Hw 5b

In the chapter "Therefore I Am," by David Kline, there were many points of the chapter that were disagreeable. On page 250, there are a few paragraphs that Kline talks about, that I disagree upon a little more than the rest of the chapter. In these few paragraphs, Kline talks about Netspeak. Netspeak is an online communication often used on instant message and Blogs. "It's methods of conveying text, thoughts, and even emotions in the shortest form possible"(Kline 251). An example of this would be "g2g, ttyl" meaning got to go, talk to you later. What people are worried about, is that we will start speaking, and writing like this all the time They are concerned that generations from now, our language will be completely transformed from online communication.
I disagree strongly with what Kline had to say about Netspeak. He thinks that our classic literature will be ruined from this and that the English language will be transformed from the way we communicate online. However, a panel of experts at a recent Washington symposium on language and Internet refuted the thought that Netspeak was not undermining our literacy. They verified Netspeak, as an encourager for younger people to write more, even if it is not 100% good at first. I support with what they had to say about Netspeak, because i have been writing on instant messenger for years now, and it hasn't affected the way that i write at all.