Is Twitter killing the English language?
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- Welcome!!! The forum officially begins at 12pm EST, but please feel free to join the conversation at any time. The in-house discussion is moderated by Mike Ridley, Chief Librarian and CIO at University of Guelph. The panel includes Aimee Morrison, Susan Brown, Peter Martyn and Stuart Robertson.by UoG_ATS at 11/10/2009 3:42:21 PM
- We are going to begin in 15 minutes. What do you t think?
Click on Make a comment to join the conversation.by UoG_ATS at 11/10/2009 4:42:56 PM - I think social media is changing the English language and how we use but not killing it. We may not like the evolution but evolution is what languages do.by Mike at 11/10/2009 4:45:57 PM
- Having not used this - am I watching the panel or just the online participants?by Bo at 11/10/2009 4:48:35 PM
- I think we're so inundated with information these days that we've lost the ability to communicate effectively.by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 4:48:37 PM
- You are mostly watching the online participants. Some of us will try and post the comments of the panel so you can follow along with them.by Mike at 11/10/2009 4:49:35 PM
- are some of you "watchers" there to share this dialogue?by Bo at 11/10/2009 4:51:31 PM
- i twitter & facebook friends that i'd lose site of otherwise. what's the problem/by Lisa at 11/10/2009 4:52:33 PM
- has the forum statred? what's the panel saying?by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 4:54:23 PM
- About 2 start...soonby Kyle at 11/10/2009 4:56:00 PM
- then @mridley gave me his macbook air. like for keepers!by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 4:57:23 PM
- panel is about to start Aimee Morrison, Assistant Professor, School of English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo; (AA)by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 4:58:59 PM
- Susan Brown, Associate Professor, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph; (SB)by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 4:59:25 PM
- Peter Martyn, Former Deputy Foreign Editor at the Toronto Star and current Faculty in the School of Media Studies and Information Technology, Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber; (PM)by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:00:04 PM
- Stuart Robertson, University of Guelph Web Manager and Faculty in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Guelph-Humber.by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:00:23 PM
- Stuart would be (SR)by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:00:41 PM
- @mridley moderating Is Twitter killing the English language?by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:03:39 PM
- aren't you all bored of seeing only my tweets? Join the conversation LIVE: www.scribblelive.comby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:04:20 PM
- Twitter is about a conversation, about language.by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:05:21 PM
- for sure spelling and grammar have suffered as a result og Twitter, Facebook and its ilk.by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 5:05:45 PM
- suffered? how about "evolved"?by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:06:12 PM
- SR: my take on this topic is that the interface and the immediacy can have an impact on the time and effort we takeby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:07:03 PM
- how can "c u latr" be an evolution?by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 5:07:10 PM
- SR: quality depends on the authorby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:07:19 PM
- SB: the possessive apostrophe has been dying long before Twitterby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:07:49 PM
- SB: english is always changingby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:08:01 PM
- Is it possible to live/exist and function in both worlds. My teens seem to be able to switch gears to the environment's expectationsby Ron at 11/10/2009 5:08:22 PM
- changing is one thing - declining is another.by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 5:08:34 PM
- SB: people are writing more due to social media, and studies show that people's writing improves b/c of the amount you writeby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:08:34 PM
- by MJ D'Elia at 11/10/2009 5:08:53 PM
- SB: academic writing is a different type of writing, and takes trainingby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:09:09 PM
- I'd be interested to know how this has changed the quality of student's writing.by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 5:09:21 PM
- AA: the technology and the ppl respond to each other according to what the technology allows them to doby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:10:02 PM
- AA: there's a lot of illiterate nonsense in the worldby kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:10:36 PM
- I don't think this can be compared with the introduction of the typewriter or the printing press - this has altered the way people think.by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 5:10:37 PM
- PM: Twitter is the end of the english language! the sky is falling! cats can't spell!by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:11:19 PM
- its whatever your used toby Lisa at 11/10/2009 5:11:48 PM
- I'm interested to hear why Barrie2 believes it has altered the way people think...by Ron at 11/10/2009 5:11:57 PM
- The medium is the message...by UoG_ATS at 11/10/2009 5:12:19 PM
- PM: the medium is the message. the content makes or breaks the tweet.by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:12:27 PM
- twitter is dumbby Dude at 11/10/2009 5:12:46 PM
- @mridley: why are people so concerned about the Twitter threat?by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:13:00 PM
- Why are people upset about these technologies? Are they a threat?by UoG_ATS at 11/10/2009 5:13:01 PM
- AA: panic is coming from the mainstream media.by kylemackie at 11/10/2009 5:13:24 PM
- using nothing but acronyms and short forms changes how the brain is wired - you're no longer able to develop properly structured arguments.by Barrie2 at 11/10/2009 5:13:27 PM
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