What Are We Doing?

For the last few months, I worked  senior capstone paper where I researched the effects that technology (cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and the people that use it have on language. I realized through my research a great many things, like this isn't the first time that a major change in language has happened. I knew already that at least major change occurred and that was the reason why so few people can read and understand Shakespeare. Yet it makes me sad that it has come to using language that we do. So much is lost with using one letter responses over a cell phone instead of a full word.

I've been working on a novel for the past three years now and I have tried so hard to steer clear of using most of the well known technologies. One thing that I did use was text messaging. While one character used the "text speak" my main character texted back using full words and full sentences! It was a struggle for me to use the text speak in the first place. I will admit that I was one of the last of my friends to get a cell phone and to learn how to text quickly. Even now after the years that I have I still text in full words and sentences. I have to. It is ingrained in me. That is why I love my full keyboard cell phone.

So until next time, readers.