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RE: The one thing I realize with the youth of today
June 19, 2016 at 8:34 pm
There's no evidence to suggest that texting is actually hampering vocabulary skills. I think that each generation will always find a problem with the one that comes after them. The generation before mine considers us lazy, and lacking in values. I like to remind them that they made black people sit on the back of the bus and drink out of different water fountains. I think each generation is progressing, not regressing.
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RE: The one thing I realize with the youth of today
June 19, 2016 at 8:44 pm
I don't think it hampers vocabulary. I just think it's annoying.
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RE: The one thing I realize with the youth of today
June 20, 2016 at 12:12 am
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2016 at 12:12 am by Regina.)
Now I think about it, I do think it's something most young people grow out of once they become adults. At least in my experience anyway
Like I said I've never been one for text speech even as a teen, but being a millennial obviously a lot of my friends were doing it when we were that age. I've noticed that the stupidly abbrieviated texts have become a lot less common as we've moved into our 20s. Seeing texts like "wat u doin 2nite?" almost never happens these days. Almost all of my current contacts and even my younger brother (17) have grown out of it.
It's something I mostly associate with 12 year olds who are new to texting and get a buzz off using "dank abbrievs", they think it's cute.
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RE: The one thing I realize with the youth of today
June 20, 2016 at 12:24 am
(June 19, 2016 at 12:51 am)Maelstrom Wrote: Their vocabulary is severely limited thanks to texting.
Crotchety old fart!
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RE: The one thing I realize with the youth of today
June 20, 2016 at 12:26 am
(June 20, 2016 at 12:24 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Crotchety old fart!
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RE: The one thing I realize with the youth of today
June 20, 2016 at 12:29 am
(June 19, 2016 at 11:36 am)LastPoet Wrote: Do you consider mastery of english (your own language) A sign of intelligence.
Hardly.
(June 19, 2016 at 11:36 am)LastPoet Wrote: Tell me, Mr Novelist. Is your work as a novelist anything of worth?
Only to me, and that is all that matters in the end. I do not write for you or anyone else.
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