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Brits place blame on emojis for ruining English language

Lisa Miles
An article on the E&T Magazine website states that a study has found that most British adults believe the English language is in decline, with many believing that emojis should take some of the blame.


Personally, I think the English language constantly 'evolves' over time....


I remember the furore when texting became the norm and many people started using 'text speak' in their everyday communitication. However, over the past few years, with autocorrect and predictive text becoming much more sophisticated, it's actually much harder and more time consuming to type 'text speak' into your phone nowadays.


There will always be those that aren't able to spell as well as others, and emojis will always have an appropriate place in communication, but I don't think we need to worry too much about the decline of the English language...


Or do we? wink
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    I like emojis. I think in an informal setting they can really enhance the message. They act as intensifiers and can remove ambiguity.


    I'm a bit torn on the matter of "correct" English. I find myself extremely annoyed by people who like, say "like", like every five words or something like that.


    I also utterly despise the misuse of "literally". If you are "literally dying for a cup of tea" then I admire the lengths you would go to for tea, but I doubt it'll come to that. And if you are "literally on fire" then I suggest contacting the emergency services instead of tweeting about it wink


    That said, it's demonstrably true that language has always evolved, so we should expect it to continue to do so. I suppose if you understood it then it's valid. Anyone who's ever read Hubert Selby Jr will sympathise - his grammar is horrible but his story telling is magnificent and you just find yourself not caring.
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    I like emojis. I think in an informal setting they can really enhance the message. They act as intensifiers and can remove ambiguity.


    I'm a bit torn on the matter of "correct" English. I find myself extremely annoyed by people who like, say "like", like every five words or something like that.


    I also utterly despise the misuse of "literally". If you are "literally dying for a cup of tea" then I admire the lengths you would go to for tea, but I doubt it'll come to that. And if you are "literally on fire" then I suggest contacting the emergency services instead of tweeting about it wink


    That said, it's demonstrably true that language has always evolved, so we should expect it to continue to do so. I suppose if you understood it then it's valid. Anyone who's ever read Hubert Selby Jr will sympathise - his grammar is horrible but his story telling is magnificent and you just find yourself not caring.
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