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    byMeredithBolesSunday,15February2015,11:51PM

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    JohnMcWhorteropenedmyeyesasIwatchedTxtingiskillinglanguage.JK!!!.TextingissomethingthatI
    doonaregularbasisthatIdontstopandthinkabout.AsMcWhortersaid,textingisanemerging
    complexity(McWhorter)andhasbecomeawholenewlanguage.Thistopicismainlypointingtowardsyoung
    peoplebecauseletsfaceit,wetextalot.AsMcWhortergaveexamplesofwhatlanguageandwritinglooked
    likedecadesandevencenturiesago,ittrulyshowedhowdifferentourlanguageis.Hewasexplainingthat
    languageisourspeech,whichishowpeoplehavetalkedsince,well,forever.Writinghappenedmuchlater,
    whichisnottypicallyhowwespeak.Somepeoplesaywearesupposedtowritelikewespeak,andthats
    whentextingcomein.Wedontnormallyworryaboutcapitalizationorcommas,neitherdowewhenwe
    speak.Ipersonallythinkitiscrazytothinkabouthowmuchthelanguagehasevolved.InMcWhorters
    conclusion,hebroughtupagreatpoint.Icannotimaginewhatthelanguagewillbedevelopedintodecades
    downtheroad.LikeMcWhorter,Iamcurioustoseewhata16yearoldgirlstextingconversationwouldlook
    like.Theslangwouldbecompletelydifferentaswellasthestructure.Ialsofeelliketheoldergenerationthat
    grewupnothavingphonesingeneralmuchlesscellphonesoftenaredisgustedbyhowmuchweas
    humansuseourcellphonesinourdaytodaylife.However,theyfeelthatwaybecausenothavingaphone
    isallthattheyknow.Now,growingupwithoutacellphoneisalmostunheardof,itisnotapartofthenorm.
    Textingcanoftenbelookedatfromeldersattimesasdisrespectful.Icanunderstandwheretheyarecoming
    from,butthisishowthelanguagehasdevelopedanditisonlygoingtoprogressintosomethingelse.Like
    McWhortersaid,itisalinguisticmiraclehappeningrightunderournoses.

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    Ithinkourpostsareverysimilar.LikeyouIbelievethattextingisalinguisticmiraclethatpeoplekind
    oftakeforgranted.Onecoolnotionthatyoubroughtaboutwasthefutureoftextingitself.Wherewillbe
    textingbeintenyears?Iknowthatithasdefinitelyevolvedfromthetextingofyoungpeopleinthe90s
    becausethereisalotofslangandtermsthatweusetodaytheyprobablydonotunderstandorthat
    theydidnotuseinthattime.Iwonderiflolwillstillbeofuse10and20yearsfromnowandhowthe
    connotationsofitwillchangelikeithasinthepast.
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    byHannahMidyetteMonday,16February2015,8:52AM

    WhileIdon'tthinktextingisalinguisticmiracle,youbringupinterestingpointsmadebyMcWhorter.
    Suchas,howwillpeoplebetextinginthefuture?Willitbethesame,orwillthingshavechanged
    completely?YoualsotalkaboutthedifferenceinwritingandspeakingwhichIalsotalkedabout.Ithink
    thatit'sinterestinghowwhenwewrite,thingsneedtobemoresophisticatedthenwhenwespeak?
    Whendidthatstart?Whodecidedthatweneededtomakethingslookbetteronpaper?
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    byCaitlinHarrisonMonday,16February2015,9:17AM

    Meredith,Ireallyagreewithyourresponseonthistopic.Itreallyiscrazytothinkabouthowmuch
    textinghasalreadyevolvedsinceitfirstbecamewidelyused.Anditsevencraziertothinkaboutthe
    possibilitiesofwhereitwillcontinuetogointhefuture.Willwe,thegenerationwhofirstusedtexting,

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    evenunderstandtextmessagesthatwillbesentin20years?Itissointerestingtobeinthis
    generation,wewillbeabletoexperiencesomuchwiththislifechangingtechnologicalinnovation.LikeI
    said,IreallyagreewithyourresponseandIthinkyoubroughtupalotofgreatpointsthatshouldbe
    considered.
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