Texting Affect The English Language

Applications and websites are changing the way we write. People write in short bursts on websites, blogs in commentaries and in texting. The result of this makes the commentary and comments are choppy and short. This ‘new’ internet language is like an new evolution of English for teenagers and adults, it is similar to the converting from Elizabethan English to modern English. The way of writing has permeated our daily lives and directly affects the way we speak and write. The problem with this is the standard of spoken and written English has declined over the last 10 years. Social media is changing everything, not only through words and writing but also through communication and speech. Texting has hugely affected the English language.

Text speak has become a second language for thousands of teenagers, text-speak uses abbreviated words and phrases such as "txt" for "text", "lol" for "laughing out loud”, and "CU" for "see you.” Text speak is now used like another language. In Scotland, a 13 year old schoolgirl handed in her essay entirely written in text speak. This is an extract, it said: "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it is a gr8 plc.” It translated to "My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York, it is a great place.” The student found that writing like that was “easier than standard

Most school teachers who are unsure of how to fix this growing problem. Terry Wood, a language teacher at St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonard Town, Maryland, USA has seen a ‘dramatic decline’ in the writing abilities of her students, due to Tweeting, Facebook, and texting. (qtd. How social media lingo’s affecting academic vocabulary) “They do not capitalise words or use punctuation anymore,” says Wood, “Even in emails and letters to teachers or in writing assignments, any word longer than one syllable is now abbreviated to one.” 77% of Americans believe that celebrities have too much of an influence on teens. Some people, mostly children and teenagers, idolise celebrities. This means that celebrities are able to “control” what their fans do. Children are loyal to their idols, they would wear what they wear, do what they so, and say what they say. This has a large effect on language. A first grade teacher, even noticed her students using derogatory language quoted from popular explicit