Comments on: Rant: Texting IS ruining our ability to communicate http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/20/rant-texting-is-ruining-our-ability-to-communicate.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:05:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Emily http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/20/rant-texting-is-ruining-our-ability-to-communicate.html/comment-page-1/#comment-341733 Emily Fri, 29 May 2009 23:02:39 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=24759#comment-341733 Im a teenage txter, and I think everyone is making a big fuss out of nothing. Yes I txt alot and often shorten words, but I also enjoy and take pleasure in making my txt messages interesting for the reciever. And as for it ruining my ability to write, well I recently got the highest mark possible at my school for my creative writing, and spelling and grammar played a huge part in this. I know I may speak for a minority, but we teenagers aren't trying to destroy the english language, how is that even posssible. We are simply creating a new language of our own. Adults already control most of our lives, so give us a break, seeing as you arent 14 and are txting your mates, Im unsure how you have any idea of how or why we txt. Adults txt in a very different way to teenagers and as we grow up our txting style will evolve, I used to use dat instead of that a couple of years ago but now find that it is my younger sister who txts like that. You english language is safe. Im a teenage txter, and I think everyone is making a big fuss out of nothing. Yes I txt alot and often shorten words, but I also enjoy and take pleasure in making my txt messages interesting for the reciever. And as for it ruining my ability to write, well I recently got the highest mark possible at my school for my creative writing, and spelling and grammar played a huge part in this. I know I may speak for a minority, but we teenagers aren’t trying to destroy the english language, how is that even posssible. We are simply creating a new language of our own. Adults already control most of our lives, so give us a break, seeing as you arent 14 and are txting your mates, Im unsure how you have any idea of how or why we txt. Adults txt in a very different way to teenagers and as we grow up our txting style will evolve, I used to use dat instead of that a couple of years ago but now find that it is my younger sister who txts like that. You english language is safe.

]]> By: Alex (send SMS from your computer) http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/20/rant-texting-is-ruining-our-ability-to-communicate.html/comment-page-1/#comment-318591 Alex (send SMS from your computer) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:45:28 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=24759#comment-318591 Funny there're vocabularies with the texting/chat acronyms that have hundreds of them already and that resemble a real language :) On a positive note though, the uber business folks have been using something similar for years now with all of these EOB's, RFP's, FYI's, etc... Funny there’re vocabularies with the texting/chat acronyms that have hundreds of them already and that resemble a real language :)

On a positive note though, the uber business folks have been using something similar for years now with all of these EOB’s, RFP’s, FYI’s, etc…

]]> By: Steve http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/20/rant-texting-is-ruining-our-ability-to-communicate.html/comment-page-1/#comment-318518 Steve Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:54:27 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=24759#comment-318518 over 20? ROTFLMAO! I thought it was only supposed to annoy the over 40s (me!). Truth is, Socrates and everybody who agrees with him is wrong. Youth always strives to be different - yet somehow they always muddle through and ruthlessly depose their elders. Live with it. Soon we can retire in the Bahamas, sip margueritas and quit worrying about the rat race. over 20? ROTFLMAO! I thought it was only supposed to annoy the over 40s (me!).

Truth is, Socrates and everybody who agrees with him is wrong. Youth always strives to be different – yet somehow they always muddle through and ruthlessly depose their elders. Live with it. Soon we can retire in the Bahamas, sip margueritas and quit worrying about the rat race.

]]> By: olly http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/20/rant-texting-is-ruining-our-ability-to-communicate.html/comment-page-1/#comment-318475 olly Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:53:54 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=24759#comment-318475 I gotta agree with mdk here -- is it annoying to those of us who are over the age of 20? Sure, but it doesn't mean that it's a debasement of the language really. After all, if a person from the Victoria era heard one of us speaking, they'd be horrified at what we've done to the language. Language evolves organically, through different generations and different mediums -- there's no stopping or controlling it, and really no need to. -olly I gotta agree with mdk here — is it annoying to those of us who are over the age of 20? Sure, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a debasement of the language really. After all, if a person from the Victoria era heard one of us speaking, they’d be horrified at what we’ve done to the language.

Language evolves organically, through different generations and different mediums — there’s no stopping or controlling it, and really no need to.

-olly

]]> By: mdk http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/20/rant-texting-is-ruining-our-ability-to-communicate.html/comment-page-1/#comment-318459 mdk Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:38:40 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=24759#comment-318459 You're just becoming your parent's don't worry about it. It happens to every generation. Remember, even Socrates thought the youth of the day were coming to no good. They'll still advance leaps and bounds ahead of us in the world we're creating for them. You’re just becoming your parent’s don’t worry about it. It happens to every generation. Remember, even Socrates thought the youth of the day were coming to no good.

They’ll still advance leaps and bounds ahead of us in the world we’re creating for them.

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