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McWhorter in his “texting is killing language” discusses the common belief that today’s youth have, through texting, destroyed language and formal conversation. He however has a different opinion. McWorther believes that today’s form of communication is the future of language and that texting speak is a more evolved form of dialect. When people text they don’t think about proper grammar, punctuation, or even spelling. These same people are the ones that will grow up to lead the nation and most likely, take this form of shorthanded lingo with them, or pass it on to their children.
ReplyDeleteIn his Ted Talk, John McWhorter claims that people are able to text and think deeply. People don't think about every specific grammatical issue when they text, which will cause people to talk less formally during a face-to-face conversation. "Texting is fingered speech." Even though texting does not translate into writing, we are still able to write well thought out essays while informally texting our friends.
ReplyDeleteIn John McWhorter’s Ted Talk, “Txtng Is Killing Language. JK!!!,” he works off the idea that there is no cost of texting, it is just different. He explains that “Texting is not writing” and, “Language is not speech.” He explained himself by saying that writing is easier than speaking, so it should be okay to sometimes write how you speak. For example, texting. He believes that phones can be that source to write like you speak. He uses ‘texting slang,’ such as “LOL” or “/,” to show that texting is more of a, “fingered speech.” He elaborates on that by saying how texting can even show intelligence by balancing it with formal speaking in person. McWhorter concludes by describing the phenomenon as a, “linguistic miracle.”
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ReplyDeleteIn John McWhorter’s “Txting Is Killing Language. JK!!!” TED Talk, he argues that, “texting is a miraculous thing”. Many people believe that texting and the current technology is ruining our deep thinking skills and writing abilities. But McWhorter argues that language is speech and we text as we speak. Texting is “fingered speech” and we enjoy it because it is loose and comfortable. Our generation has developed a new way of writing through texting while still holding onto our own writing skills. Texting is not a bad thing and it has not put an end to good writing.
ReplyDeleteIn John McWhorter's TED talk, "Texting is Killing Language. JK!!!" McWhorter presents the radical idea that texting is beneficial to those who practice it. The idea that being bilingual or bidialectal is considered a good thing so why isn't writing bidialectal. McWhorter suggests that texting is just "fingered speech" and we don't think of capitalization and punctuation when speaking so why should we when texting. McWhorter's main idea is that texting is just another, less formal dialogue that we use and we don't write formally when texting because texting isn't formal writing.
ReplyDeleteIn his Ted Talk, John McWhorter argues for the benefit of texting. In McWhorter's “Txting Is Killing Language. JK!!!”, he claims that texting is a "fingered speech" that we use to reach each other instantly. He believes that people should write as they speak, and vice versa. Texting is another form of writing where people can still speak intelligently, but at the touch of your fingers quickly. It is a "miraculous" thing that people can speak intelligently and text at the same time. Texting is a less formal way of speaking but we are addicted to the immediate responses.
ReplyDeleteMcWhorter in his TED Talk, “Texting Is Killing Language. JK!!!” argues that texting is not actually ruining our language. Other people believe that with our technology and new ways of communication is destroying our ability to think deeply and our writing skills. He says that texting is “fingered speech” meaning we text the way we speak, so therefore texting is speaking. While this culture believes texting is good, it is in fact, ruining our writing skills and abilities to think in a deeper way.
ReplyDeleteJohn McWhorter’s TED talk, "Txtng is killing language. JK!!!” demolishes the commonly acknowledged myth of texting, infecting academic writing skills with its short and informal letterings, in his opening sentence. He starts by affirming, “texting is not writing at all”. Instead, texting is a completely new and developing kind of language. “Texting is fingered speech” as McWhorter describes it. He also mentions everyday text conventions like “LOL” and “Slash” to be a start in development of the texting language. By learning this new language, the youth today are starting to enhance their bilingual capabilities.
ReplyDeleteIn John McWhorter's TED talk, "Texting is Killing Language. JK!!!" McWhorter is being an advocate for texting. He says that, “texting is miraculous!” McWhorter believes texting isn’t bad, like many claim. He speaks on the topic of how when children first learn how to write all of their words are crammed together due to the fact that, they write the way we speak. We don’t speak with long definite pauses; we speak with a constant flow. He refers to texting as, “fingered speech” since we type loosely and how we speak.
ReplyDeleteIn John McWhorter’s TED Talk, he talks about how technology is changing the way we communicate. McWhorter talks about how we are constantly texting and hiding behind our phones when in reality that is not really writing. We have the tendency to text how we speak and that has gotten us in bad habits. We use “Markers of Empathy” in our messages to shorten things up. An example he uses is “LOL” because that tends to be the most common among society. McWhorter’s points out in the video that texting is a loose form of communication and texting is not real speech but fingered speech.
ReplyDeleteIn John Mcwhorter’s TED talk “Txting is Killing Language. JK!!!” Mcwhorter discusses the “idea that texting is a scourge” and how very different his beliefs are to the common controversy. He discusses that over time humans always spoke the way they wrote and never the other way around. He describes that texting not only defies human nature but also is “an expansion of their [teenagers] linguistic repertoire”. Even though texting may not seem very beneficial, Mcwhorter believes that being “bilingual” at this age has to be something special.
ReplyDeleteIn McWhorter’s TED talk, he expresses a new way of looking at the trending text phase of being social. He claims that the way we text is more true to how we would talk, and he even goes on to call texting “fingered speech”. Fortunately, texting is not an alternative to the way we write, it’s just an addition to our arsenal of communicating. McWhorter believes that texting isn’t causing us to be worse at reading, but in fact it’s a miracle that our society can switch between formal writing and texting so easily.
ReplyDeleteMany people believe that the new way of communicating, texting, is destroying the elegance and beauty of writing and language. However, John McWhorter presents an opposing idea in his Ted Talk, "Txting is Killing Language. JK!!". He does not view texting as a form of writing. Instead, he states that it is actually a way of writing how you speak. If you look back at history, the majority of communication has been speaking. Writing is a relatively new invention. So to say that writing in the way we speak is harming communication is silly, seeing as speaking is the ultimate form of communication. Of course there are times when formal writing is needed, such as in speeches. However, texting isn't meant to be formal writing. McWhorter instead views it as "fingered speech". So instead of criticizing texting and our generation that is so fluent in "fingered speech", McWhorter actually applauds us for being able to communicate in so many different ways. He says, "texting actually is evidence of a balancing act that young people are using today...". We're not replacing writing with texting, we're simply expanding our abilities in language.
ReplyDeleteIn a TED Talk on the development of writing and speech. John McWhorter shows how writing has matured as technology has continued to progress throughout time. With the development of new technology such as texting and other ways of communication through the use of a phone has changed writing and speech substantially. Using a phone and texting has created a new form of communication between persons. McWhorter directly says in his own word that texting has changed persons thought process and now some texters lack structure in their messages. McWhorter also says the communication of texting is in actuality “fingered speech”, because the person is technically writing what they are saying, and that on its own has formed a new dialogue of speech between people. Overall McWhorters main purpose is to show that people need to speak more like they write and write more like they speak.
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