Digital devices creating a generation of kids with speech problems

[RGProductions]

5 hours ago, themctipers said:

@RGProductions coughs 

Coughs about what?

[Inkz]

8 hours ago, mr moose said:

 

methinks you don't understand what they are saying.  The problem is not the accent itself, but the situation that must have occurred in order for the accent to develop.   It means the child spent more time on screens than with real humans during its language development years. 

 

 

No, that is exactly what I took from it. It is still pretty interesting.

[paddy-stone]

Maybe true.. but don't forget that that deaf, dumb, and blind guy sure plays a mean pinball

 

 

[LePawel]

On 26/08/2017 at 2:02 AM, Misanthrope said:

I'd go a step further here: Don't call it a "problem" with speech and communication but simply a linguistic evolution. I believe this is perhaps an early precursor to trans-humanism. 

What? 1337 speek should now be considered a step up in human evolution?

There's no benefit for us to compress 'are' to 'r' other than saving keyboard taps and hdd space. 

IMO, problem lies in generational gap between people that don't understand digital world and people that grew up in it. The old generation abuses it to replace proper parenting, and doesn't recognise side effects, because they didn't exist 10 years ago. 

There's basics of language and communication, and then there's your 'trans-humanism', what's next? 'Trans-humanising' physical laughter into the smile emoji? 

[Misanthrope]

14 minutes ago, LePawel said:

What? 1337 speek should now be considered a step up in human evolution?

There's no benefit for us to compress 'are' to 'r' other than saving keyboard taps and hdd space. 

IMO, problem lies in generational gap between people that don't understand digital world and people that grew up in it. The old generation abuses it to replace proper parenting, and doesn't recognise side effects, because they didn't exist 10 years ago. 

There's basics of language and communication, and then there's your 'trans-humanism', what's next? 'Trans-humanising' physical laughter into the smile emoji? 

He who hath abandoned thy true language beauty and form shall not the first stone cast upon thine enemies!

 

Languages get simplified. That doesn't means that the message or substance is automatically also simplified or diminished: Call me crazy but clever meme usage can actually communicate quite a bit without being as verbose.