Comments on: The Sad Digitization of the English language http://www.ignorantmouth.com/2009/01/the-sad-digitization-of-the-english-language/ Speaking about Current Events and the Political Situation Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Teenagers Spend Too Much Time Online : Ignorant Mouth http://www.ignorantmouth.com/2009/01/the-sad-digitization-of-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Teenagers Spend Too Much Time Online : Ignorant Mouth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:28:41 +0000 http://www.ignorantmouth.com/?p=232#comment-44 [...] surgery 1.5 hours: Family planning and pregnancy 1.5 hours: Diets and weight loss 3.5 hours: IM and chat with friends 2 hours: Youtube videos 3 hours: Homework 1.5 hours: Triple [...] [...] surgery 1.5 hours: Family planning and pregnancy 1.5 hours: Diets and weight loss 3.5 hours: IM and chat with friends 2 hours: Youtube videos 3 hours: Homework 1.5 hours: Triple [...]

]]> By: Nick http://www.ignorantmouth.com/2009/01/the-sad-digitization-of-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Nick Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:40:58 +0000 http://www.ignorantmouth.com/?p=232#comment-38 Maybe you should approach this issue the same way our prof approached voting yesterday: "People died for us to have this right". Something along those lines? =) I agree with though. I feel that the way in which we communicate is not the problem (text msg, chat, etc.), it's the way people type/write those messages. Could it be an underlying education problem? I'm not saying education is to blame, it is most probably a consequence of exposure to new technologies, wanting to maximize time efficiency and all that jazz, but can education fix this? I've actually started to hear people saying "L-O-L" and other "MSN" type words out loud in recent months... This cannot happen! Maybe you should approach this issue the same way our prof approached voting yesterday: “People died for us to have this right”. Something along those lines? =)
I agree with though.

I feel that the way in which we communicate is not the problem (text msg, chat, etc.), it’s the way people type/write those messages. Could it be an underlying education problem? I’m not saying education is to blame, it is most probably a consequence of exposure to new technologies, wanting to maximize time efficiency and all that jazz, but can education fix this?

I’ve actually started to hear people saying “L-O-L” and other “MSN” type words out loud in recent months… This cannot happen!

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