I feel that the scholars who have termed “teen-speak” are parents who have a kid that doesn’t communicate the way they used to. With our modern technology expressing one’s feelings has been a lot easier. Although, what may be said is taken out of context I believe that it’s the modern way of writing poems or letters in a journal. What I mean by this is that a long time ago, teens in Shakespearean times and in our parents’ day if they had a problem they wrote it down in their journal. Things were kept secret. With new technologies, teens have become more open to speaking their mind. Facebook newsfeeds are being filled with teens filling up the page with statuses of angst, happiness, and inside jokes. With the ability to speak “freely” teens are more into speaking out to their parents and teachers.
After reading Ben McIntyre’s article I agree with the fellow people who were quoted in it. Over many years groups of all ages have personalized their own way of speaking with others their age. It’s like having an inside joke with your peers. New slang terms arise from songs and moments that happen in life. A long time ago there may not have been as many slang terms, but that could be due to the fact that people hardly traveled or if they wrote a letter discussing the new word that they`d heard, it would have been months old. I feel that all of the modern technologies that we have now like, flying help people spread one slang-term in a part of the world to another.
When people type in slang while texting it can have its good points. When you need to tell someone information quick you can text it short and they can receive it faster. I`m pretty sure that by going to school a person has the right to learn how to spell properly, if they chose not to do so then the blame on modern technology shouldn`t exist. Nowadays if a word is used enough times, then it can be added to the dictionary. I think that there are bigger things in life to worry about such as poverty in all countries, abuse, and famine. If scholars are spending their time discussing the use of “teen-speak” then there is something seriously wrong with our nation. As long as the teens don’t use this new form of speak in an actual job, then I think we will all manage just fine.
