Texting is ‘destroying’ the English language Shortening English words though texting has become very popular in our lives today. It has even reached a stage where people find it hard to distinguish from the proper use of words that started way before texting. In John Humphrys’ article ‘I h8 txt msgs’, he explains how our language is being destroyed by this everyday use of texting. He talks about how people back in the day before texting, used a dictionary to come across word meanings or spellings that one needed to know. Humphrys goes on to talk about how it has come for us to not even having a millisecond to just add a hyphen in our communication. Through the article, Humphrys is disappointed in the way people are turning the language into …show more content…
I believe there are benefits on both the sides of communicating, making ourselves more adaptable to use both in our lives. He expresses his ‘love affair with the OED’ as though he is infatuated by dictionaries. He addresses his frustration illustrating that the matter is often taken lightly. He explains how it has turned out to be that there is no time to even make one tiny key-stroke (key stroke) as though indirectly. According to him texting has changed the English language …show more content…
But there is also light on the other side which shows that ‘txt msgs’ have a lot of benefits that help a lot of young people to communicate on a daily basis. It usually takes 90 minutes for the average person to respond an email. It takes 90 seconds for the average person to respond to a text message. If what you are communicating is time-sensitive, then you want to be sure your audience gets the message. Especially when it comes to emergency situations, the text messaging with shortened symbols and words help get the message across faster for the other person to comprehend and help. Moreover, I believe both these forms of communication are a cultivated mix of formal and informal language and that these mediums are “on the forefront of change.” Short text message users also know where to use proper English. For example, a student might not start sentences with capital letters in IMs and text messages, but still understands to do this in formal papers. This kind of natural blending of conversational registers employed by teens and adults would not be possible without a sophisticated understanding of both formal and informal