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Originally Posted by Eric
English is an international language, no longer the property of the English. As such, it is more easily "infected" by global changes in technology (the upsurge in texting is a major example of this), and by the entertainment media, primarily that of the US.
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A depressing situation if ever there was one! Most of the text messages, facebook posts and MySpace comments I receive resemble more the language of cavemen than the Queen's English. The vibrant flow of well constructed literature seems to be constantly under threat from this beeping proto-language. The jettison of vowels from the standard text message is just wrong, even if it does save pennies. Eric makes a good point though; it's the impact of the next generation's culture that keeps language alive, however brutal its cull seems to be.