Chat Language as a Negative or Positive Effect on the World
Chat language, also called chatting, is becoming increasingly popular
in the world. This type of language started recently with the
introduction of instant messaging and is particularly trendy with
teens. This “new language” consists of shortening words by taking away
some of the letters and not using capital letters or punctuations.
People do this to communicate faster. An example of chatting would be:
“sup hun, wat u up 2?” which would mean: “Hi honey, what are you up
to?” Usually the chat language is used in chat rooms on the internet
and messages on the phone- sms- but now it is used in everyday
language too. Chatting is used to speed up the language, since it
seems that we are always in a rush.
Chatting was started by young people, although now it is widely used
by older people too. Almost everyone now can at least read the chat
language, if not write it. A lot of scientists believe that in a
couple of years chat language will have replaced the “normal”
language. Numerous people also think that by 2007 the chat language
will be used all over the world. Is this good or bad? Will it affect
the world in a positive or negative way? This essay will observe both
the positive and the negative points of chatting and its effect on
society.
The internet has the capability to bridge the cultural gap between the
nations of the world. If chat language is more and more used
eventually everyone will start speaking it and writing it. That means
it will influence the culture and religion but also the history of a
country- and of course the language of it too. This is good since
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...hing by their teachers. Although these students will have
problems in school, they are also learning about a new culture.
A more serious problem that the chat language is causing is that it is
disintegrating the culture of countries; since a very important part,
if not the main, of the culture of a country is the language. By using
text language we are erasing the history of a country, because the
language will tell a lot about it. For example which language has
influenced the country: Greek, Latin etc. Also, if everyone starts
speaking the same language with no real rules life will become
monotonous and very boring.
In conclusion I think the chat language is affecting the world
negatively. It is erasing important parts of our history, since the
world is becoming so fast it is not very nice to make it even faster.
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