These devices no doubt help in easy and fast communication but have we considered the effects they have on our written and spoken communication skills, especially our students??
Today, words are abbreviated in chat platforms to the extent that most students find it difficult to spell some words correctly, place punctuations appropriately, or even differentiate tenses. Examples; I don?t know becomes ?dunno?, okay becomes ?kk?, what is going on becomes ?sup?, don?t becomes ?dnt?, bother becomes ?boda? and the list goes on and on. It is at such moments that I praise some universities that ban the use of smart phones on campus.
Secondly, have we observed that some persons who are able to use these abbreviated words so much and type so fast with their phones during chats find it quite difficult to speak as effectively when physically present before their chat mates?
These are only my thoughts anyway. I will appreciate your comments as well.
Compliments.
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A lot of people on Nairaland would rather write in 'text' language than the actual language thereby making it difficult to read/understand. Once you start writing that way consistently, you get used to it and it becomes the norm for you.
I can understand the need for 'text' words based on the number of characters you're restricted to in SMS
I'd rather read a sentence constructed in broken/pidgin English than in 'text' language outside of actual mobile texting, it does my head in
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it depends on the individual
really affecting us badly
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Exactly. I don't remember reading a text with the words written in full. Eveybody talks lyk dis noe. What is this nonsense?
"you're" becomes "your"
Quite tru cox i rembrd whn i was wrtng englsh dis yea, instd of schools i wrote .skulls. Its truli quite unfotunt. But as frm nw, i will tri as much as i can to wrte a complt wrd even in a forum o chat rum.
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Clefcentfelix: it depends on the individual
seconded!
God punish spoken English. How about spoken Igbo and Yoruba. Why's no one worried about them?
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For me the use of computer makes me spell words correctly, even the ones I can not easily put together (I just keep right-clicking till it suggest the right spelling).
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I dnt knw of som1 else,but its not affectin me at all,dats y I wrote dis in gud english
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E.g, A lot of people now replace the letter 's' with 'x' when they spell words.
There are many more examples but the crux of the matter is that social media has really affected the quality of written English among youths. Go through the comments on NL and see for yourself.
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place reserved.
and one other thing is the consciousness,most fOLks when writing tend to forget they are not messaging their friends or updating some status But writing a note ,an exam,or maybe an application. . .most ppl(people) can actually write normally,but when this behaviour starts to eat deep,i'm afraid the person is Lost
and of course on occasions,he intentionally tries to break that jinx
yes,it definitelY affects the writing aspect,but i dnt(don't) think it affects anyone speaking. . .at Least to my knowledge
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It irritates me, in fact, I don't even waste my resource (time) reading short-worded comments and documents. What stops people from typing words the way they were taught, even when they have enough space to accommodate what they have to pass across to their listeners/readers. Personally, I see people who form such habits as unintelligent, docile and boring. It has nothing to do with Smart phones.
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Queens English does not improve the economy of a nation, ask the Chinese prime minister (fastest growin economy), Germans or maybe Japanese. The English currency and Economy overtook ours years back cos they made us slave to their language. Gramma good oh,but e no go giv us light,water and road. SEEK FOR DEVELOPMENTAL KNOWLEDGE!!
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Chuckeey :how? Ok, it increased the price of fuel and damaged our roads.
really affecting us badly
...Typing From My Nokia 3310 With GPS, 3G, WIFI & Bluetooth
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I dont know. But ever since I started texting and chatting, I always write in full like its official. My friends I chat with always ask me why I write in full letters and I tell them its because I dont want to get used to those shorthand styles. Maybe its paying off for me.
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For those of u who have nt see the text under ''dis has affect us badly'' because its hidden, the text is
Re: Are Smartphones Affecting Our
Written And Spoken English Skills?
by Clefcentfelix: 3:55pm
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u're high on rice n stew.
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Re: Are Smartphones Affecting Our
Written And Spoken English Skills?
by Clefcentfelix: 3:55pm
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first?
Some posts here, written in text-speak, make me want to hit my head on the wall. Yikes!
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You don't blame smart phones for the laziness of humans. No smart phone/phone comes with "text speak".
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Richfella: Some posts here, written in text-speak, make me want to hit my head on the wall. Yikes!Its truly annoying when adults resort to writing "text speak" on a public forum. I can tolerate bad grammar but "text speak" just makes me write you off as un intelligent and not worth responding to.
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@OP: Welcome to the jet age...no time for time.
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I would have to support this assertion. We now have a new form of written language, (no language is exempted) which is destructive to the way we communicate. Before long, abnormalities may become the norm and we may not have answers to right the wrong.
the thing they affect person die....
me don go back to school lol, as i don forget the spelling of most common words
Source: http://www.nairaland.com/1145632/smartphones-affecting-written-spoken-english
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