“Beep! Beep!” This is the sound accompanied by a vibration that we commonly hear almost everywhere in public vicinity, from the noisiest arcade shop down to the solemn library. This is because of the wide-spread use of the cellphone with special features such as the text that has the ability to provide faster communication and interaction among people. Texting has become the latest trend not only in communication but as well as in fashion, but behind this is the truth that it has also greatly influenced and ruined the proper use of grammar, weakened the sociability skills and damaged relationships of people.
Texting has been one of the fastest and cheapest way of communicating people. Fast because it would only take about a minute or two for the message to reach a person anywhere in the country and cheap because it only costs a peso per message. But there is a limit to this, a limit to how many characters can fit in one message. This has made the users resort to initiatives to be able to maximize every peso they use in texting. They have invented shortcuts of words that you can not even find in any dictionaries, they have invented symbols such as “û” in the representation of a smile, they have abbreviated words forming
In texting, there is also no development in relationship among people. One reason I say this is because in texting, there is no sign of showing true emotions and feelings. Anyone can just sent ‘mushy’ quotations but without feeling in it. It is very different from seeing a person truly singing a song or reciting a poem rather than seeing him forwarding it to another person. It simply ruins any emotions in different aspects of art.
It can also lead in misunderstanding. A person may text ‘I luv u & tke cre’ at the end of his message trying to be a good friend to another person, but the other person receiving might misunderstand him of trying to show intimate feelings, then this would mean disaster for both of them. A person out of anger may also text some sarcastic words but the receiver won’t know because he or she is not around and instead think that it is a compliment or something, then there would be confusion. Chances of these things to happen in text messaging is very high, therefore this could lead to unwanted situations.
In our world today, technologies such as the cellphone and its ability in texting (that has been one of the modern trend) is one important tool in our life that we cannot afford to lose because of its important use. But even with all its beneficial use, we must also be conscious and open to the negative effects
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