John McWhorter present extensive arguments on the interpretation of texting. A lot of people believe texting is killing language, but that’s not the case. Like McWhorter states, “Texting is a new way of writing young people are creating”, and there is nothing wrong with that. The reason people say texting kills language, is because they compare it to writing. These people need to understand that texting and writing are not the same thing, each is a separate thing and do their own job. “WYD”, “LOL”, and “OMG” are just a few acronyms used in today's texting, all these acronyms do is shorten up the conversation. McWhorter makes an excellent point when he explains how people don't think about punctuation when they are speaking, so why think about…
In this assessment I will be discovering two contradicting attitudes towards texting. I will be investigating John Humphry’s article, “I h8 txt msgs: how texting is wrecking our language” together with David Crystal’s analysis of text messages looking at whether the English language in changing for the good or bad. Also I will compare the good points and bad points of both sides of the argument.…
In a newspaper article, John Humphrys once argued 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). Many people agree with this idea, and believe that texting is ruining the English language.…
- Crystal’s perspective on texting is displayed many times throughout different paragraphs in the article. In paragraph six Crystal states “texting has added a new dimension to language use. Although there are some who see texting as a modern tool that is ruining “proper English”, Crystal sees it as a way for society to enhance thee language skills.…
In the article “Texting, the Next Epidemic” by William B. Bradford, he addresses the issue of texting in our society. He states that texting is starting to tear apart the social fabric of our country. In the article, Bradford states that the United States has fallen behind in educational standards due to the lack of reading and writing involved with texting. He portrays to his readers that texting is making our social events not so social. He says that people go to restaurants and parties for social interaction just end up on their phones not talking to each other. Furthermore, he talks about how texting is creating a generation that is socially awkward and cannot read or write important papers or documents. Proving his point on whether the next generation will be able to govern our country without being able to think, speak, or write clearly.…
The article I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language, by John Humphrys, addresses text messaging as a threat to people's ability to engage formally in use of the English language; especially in the younger generation. John Humphrys takes a unique perspective when analyzing the practice of text messaging. Humphrys focuses on the present and mainstream uses of text messaging, without analyzing the historical processes and the language values of the so called text speak. This paper will argue against John Humphrys' claim. Text messaging is a valid form of language as it; has been created through historical and social processes; holds a set of unique and evolving characteristics; and therefore in no way harmful to the users' abilities to use the English language.…
I agree with Crystal on his thoughts on the influences that texting may have in our modern language and literacy. The texting language is constructing off of our language and is making it more complex not destroying it. Some people, however, may believe that texting is going to alter our language for the worse and create a generation of people much lazier with their spelling and grammar. I will say however that for kids and teenagers who are growing up texting and instant messaging, this form of language starts to become natural and can lead to becoming their primary form of writing.…
"It's kind of funny because 'LOL' now means 'laugh out loud.' But when I was a kid, we would write 'LOL' on notes and stuff to our friends and it would mean 'Lot's of Love.' Whenever I read that, I still find myself thinking 'Lot's of Love' and then I'm like 'No, Laugh out Loud!' It's kind of funny," said Lane laughing (Lane 2010).…
Text messaging is the central structure of communication for teennagers. While teens may think shortcuts are helpful they may not understand the damage they are doing to their writing. While older generations consider it to be degrading to the English Language, over half of teens have come to the conclusion that texting has made their writing inapplicable. Although to some teens, shortcuts and proper English can still be effective. Researchers show that text messaging has been proven to have a negative effect on society, and to the English Language.…
Cellular devices and other technology has grown to be extremely popular. With this popularity technology has pervaded our lives and changed social interaction. Text messaging also known as texting is when people with cell phones send short typed messages. The rate of Americans sending text messages drastically increased year by year. Teenagers are large contributors to the presence of text messaging in society. The majority of the people into the texting frenzy are usually between 13 and 17 years old. In this paper we will discuss both the pros and cons of texting.…
In the newspaper the Guardian there is an article titled I h8 txt msgs: How texting is ruining our language where a professor at the University of Wales, David Crystal, gives his views on texting and how it affects our language. He also points out the points of view from others as well as give examples to earlier times where people were always quick to be fearful and judgmental whenever a new language related ‘phenomenon’ was introduced to the world. Later he begins to point out his own view and how texting also helps our language’s evolution.…
Texting had come around when the first cellular phones had been invented. It was originally designed for the deaf and hard of hearing people but has since grown to be an easier and cheaper way of contact than calling. The aim of texting is to be able to send quick and short messages to contacts. This is better achieved by shortening the English language which in turn created the language of texting. I believe that texting has affected phone users with their grammar and their habit to wirte proper words during examinations. I will research whether text language is detrimental to the grammatical skills of youth culture, I will also ask whether the English language should evolve more and more towards texting language. For my last question I will report on other views in how text language is portrayed.…
Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. Scares accompanied the introduction of the telegraph, telephone, and broadcasting. But has there ever been a linguistic phenomenon that has aroused such curiosity, suspicion, fear, confusion, antagonism, fascination, excitement and enthusiasm all at once as texting? And in such a short space of time. Less than a decade ago, hardly anyone had heard of it.…
In this essay I will be writing about texting and exploring the view that texting can be a very creative form of language use. Firstly the first text was sent by Neil Papworth saying ‘’Merry Christmas’’.This then introduced texting to the world as over 18.5 billion texts are sent each month. So this shows how popular this has become. Also over 68.7 million texts are used globally.62% of people use text to communicate with friends, so this shows that conversations concluded emotion as it’s a very non formal as your talking with your friends.Once again this backs up the way texting can be creative also the text limit is 160 characters so you can say a lot when texting.…
Texting has become an integral part of our lives; it has developed very rapidly throughout the world.…