Is Text Messaging Diminishing the English Language? Everyone knows at least a little bit of text messaging talk; everyone has heard or seen it somewhere. In our society, phrases like “lol, omg, brb, yolo” are understood because the widely carried influence of the type of slang. There are many, many differences between text talk and proper English, but there are surprisingly comparisons between the two. Many believe that the text talk we all know and love is actually diminishing our proper English. Others argue that it is helping branch out the language. I believe there are certain times text talk is appropriate and other formal times that it is not appropriate. Text talk is informal. Standard proper English is formal. It is very important
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When the first cell phones came out and had SMS messaging, it was a huge fad from the start. Text talk made sense while writing SMS messages on cell phones because it was so much easier. Instead of a person being forced to push a button three separate times for each letter of a word, you could make a ten letter word into three letters. Simply, abbreviating words was quicker. As cell phones and messaging evolved, the texting language evolved with it. Everything that I have mentioned so far are some of the positives, but there are negative effects. Many people let the two very different writing styles overlap each other. They are used correctly when they are appropriately used. The two different styles are meant to be used separately. You should never mix the two, especially, in a formal, standard English …show more content…
It is okay to use the text language in certain settings and times. You just must know how to use it correctly. Like I said earlier, our language is constantly evolving. We adapt to change for our survival and lifestyle. Text talk is not the first and will not be the last embranchment of the English language. This just happens to be the branch of this specific generation. Text talk has proved helpful and as an easier way of getting your point across, but it is not to be used formally. Proper English has been around for thousands of years, since the Bible, and will continue to be relevant long after our lifetimes. These two different styles of writing are important to our lives in the society we live in
When the first cell phones came out and had SMS messaging, it was a huge fad from the start. Text talk made sense while writing SMS messages on cell phones because it was so much easier. Instead of a person being forced to push a button three separate times for each letter of a word, you could make a ten letter word into three letters. Simply, abbreviating words was quicker. As cell phones and messaging evolved, the texting language evolved with it. Everything that I have mentioned so far are some of the positives, but there are negative effects. Many people let the two very different writing styles overlap each other. They are used correctly when they are appropriately used. The two different styles are meant to be used separately. You should never mix the two, especially, in a formal, standard English …show more content…
It is okay to use the text language in certain settings and times. You just must know how to use it correctly. Like I said earlier, our language is constantly evolving. We adapt to change for our survival and lifestyle. Text talk is not the first and will not be the last embranchment of the English language. This just happens to be the branch of this specific generation. Text talk has proved helpful and as an easier way of getting your point across, but it is not to be used formally. Proper English has been around for thousands of years, since the Bible, and will continue to be relevant long after our lifetimes. These two different styles of writing are important to our lives in the society we live in