Is SMS Killing the English language?

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Essay

Answer 1

With over 500 million or so native speakers in the world, English is not dying. Many native American and Australian languages have fewer than five speakers left. Those languages are dying. English is changing as a language. All languages change over time. But SMS is not changing English as a language. Writing is always a reflection of speech, not the other way round. English is healthy and will survive and change long after our deaths.

Answer 2

Texting is changing the English language, not killing it. English, like most languages, has always evolved (just ask Shakespeare). I text a lot but still spell words properly. Besides, the texting dictionary is really quite small - http://www.textmefree.com/sms-dictionary.html

Answer 3

not really but singaporean teenagers seem to have lost all respect for the english language. not only do they write in short forms, weird abbreviations and bad grammar, there is also a trend to add on certain alphabets to make words seem more ''coloful''.

Most commonly, people, especially girls, add S,Z or X to the back of certain words. X would be the most overused letter in the alphabet, for ex 'hahaxX'.

Some letters are repeated, for ex, ''ii miishh euu''. 'You' has many different versions, for example, 'yoO, 'yeW, 'iiu' or 'euu'.

when typing, alternate caps are used, for ex, 'hEyy' and 'hAhA'. Nonsensical words like 'nEhhX', ' wErHhx and wOrx are used, probably in an attempt to sound cute.

This is a disturbing trend among many teens, especially with increase of computer usage. To look ''cool'' and in touch with the ''hip'' crowd .

and sometimes i dont even understand what my friend is trying to say when she sms to me back...It seems that less people are showing respect for the english language due to overwhelming influence from peers. The few left that actually do, including myself, can lament that sad fact and amuse ourselves with these ''creative'' fodder....so this is my essay...=D

Answer 4

nicely particular sms is killing english in actuality those days this sort of lot of adolescents are sending sms to one yet another that they do no longer understand the right techniques of speaking in an prolonged time they are going to go through whilst they decide for job interviews ultimate of success on your daughter

Answer 5

I dont' tnk SMS S killN d en lang, rthR it's openng ^ an altrntve 2 std en - WE dat means.

Translation: I dont' think SMS is killing the English language, rather it's opening up an alternative to standard English - whatever that means.

Answer 6

No,TV started the down fall of regional dialects long
before SMS,This was properer English not
the Queens English as spoken by public school
educated people.Now it seems we are acquiring
mid Atlantic speech.

Answer 7

No.

SMS (whatever that may be) is merely evolving into an offshoot of English.

Every language is in a constant state of flux anyway.
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Answer 8

No, texting has lead to an explosion in written communication.
Most people text far far more than they use their mobiles for speaking.
The abbreviations in texting are no more pernicious than the thousands of abbreviations used by writers in the middle ages to save space on then-precious paper, or the hundreds of abbreviations the romans used to save effort when carving letters in inscriptions on stone.

Answer 9

What is sms? English dont look dead to me

Answer 10

Not really, it depends on the person who's using all the shortcut and stuff, and the good thing about it is that it shows a part of someone, gives em character.