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byLeandraLarondeMonday,16February2015,12:58AM

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IagreewithJohnMcWhortersargumentthattextingisnotthedeathofgoodwritingskills.AsMcwhorter
statedinhisTEDTalk,likeanyotherlanguageinitsbeginningstages,peoplewillcriticizeanddiscreditit
becauseitisnewandnotseenasproperorcorrect.Butinactualitytextingisjustwritingthewaywe
speak.JohnMcWhorterspokethenecessityoftextingandthatissomethingIdefinitelyagreewith.Hesaid
thattextingisbasicallywritinghowwespeakandwentontomakethelogicalstatementthatifwespoke
howwewriteformallylikeattheGettysburgAddress,itwouldbeweirdandkindofunnecessary.Thatistrue
fortextingtoo,itwouldbeweirdforpeopletotextinthatformalformatbecausenotonlyisitkindofout
contextitisinefficient.OnethingIdisagreedwithisthiswholeslashthing.Ihaveliterallyneverheardof
orseenanyoneuseslashinthatcontext.Ittookmeabittoevengraspwhathemeantwhenhetalked
aboutit.

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AfterwatchingthisTEDTalk,IcouldseemeandthepeopleItextasbidialectalbecausethedefinitionof
dialectaparticularformofalanguagethatispeculiartoaspecificregionorsocialgroup(Dictionary.com.
Dictionary.com,n.d.Web.15Feb.2015.)Andinasenseisntthatwhattextingis?Textingisalanguage
thatismostprevalenttoteenagersandyoungpeopleintheirtwenties.Althoughthereisasoundargument
forthistheory,partofmestillbelievestextingisjustasimplifiedversionoflanguageskillsIalready
possess.ItshardtothinkoftextinginsuchacomplexmannerbecauseIhaveneveractuallysatand
thoughtabouttheimplicationsofwhattextingreallyis.

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byMatthewHarrisMonday,16February2015,1:26AM

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Eventhoughtextingslangismostlyassociatedwithkids,teensandadultsintheir20s,thetrendhas
startedtocatchonandisnowbeingadoptedbyoldergenerations.peopleusetextingslangbecause
it'sfast,simpleandmoreofaconvincetousethanhavinglong,drawnouttextsthatseemlikethesize
ofparagraphs.IknowI'vedefinitelyhadsomeconversationsthathadparagraphsizedtextmessages
anditwasahugepaintoreaditall.However,sendingthoselongparagraphlikemessagesdoeshave
itspositives.Ifyouaretryingtohaveahearttoheartwithsomeoneovertext,usingabbreviationsgives
itadifferentmeaning.I'mSorryhasadifferentmeaningthanSorry.Iloveyouhasadifferent
meaningthanjustsayingLoveyou.It'slittlethingslikethatthatcanmakeaconversationwhereyou
can'tseetheperson'sfacialexpressionstakeonawholenewmeaning.
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