Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.

Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

The internet is an amazing medium for languages.

Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.