ANTHROP 1AB3 Study Guide - John Humphrys, Instant Messaging, Speech Community

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Re: i h8 txt msgs: how texting is wrecking our language. I do not agree with john humphrys and his article on cmc, as a anthropologist i do not agree with you. Cmc and instant messaging is not wrecking the english. Imessage, bbm, g-chat, sms, whatsapp and etc. are all forms of communication, they may not be conventional types of communication, but they are still a form of communication. Writing emoticons, lol"s and the short forms in emails and text may no be grammatically correct, but it is not destroying the english language. Emoticons, shorts forms and computer-mediated communication (cmc) are a new convention of communication. Perhaps it does not follow conventional grammatical rules, but that does not mean it is destroying the english language. Humphrys article i h8 txt msgs: how texting is wrecking our language i do not agree with what he has to say.

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