LOL BRB TTYL For the current generations, texting is an active part of their daily lives. More often than not, teenagers spend more time on their phones daily than anything else. But, it hasn’t always been this way. Believe it or not, texting has not always been around; in fact, texting is just barely over 20 years old. But, has this recent invention been beneficial to our culture? Or, has it damaged our culture and the generations of the future? Friedhelm Hillebrand first created the idea of Short Messaging System (SMS) in 1984 while he was sitting in front of his typewriter (Gayomali). He wanted to create an easier way for messages to be quickly exchanged between different people, since letters were so slow. He wanted the messages to be
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Textspeak is the language that was created solely for texting. It consists of abbreviated words such as LOL or BRB and condensed words like l8r, meaning ‘later’. Many parents were concerned about kids using this type of language because they believed it would ruin their spelling, reading and writing skills (McVeigh). These researchers stated that their experiment proved exactly the opposite. They said kids who can actively read and write in Textspeak have more developed reading and writing capabilities than those who cannot. They also have improved phonetic abilities and literacy skills (McVeigh). The scientists related Textspeak to another language and said that kids growing up using this, and English daily, is basically like the children growing up bilingual …show more content…
We both like to work ahead so we don’t stress the night before, which paid off a lot. We divided the work evenly and researched separate subtopics that we complied to make the complete presentation. We also created the slides for our own topics and then combined them for the final. Overall, I would say that Nikki was an excellent partner and I would definitely work with her again. I didn’t feel like either of us did a majority of the work, which is sometimes common in group projects. We communicated effectively and often, so that we were up to date with what we were both doing. We met before the presentation to practice and finalize everything, which gave us both a boost of confidence and the push we needed to be able to
Textspeak is the language that was created solely for texting. It consists of abbreviated words such as LOL or BRB and condensed words like l8r, meaning ‘later’. Many parents were concerned about kids using this type of language because they believed it would ruin their spelling, reading and writing skills (McVeigh). These researchers stated that their experiment proved exactly the opposite. They said kids who can actively read and write in Textspeak have more developed reading and writing capabilities than those who cannot. They also have improved phonetic abilities and literacy skills (McVeigh). The scientists related Textspeak to another language and said that kids growing up using this, and English daily, is basically like the children growing up bilingual …show more content…
We both like to work ahead so we don’t stress the night before, which paid off a lot. We divided the work evenly and researched separate subtopics that we complied to make the complete presentation. We also created the slides for our own topics and then combined them for the final. Overall, I would say that Nikki was an excellent partner and I would definitely work with her again. I didn’t feel like either of us did a majority of the work, which is sometimes common in group projects. We communicated effectively and often, so that we were up to date with what we were both doing. We met before the presentation to practice and finalize everything, which gave us both a boost of confidence and the push we needed to be able to