For example, in a study I did of college students' instant messaging conversations, out of 11,718 words, only 31 were "online lingo" abbreviations, and only 90 were acronyms (of which 76 were LOL). In a study of college students' text messaging, my colleague Rich Ling and I found a few more lexical shortenings; yet the grand total of clear abbreviations was only 47 out of 1,473 words, which is hardly overwhelming.
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I chose this quote because I thought that it was surprising and it's kind of relieving because it shows that kids still know how to use the "real" English language.....or at least American English. It is nice to know that kids still know when certain ways of using the language are appropriate. I think that the main purpose of the articles were to reassure older generations and to put their minds at ease. I think that I at least somewhat agree with the statement because I know that there are many kids out there who communicate sensibly. My friends and I use some online lingo but not to the point that it's all that we speak.
SOURCES:
Baron, N. S. (2009, March). Educational leadership. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language¢.aspx
Shea, A. (2010, January 22). The keypad solution. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1
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