Talking With Your Fingers - The New York Times.
John McWhorter explains how in no way are these words hindering us, in fact, he believes they are making us better and smarter. Many people assume that because texting is so unstructured and doesn't really follow the rules, that the language should not be accepted.TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it’s all good news.John McWhorter is a contributing writer at The Atlantic.He teaches linguistics at Columbia University, hosts the podcast Lexicon Valley, and is the author, most recently, of Words on the Move.
John McWhorter talks about how texting is not writing at all, but it is a miraculous thing. He explains how first there is speech and then writing comes along. When speaking casually we speak from 10 to 12 words and less reflective, it is very different from writing.John McWhorter thinks that children's grades and essays in school will not be affected by texting and technology as they are 'intelligent' enough to know the difference. On the other hand, David Crystal can disagree with that statement, as he believes that children's essays and schoolwork will be affected since they spend lots of their time texting and will get used to it.
McWhorter in his video said that texting is an emergent complexity, new language, and new structure. He explored the use of the abbreviation LOL that everyone translates as (laughing out loud). Today LOL is over so used as a sign of empathy, which is true.
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