In recent surveys, we have proving that 10-16 year old text more than any other age groups so this concludes that teenagers are mostly affected by this “slang/text-speak”. Also, we have discovered certain areas have altered these languages (Slang/text-speak) in London slang is more common to younger children than Standard English. “Makes communicating easier and quicker” has it really quicken communication? “Slang has made texting and talking much faster, by shortening them.
Also, we have revealed that it’s hard for people to show their emotion or facial expressions, while texting. So they added emoticons to the mobile’s A-Z, this has made it much simpler to express what they want to get across. As people complained about how slang has changed their speech and the way they communicate. Actress Emma Thompson said “it makes you sound stupid” as adults have their opinions over text-speak. They may think their point is right. But they look at it as a child’s point of view. “It causes them to behave impulsively” As adults think text-speak is bad for their child/children and it has changed their behaviour. It could be due to bad parental control not text-speak or slang.
As words have shortened /changed throughout the years. It has made it easier for younger minds to understand it. For example, “LOL” for “laugh out loud” people would prefer “LOL” as it is a simpler way to spell it and faster way to get it though. Adults are more ‘Mature’ they don’t speak ‘young people talk’ (Slang). They disapprove of slang, they might be jealous of younger minds, as they can communicate with a language that older minds don’t understand.
As Slang/text-speak was invented it has made people pronounce their ‘TH’s’ with ‘V’s’ or ‘F’s’ sounds. Also, using ‘D’s’ for ‘TH’s’ words such as, “the” is changed to “Da”. Another example, is “though” is changed to “dough”. So it changes the way people write and speak because they would prefer shortened words instead.
John Humphreys had argued about slang/text-speak as he thinks it is making the English language more stupid. “It is dumbing down our language” is it really destroying the English language? “Wrecking our language” it has changed the English language and words in the dictionary. They have removed less than a fewer of 16,000 hyphens of words making it easier for writers or ‘texters’. “Are people that lazy they can’t reach for a ‘-‘key”. Really people don’t know when to use ‘-‘in words as they might haven’t been taught this so they choose to miss it out.
In my opinion, I think it has ruined our English Language because in my observation, I can see that everyone prefers to use text-speak/slang as it is quick for communication. However, it has made everyone’s vocabulary worse and made our sentences dull and not understandable. To conclude the article, I think it has decreased the intellect of the majority of text-speak users.
Ren Man
