So according to the Telegraph.co.uk, twitter and other social networking sites have been used as a means to add hundreds of new words to the Collins English Dictionary. They note words such as ‘hmm,’ ‘heh,’ and ‘meh’ as having been added due to the younger generation using them in common speech as well as online. I think adding these as words as rather questionable since they don’t actually have any real definable meaning, but who am I to say that internet onomatopoeias be banned from the English dictionary? What I will agree with is words like ‘noob’ and ‘twitter’ being added as legitimate.
In any case though – I disagree on the fact that these words are being added just because of the rise of the social networking sites. I think that maybe people are just beginning to recognize the internet as something that exists, well, beyond the internet. That means it can actually extend into the arts, culture, and frankly, even language.
[Contents via Telegraph.co.uk]
