initials, I enjoy typing out sentences and understand it more.
Texting is a lot more technical that I realized. The fact that someone could write an article like this, describing the elements of texting and how they function is very much proof of that technicality. As I looked at this article, I couldn't help but thinking how fun it would be to write a thesis for a MA on this topic (I guess someone probably has already done that)! The author of this text says the six things that make texting distinctive are pictograms and logograms, intialisms, omitted letters, shortenings, and genuine novelties. I think the most interesting of these are the pictograms and logograms because they each use some of the same characters, but the characters mean completely different things depending on the context. This article makes texting seem like a science...it's interesting to see pictograms compared to Egyptian hieroglyphics.
It is good to read something that will help me translate the texts I receive from my youngest brother, a 16 year-old and avid texter. What surprised me about this article was the complexity about texting. It seems that a lot of communal effort has been put into abbreviating the language to make it short and accessible to many. I would be interested in knowing how this sort of thing begins--the article pointed to technology and economic factors (time, etc.)--but I'd be curious to see the genealogy of shorthand/ texting.
I did not know that texting was so old and in depth. I thought this article would help help me in my survey, which it did, but also it should me how little I really know about texting. The article states that people who text a lot can spell correctly and have correct grammar. Which I knew that would be the case because just like in spoken word people use proper English for a job, but with friends they would use slag and not proper English.
This article was very interesting because it showed me how complex texting is. A lot of people don’t seem to know that texting is a complex language. My father is the least technical person I know. He doesn’t know how to text but he assumes that when he sees me text that it is not difficult. If I was to show him a text conversation with me and one of my friends, he probably wouldn’t understand us.
Texting gets more and more advanced every day. The most interesting part of texting in our generation is the “texting Slang”. Texting slang, to my knowledge, consisted of abbreviated words and acronyms. This article explains texting’s overall transformation throughout the years. Texting contains six things that are distinct; Pictograms and logograms, intialisms, omitted letters, shortenings, and genuine novelties. I am familiar with doing the above mentioned in texting because I am an avid texter although I never knew they had proper scholarly terms. The article breaks everything down and is a very good explanation.
The chapter of this book goes into detail about the different slang sectors of texting. I had no idea how in-depth texting could be. Texting slang has taken over many people. I cannot believe it when I hear that some people use such slang in school papers. My form of texting slang consists of words like "wanna" "gonna" or "goin." I never really get into logograms or those crazy things. Reading this chapter has made me want to use proper English when texting. It is just a bad practice to use texting slang. I hope my little brother isn't one of those kids who replaces "see" with "c" is his essays. I suggest that many people my age read this chapter.
I found this chapter to be quite interesting. I enjoyed the comparison to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Texting has a lot more components to its "language" than I realized. I tend to stay away from a lot of the aspects of text lingo, simply because they annoy me, but I know a lot of people that do use them. I feel that it is okay to use certain text lingo statements in the appropriate time, but they shouldn't be used constantly. Overall this chapter does a great job of going into the detail and history of 'text lingo'.
Texting in general has taken over most people my age lives. It is all you see young people doing these days. I had no idea it was so in-depth though, with all the different aspects of the “slang.” It really has created a completely new language in America, a language that in my mind dummy downs everyone that takes place in it. I do not want to be hypercritical, however; because I take place in it too.
Text messaging is our generations failure in language. Although it is a fast and effective way to communicate with friends; people have taken it too far and use text slang in professional places such as work and school. This is not a good thing and needs to stop because it makes that person look less intelligent, and overall is negatively changing our language. Society needs to realize the difference when using this slang, and realize it should ONLY be used with close friends and family, NOT in a professional setting.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone texts me with so much slang that I can hardly understand it. This article goes pretty in depth saying that texting is like a different language. If someone who did not text were to try and read texting slang then they may have a hard time understanding. Personally, when I text I spell out all of my words instead of abbreviations. However, if someone is in a hurry I could see why they would use slang.
This article was very interesting to me because It talked a lot about texting slang and how a lot of people today use texting in slang.Instead of spelling out the words completely. Sometimes people will make the mistake of using those same words in there paper because there accustomed to using slang which is not good at all.
This article described the different forms of texting such as pictograms, logograms, initialisms, omitted letters, nonstandard spellings, shortenings, and genuine novelties. All of these forms of texting listed inhibit language in some way. As the author of the article stated, they all do contribute to language and communication, but I argue that texting of any form hinders the communication we hold between each other. I don't agree that texting should become accepted as a new language because it is just a lazy form of communication between one another.
I found “What Makes Texting Distinctive” extremely interesting; it was a fun read. I did not know that texting slang could be connected to olden times. I also find it fascinating that there is so much complexity to text slang when it is done so you can type and send quickly. While reading this article, I found that my texting is lacking because I could not figure out a majority of the logograms and initialisms and have never seen a majority in my life. I text often, but my text usually can be read by someone who doesn’t text their life away. One concept of text slang that I do not understand is omitting letters when the word is already short or when it is really long. When it is already short laziness comes to my mind, an example in the reading is rite when all you have to do is add a w.
The article Texting Slang offers evidence of the decrease of proper English grammar due to the texting generation. One thing the article does point out is that these texters are not the first ones to impose laziness to the English Language. Traces of abbreviations to English date as far back as the mid 1800’s. Multiple reasons for reduction in spelling and large increases in slang come from cyber resources. Such as computers and cell phones are major components to what is causing the deflation of proper speech. The words that are arriving to be considered normal and apart of language are the words that are replacing the English language that was once respected as a very difficult language to learn.
Texting has become its own distinct language. Certain words and phrases have become common place in everyday society such as "LOL" (Laughing out loud) and "SMH" (Shaking my head). Almost anyone with a cell phone and texting capabilities can tell you what those short hands mean. Texting shows just how much a language can grow and how it is on the users of that language to make it evolve.
I was surprised when i read this article. Even though I am a text junky, I never thought of all the time put into shortening the language we write. I enjoyed reading this article, and am glad this is the topic I chose for my research project. The depth within texting these days, is indeed its own language.
Texting is it's own language. It should be a small class on how to read text messages, especially for older people. All the abbreviations and slang that are used for texting is just another form of communication, Sometimes it's looked down upon, and people say we will forget to spell the right words correctly. This article really stood up for all the texters who shorten every other word. Although some times the language can be a bit out of hand and confusing.
This article really stood out to me, because I'm a texter and i abbreviate majority of my words. It's a form of quick easy fun communication. This article really stood up for the people who text, and gave great examples on why we text the way we do. It should be a small class held dedicated to learning how to text.
This article surprised me. I had no idea that texting had a history so long. Texting is its own language and the content used in texting is ancient and dates back one hundred years or more. Texting is a mass communication tool in today's society and it does effect the way we right outside of texting. The article explains the mechanics of texting and what is used. The author talks about pictographs and logograms in texting. These are typographic symbols such as @. The author also talks about Initialisms in texting and the use of acronyms. Shortenings or abbreviations are also used frequently in texting. This article was enjoyable to read and really opened my eyes about texting and its mechanics.
This article explained how complex technology has become. It showed me how texting has abbreviated so many words to send the message faster. I text all the time and I abbreviate, I did not realize it had such a long history, it was just something I had learned over time. The six things that are distinct in texting are; pictograms and logograms, intialisms, omitted letters, shortenings, and genuine novelties. I notice in my texts I use all of these, I never thought of texting as a different language until now. I agree with the author that texting is a different form of language and it was very interesting the comparison to Egyptian hieroglyphs. I really enjoyed this article.
Texting slang is a funny concept to me. For one, I think it's a little ridiculous that it's so hard to write out full words and make sense of them, but at the same time I can understand why it has evolved into something other than Standard English. My family is from Kenya where cell phones are pay as you go. For each text sent, it cost X amount of Kenya Shillings (their money currency), so people do what even they can to make their messages as short as possible to cut down on cost. That, to me, makes sense since it's cheaper to use slang (or in a Kenya, Sheng, which is a mix or Swahili and English). I think this article is good because it points out that texting slang is somewhat of a different language. The more people that accept it as a different language, the better we can become at knowing when it is appropriate to use it.
In this article, texting is revered almost as a second nature language to those of the cell phone community. I use to use text language in high school but I got tired of seeing everything in the shortened words and thought it was just plain silly. A lot of thought must have been put into making these slang, texting words but I don't like to see it and being an English ed. major, I definitely won't deal with it as a teacher!
I have to admit that I have always been annoyed by the texting language. I tend to type out my sentences when texting. After reading this article I have a bit more appreciation for the texts I receive. It is interesting to read about a language that has developed with technology. There are more elements to this language than I had considered, and after reading the article to be honest, I feel a little behind. It enjoyed discovering what these symbols mean.
I would be shocked if “text slang” was not showing up in written form at school. Our children learn to text almost as quickly as they learn to walk. This is the way they learn to communicate socially with friends. I text daily. It contains a type of shorthand that some may have a hard time understanding. Unfortunately, written papers in the classroom or the business world have no room for “text slang.” It is important to remember to use proper English when completing work for school or in a professional setting. Text slang may present a challenge for today’s English teachers, but I believe with proper instruction, it is a hurdle we can overcome.
I found this article on what makes texting distinct interesting, because I do beleieve that many people are starting to write like this more often. It is surprising, some of the situations in which some people feel that it is acceptable to use like school papers or assignments. Something that really interested me in this article was the use of acronyms within texting. I think having a conversation like that would be quite confusing.
This areticle was actually really interesting to me. I didn't think that much on texting as nothing more than abbreviating words that people are to lazy to spell out. Everyone is using text slang like its their second language. Although, I think it will be a while until there is classes teaching the foreign language of texting in schools.
There are two main forms of text orthography. They are pictograms and logograms. What that means is using the most basic symbols to get across a word. This can range from "be-b" or "to-2." Although texting uses improper grammar. It is very easy to figure out what someone is talking about. The visual slang that is being conveyed in a text is just short hand. There was even abbreviations found in old dictionaries before texting was even invented. This is not as new as people may think.
This is an interesting article for me because I am doing our grammar project over the effects of texting on grammer. I, like many others, do use slang very often when I text. I consider myself a very grammatical person, however it is simply easier to use shorthand when texting with a limited character capacity. I do feel, though, that many that use slang to text reflect it in their everyday language as well. The most important thing is to recognize that there is a time and a place for slang. It is fine in texting and with certain friends, but at school and in the workplace a certain demeanor should be kept.
The amount of technicalities involved with texting surprised me. To me the shortened terms such as "lol" are extremely obnoxious. This reminded me of an episode of my favorite tv show where the main character goes off on his girlfriend for saying "lol" instead of just laughing. I on occasion do use slang while texting, but never in actual writing or in conversation. This type of language is fine for with friends but in every day speak or in the workplace it should not be allowed
Generally speaking, texting has become such a huge influence on our lives that it has even degraded other people's language. Everyday, younger and younger (and even older) people text nowadays--it is all people do! However, I had no idea how in-depth it really is in regards to all the different aspects of the “slang.” Because of this, it has established a completely new language in America--a language that has destroyed society's ability to communicate (even though texting is a form of communication).
Text messaging has graduated from an epidemic to a phenomenon, because at one point it was not as popular as at is now, but now a days everyone is text messaging and using text language. However i do not believe that text slang is the death of modern English, because our education system still requires people to know how to write standard English
Text messaging can teach person a lot more than what the society thinks. A lot of people especially older people have as serious problem with text messaging. Text messaging is useful. I actually learned my way around my laptop keyboard from texting on my cell phone. Texting is not resourceful if a person shortens words or uses slang because it makes it easier to write that way but if you practice proper English, add the right punctuation, and use the correct grammar in text messaging then your actually making your English composition better.
Reading this article I have realize and admitted that texting has made me lazy writer. I definitely agree with the fact that texting has a lot of effect on our writing skills. Texting is not a bad thing but we choose to write in slang its up each and one of us to make the choice in how we write text messages. This article inspires me to actually change my texting style and practice proper grammar while texting.
Texting has made a difference in people's writing styles. While texting used to be all about shortening words and writing in slang, now most phones fix grammatical errors and spelling flaws in a way that doesn't make the writer have to think about grammar rules. I admit that I text a lot and that it reflects sometimes in my professional writing. After reading this article I am going to try to type my text messages how I would if I were writing a paper in a college level course.
Texting and slang are a big part of our culture today. Does that mean a person has justification to not use proper English? Not at all. Personally, when I text or instant message someone I never use slang or abbreviations. One I think they can be confusing and two I'm never in that much of hurry to not spell a word out. For example, most people use LOL as laughing out loud well when my father e-mails me he uses LOL as lots of love. So if anyone were to read our messages they would think he is ending the message with a lot of laughing. To be honest this has become a huge issue. I have peer reviewed many people's papers and a lot of them have had u instead of you or 2 instead of to. There is no need for it, it's a short word so stop being lazy.
It is appalling to think that people use this texting slang in academic writing and professional situations. Having had extensive grammar courses and writing instruction throughout my education, I can easily decide when slang language is appropriate and when a more extensive, professional vocabulary is needed. I personally do not use "text slang" because I think it is obnoxious, but if it does have a place, it is amongst friends and family and not in professional situations and in academic writing.
Texting is a new language evolving everyday. That language is informal and intricate in it form. Phrases can be expressed in abbreviations. LOL is an example of common text abbreviations meaning laugh out loud. I found this article to be very interesting.
This article was very interesting in the fact thattexting slang has derived from improper techniques that have been around since the creation of the language. It is just a combination of all of these improper techniques that makes texting unlike anything else that has ever been in our culture.
This article about texting slang was interesting. So many young teens and even adults are beginning to write slang in texts over 'proper' English. In this article they talked about omitting letters in text, using initials over complete phrases, and use of logograms.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I never really got into text slang, with the exception of a few initials, I enjoy typing out sentences and understand it more.
Texting is a lot more technical that I realized. The fact that someone could write an article like this, describing the elements of texting and how they function is very much proof of that technicality. As I looked at this article, I couldn't help but thinking how fun it would be to write a thesis for a MA on this topic (I guess someone probably has already done that)! The author of this text says the six things that make texting distinctive are pictograms and logograms, intialisms, omitted letters, shortenings, and genuine novelties. I think the most interesting of these are the pictograms and logograms because they each use some of the same characters, but the characters mean completely different things depending on the context. This article makes texting seem like a science...it's interesting to see pictograms compared to Egyptian hieroglyphics.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to read something that will help me translate the texts I receive from my youngest brother, a 16 year-old and avid texter. What surprised me about this article was the complexity about texting. It seems that a lot of communal effort has been put into abbreviating the language to make it short and accessible to many. I would be interested in knowing how this sort of thing begins--the article pointed to technology and economic factors (time, etc.)--but I'd be curious to see the genealogy of shorthand/ texting.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that texting was so old and in depth. I thought this article would help help me in my survey, which it did, but also it should me how little I really know about texting. The article states that people who text a lot can spell correctly and have correct grammar. Which I knew that would be the case because just like in spoken word people use proper English for a job, but with friends they would use slag and not proper English.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting because it showed me how complex texting is. A lot of people don’t seem to know that texting is a complex language. My father is the least technical person I know. He doesn’t know how to text but he assumes that when he sees me text that it is not difficult. If I was to show him a text conversation with me and one of my friends, he probably wouldn’t understand us.
ReplyDeleteTexting gets more and more advanced every day. The most interesting part of texting in our generation is the “texting Slang”. Texting slang, to my knowledge, consisted of abbreviated words and acronyms. This article explains texting’s overall transformation throughout the years. Texting contains six things that are distinct; Pictograms and logograms, intialisms, omitted letters, shortenings, and genuine novelties. I am familiar with doing the above mentioned in texting because I am an avid texter although I never knew they had proper scholarly terms. The article breaks everything down and is a very good explanation.
ReplyDeleteThe chapter of this book goes into detail about the different slang sectors of texting. I had no idea how in-depth texting could be. Texting slang has taken over many people. I cannot believe it when I hear that some people use such slang in school papers. My form of texting slang consists of words like "wanna" "gonna" or "goin." I never really get into logograms or those crazy things. Reading this chapter has made me want to use proper English when texting. It is just a bad practice to use texting slang. I hope my little brother isn't one of those kids who replaces "see" with "c" is his essays. I suggest that many people my age read this chapter.
ReplyDeleteI found this chapter to be quite interesting. I enjoyed the comparison to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Texting has a lot more components to its "language" than I realized. I tend to stay away from a lot of the aspects of text lingo, simply because they annoy me, but I know a lot of people that do use them. I feel that it is okay to use certain text lingo statements in the appropriate time, but they shouldn't be used constantly. Overall this chapter does a great job of going into the detail and history of 'text lingo'.
ReplyDeleteTexting in general has taken over most people my age lives. It is all you see young people doing these days. I had no idea it was so in-depth though, with all the different aspects of the “slang.” It really has created a completely new language in America, a language that in my mind dummy downs everyone that takes place in it. I do not want to be hypercritical, however; because I take place in it too.
ReplyDeleteText messaging is our generations failure in language. Although it is a fast and effective way to communicate with friends; people have taken it too far and use text slang in professional places such as work and school. This is not a good thing and needs to stop because it makes that person look less intelligent, and overall is negatively changing our language. Society needs to realize the difference when using this slang, and realize it should ONLY be used with close friends and family, NOT in a professional setting.
ReplyDeleteOne of my biggest pet peeves is when someone texts me with so much slang that I can hardly understand it. This article goes pretty in depth saying that texting is like a different language. If someone who did not text were to try and read texting slang then they may have a hard time understanding. Personally, when I text I spell out all of my words instead of abbreviations. However, if someone is in a hurry I could see why they would use slang.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting to me because It talked a lot about texting slang and how a lot of people today use texting in slang.Instead of spelling out the words completely. Sometimes people will make the mistake of using those same words in there paper because there accustomed to using slang which is not good at all.
ReplyDeleteThis article described the different forms of texting such as pictograms, logograms, initialisms, omitted letters, nonstandard spellings, shortenings, and genuine novelties. All of these forms of texting listed inhibit language in some way. As the author of the article stated, they all do contribute to language and communication, but I argue that texting of any form hinders the communication we hold between each other. I don't agree that texting should become accepted as a new language because it is just a lazy form of communication between one another.
ReplyDeleteI found “What Makes Texting Distinctive” extremely interesting; it was a fun read. I did not know that texting slang could be connected to olden times. I also find it fascinating that there is so much complexity to text slang when it is done so you can type and send quickly. While reading this article, I found that my texting is lacking because I could not figure out a majority of the logograms and initialisms and have never seen a majority in my life. I text often, but my text usually can be read by someone who doesn’t text their life away. One concept of text slang that I do not understand is omitting letters when the word is already short or when it is really long. When it is already short laziness comes to my mind, an example in the reading is rite when all you have to do is add a w.
ReplyDeleteThe article Texting Slang offers evidence of the decrease of proper English grammar due to the texting generation. One thing the article does point out is that these texters are not the first ones to impose laziness to the English Language. Traces of abbreviations to English date as far back as the mid 1800’s. Multiple reasons for reduction in spelling and large increases in slang come from cyber resources. Such as computers and cell phones are major components to what is causing the deflation of proper speech. The words that are arriving to be considered normal and apart of language are the words that are replacing the English language that was once respected as a very difficult language to learn.
ReplyDeleteTexting has become its own distinct language. Certain words and phrases have become common place in everyday society such as "LOL" (Laughing out loud) and "SMH" (Shaking my head). Almost anyone with a cell phone and texting capabilities can tell you what those short hands mean. Texting shows just how much a language can grow and how it is on the users of that language to make it evolve.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised when i read this article. Even though I am a text junky, I never thought of all the time put into shortening the language we write. I enjoyed reading this article, and am glad this is the topic I chose for my research project. The depth within texting these days, is indeed its own language.
ReplyDeleteTexting is it's own language. It should be a small class on how to read text messages, especially for older people. All the abbreviations and slang that are used for texting is just another form of communication, Sometimes it's looked down upon, and people say we will forget to spell the right words correctly. This article really stood up for all the texters who shorten every other word. Although some times the language can be a bit out of hand and confusing.
ReplyDeleteThis article really stood out to me, because I'm a texter and i abbreviate majority of my words. It's a form of quick easy fun communication. This article really stood up for the people who text, and gave great examples on why we text the way we do. It should be a small class held dedicated to learning how to text.
ReplyDeleteThis article surprised me. I had no idea that texting had a history so long. Texting is its own language and the content used in texting is ancient and dates back one hundred years or more. Texting is a mass communication tool in today's society and it does effect the way we right outside of texting. The article explains the mechanics of texting and what is used. The author talks about pictographs and logograms in texting. These are typographic symbols such as @. The author also talks about Initialisms in texting and the use of acronyms. Shortenings or abbreviations are also used frequently in texting. This article was enjoyable to read and really opened my eyes about texting and its mechanics.
ReplyDeleteThis article explained how complex technology has become. It showed me how texting has abbreviated so many words to send the message faster. I text all the time and I abbreviate, I did not realize it had such a long history, it was just something I had learned over time. The six things that are distinct in texting are; pictograms and logograms, intialisms, omitted letters, shortenings, and genuine novelties. I notice in my texts I use all of these, I never thought of texting as a different language until now. I agree with the author that texting is a different form of language and it was very interesting the comparison to Egyptian hieroglyphs. I really enjoyed this article.
ReplyDeleteTexting slang is a funny concept to me. For one, I think it's a little ridiculous that it's so hard to write out full words and make sense of them, but at the same time I can understand why it has evolved into something other than Standard English. My family is from Kenya where cell phones are pay as you go. For each text sent, it cost X amount of Kenya Shillings (their money currency), so people do what even they can to make their messages as short as possible to cut down on cost. That, to me, makes sense since it's cheaper to use slang (or in a Kenya, Sheng, which is a mix or Swahili and English). I think this article is good because it points out that texting slang is somewhat of a different language. The more people that accept it as a different language, the better we can become at knowing when it is appropriate to use it.
ReplyDeleteIn this article, texting is revered almost as a second nature language to those of the cell phone community. I use to use text language in high school but I got tired of seeing everything in the shortened words and thought it was just plain silly. A lot of thought must have been put into making these slang, texting words but I don't like to see it and being an English ed. major, I definitely won't deal with it as a teacher!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I have always been annoyed by the texting language. I tend to type out my sentences when texting. After reading this article I have a bit more appreciation for the texts I receive. It is interesting to read about a language that has developed with technology. There are more elements to this language than I had considered, and after reading the article to be honest, I feel a little behind. It enjoyed discovering what these symbols mean.
ReplyDeleteI would be shocked if “text slang” was not showing up in written form at school. Our children learn to text almost as quickly as they learn to walk. This is the way they learn to communicate socially with friends. I text daily. It contains a type of shorthand that some may have a hard time understanding. Unfortunately, written papers in the classroom or the business world have no room for “text slang.” It is important to remember to use proper English when completing work for school or in a professional setting. Text slang may present a challenge for today’s English teachers, but I believe with proper instruction, it is a hurdle we can overcome.
ReplyDeleteI found this article on what makes texting distinct interesting, because I do beleieve that many people are starting to write like this more often. It is surprising, some of the situations in which some people feel that it is acceptable to use like school papers or assignments. Something that really interested me in this article was the use of acronyms within texting. I think having a conversation like that would be quite confusing.
ReplyDeleteThis areticle was actually really interesting to me. I didn't think that much on texting as nothing more than abbreviating words that people are to lazy to spell out. Everyone is using text slang like its their second language. Although, I think it will be a while until there is classes teaching the foreign language of texting in schools.
ReplyDeleteThere are two main forms of text orthography. They are pictograms and logograms. What that means is using the most basic symbols to get across a word. This can range from "be-b" or "to-2." Although texting uses improper grammar. It is very easy to figure out what someone is talking about. The visual slang that is being conveyed in a text is just short hand. There was even abbreviations found in old dictionaries before texting was even invented. This is not as new as people may think.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting article for me because I am doing our grammar project over the effects of texting on grammer. I, like many others, do use slang very often when I text. I consider myself a very grammatical person, however it is simply easier to use shorthand when texting with a limited character capacity. I do feel, though, that many that use slang to text reflect it in their everyday language as well. The most important thing is to recognize that there is a time and a place for slang. It is fine in texting and with certain friends, but at school and in the workplace a certain demeanor should be kept.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of technicalities involved with texting surprised me. To me the shortened terms such as "lol" are extremely obnoxious. This reminded me of an episode of my favorite tv show where the main character goes off on his girlfriend for saying "lol" instead of just laughing. I on occasion do use slang while texting, but never in actual writing or in conversation. This type of language is fine for with friends but in every day speak or in the workplace it should not be allowed
ReplyDeleteGenerally speaking, texting has become such a huge influence on our lives that it has even degraded other people's language. Everyday, younger and younger (and even older) people text nowadays--it is all people do! However, I had no idea how in-depth it really is in regards to all the different aspects of the “slang.” Because of this, it has established a completely new language in America--a language that has destroyed society's ability to communicate (even though texting is a form of communication).
ReplyDeleteText messaging has graduated from an epidemic to a phenomenon, because at one point it was not as popular as at is now, but now a days everyone is text messaging and using text language. However i do not believe that text slang is the death of modern English, because our education system still requires people to know how to write standard English
ReplyDeleteText messaging can teach person a lot more than what the society thinks. A lot of people especially older people have as serious problem with text messaging. Text messaging is useful. I actually learned my way around my laptop keyboard from texting on my cell phone. Texting is not resourceful if a person shortens words or uses slang because it makes it easier to write that way but if you practice proper English, add the right punctuation, and use the correct grammar in text messaging then your actually making your English composition better.
ReplyDeleteReading this article I have realize and admitted that texting has made me lazy writer. I definitely agree with the fact that texting has a lot of effect on our writing skills. Texting is not a bad thing but we choose to write in slang its up each and one of us to make the choice in how we write text messages. This article inspires me to actually change my texting style and practice proper grammar while texting.
ReplyDeleteTexting has made a difference in people's writing styles. While texting used to be all about shortening words and writing in slang, now most phones fix grammatical errors and spelling flaws in a way that doesn't make the writer have to think about grammar rules. I admit that I text a lot and that it reflects sometimes in my professional writing. After reading this article I am going to try to type my text messages how I would if I were writing a paper in a college level course.
ReplyDeleteTexting and slang are a big part of our culture today. Does that mean a person has justification to not use proper English? Not at all. Personally, when I text or instant message someone I never use slang or abbreviations. One I think they can be confusing and two I'm never in that much of hurry to not spell a word out. For example, most people use LOL as laughing out loud well when my father e-mails me he uses LOL as lots of love. So if anyone were to read our messages they would think he is ending the message with a lot of laughing. To be honest this has become a huge issue. I have peer reviewed many people's papers and a lot of them have had u instead of you or 2 instead of to. There is no need for it, it's a short word so stop being lazy.
ReplyDeleteIt is appalling to think that people use this texting slang in academic writing and professional situations. Having had extensive grammar courses and writing instruction throughout my education, I can easily decide when slang language is appropriate and when a more extensive, professional vocabulary is needed. I personally do not use "text slang" because I think it is obnoxious, but if it does have a place, it is amongst friends and family and not in professional situations and in academic writing.
ReplyDeleteTexting is a new language evolving everyday. That language is informal and intricate in it form. Phrases can be expressed in abbreviations. LOL is an example of common text abbreviations meaning laugh out loud. I found this article to be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting in the fact thattexting slang has derived from improper techniques that have been around since the creation of the language. It is just a combination of all of these improper techniques that makes texting unlike anything else that has ever been in our culture.
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