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Just a Twit for thoughts

Posted by: mrmadden | 1 April 2008 | 3 Comments |

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How many of you Twitter? Or are you a Bebo kind of person? Do you Facebook your messages? Are you an image/text messager with phone/computer using Skype or Flickr?

Whatever SMS application or service you use, do you believe that it is true that the way people speak to each other is changing? Will the manner in which people all over the world “talk” have an effect on the English language as you know it?

When you send messages, most SMS or txtmsg apps or services require your message to be of a certain length–140 characters maximum on Twitter, 120 or so with some cell company text messages, and so on.

Because of such restrictions, some people have become message poets: Their messages have to be boiled down to only the most necessary words–regardless if they are using SMS lingo. It is the somewhat natural evolution of communication, it seems.

So, WDYT? Has SMS changed the way you communicate? Will the next generation of kids even use a mouthpiece on their phones? Would you rather txt than talk?

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Personally, I’m a text mesagging addict.

I could send and recieve about 700 texts a day; easy.

And a lot of the time, people I’m texting get really frusterated because I take out any vowels or double constiants.
….
So I do think that messaging is changing;
little by little.

No, I don’t use any of those sites. I do, though, use AIM if that counts. Sadly, I believe that the way people speak to each other is changing. Instead of talking with words, some people (some is the key word here) would rather text away. I’m truely not sure on whether the English language will be effected dramatically. I hope it will stay the way it is though. I’ve only been effected slightly. Whenever I text someone on my cell phone (which is only a few time per month), it’s only because either they sent me a message first, or because I have a quick question that’s easier to text than say out loud.

When I hear about all of these people going over their limit of texting per month, I just don’t understand. Why text something and get a response about a minute later (depending on the “texter”), when you can talk and receive one immediantly? I would much rather talk than text.

Kaitlyn S.

think..

people all around the world are finding ways to not work so much as work harder,

but work smarter.

and doing that people make it easier, faster and more efficient to communicate.

i think it will chnage the world.

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