InternetslangsuchasLOL(laughingoutloud)andROFL(rollingonthefloorlaughing)enjoysgreatpopularityamongteenagersnowadays.Infact,itbecomessopopularthatmanytermsnowcrossfromcomputer-mediatedcommunicationtoface-to-facecommunication.Someteenagersevenusetheminessaywriting.
Peoplehavedifferentopinionstowardsthisphenomenon.Somepeoplesaythatitwillhelpenrichthelanguagesystemandmakelanguagediverse.Butothersdisagree,sayingthatthesenewwords,beingabbreviationsforexisting,long-usedphrases,don't"enrich"anything;theyjustshortenitandtheirtotaleffectonlanguagewillbetrivial.
Inmyopinion,Internetslanghaslittleeffectonlanguageingeneral,butwillgreatlyinfluenceindividuals',especiallyteenagers'languagedevelopment.ThereasonisthatoveruseofInternetslangwillleadtothelackofproperpunctuationsandgrammarandhasnumerousmisspellingsinwriting.Thatwilldrasticallyreducechancesofemploymentwhenstudentsgraduateandseekjobs.So,forthesakeoftheirfuture,teenagershadbetterrefrainfromInternetslang.
