Letter to the Editor

To the editor of the Thx for the IView! I Wud ♥ to Work 4 U!! ;) article, Sarah E. Needleman, I would like to highlight that it is quite ordinary for most college students to feel somewhat ecstatic and appreciative after enduring a successful interview. Therefore, from their perspective, it is not a major concern to use text-speech to express great thanks to the interviewer who made it possible for them to attain their desired job. It is a simple demonstration of gratitude. Young people find it completely normal to write in an informal way of English within technology or social media. Therefore, for those interviewers or "formal" adults that seem to get offended by it, they should not, as it is a part of those students' daily language. On the other hand, I do agree with your point of view to an extent that text-speech should be specifically used in the appropriate place and time. It should not go as far as to casually sending Facebook messages and using abbreviations to thank interviewers, or any strangers in fact. It should be emphasized that formal and professional English should be used within conversations taken with those that are important to one's education and profession. Social media and its "language" should be used personally within closer relationships, away from professional work. Nevertheless, what I am striving to elucidate is that as the generations proceed and the years progress, this so-called issue involving using text-speech, will only become "worse". Therefore, as a logical solution, using such way of speaking should be accepted because it is the most comfortable way for young people to communicate, considering that they should speak as they write. Social media and texting overall has become an important part of everyone's life, young and old, that cannot be ignored or abandoned. It is not terrible to communicate in such way, because when looking into text-speech studies, there are many positives that include: the frequency of communication, broadening vocabulary, leading to higher literacy scores, and its emergent complexity.