Comments on: Texting Affecting the Language Skills?: The Case of Japan http://cac.ophony.org/2008/04/08/texting-affecting-the-language-skills-the-case-of-japan/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Yukiko http://cac.ophony.org/2008/04/08/texting-affecting-the-language-skills-the-case-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-31859 Yukiko Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:52:34 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2008/04/08/texting-affecting-the-language-skills-the-case-of-japan/#comment-31859 Agnieszka, Really!? I didn't know that. (shows how low-tech I am...thanks for letting me know!) My phone doesn't have it, unfortunately. I just assumed, because people love those phones (like 'side-kick') that have a minuture whole keypads, they always type in the whole thing. So I guess this is not really about the cellphones, but the way the Japanese writing system works (which requires conversion of certain words from phonetic letters to chinese characters)... By the way, I wanted to add that the convenience of this conversion system does have an effect of people's deteriorating language skills in Japan (in terms of vocabulary and skills in writing chinese characters...). Agnieszka,

Really!? I didn't know that. (shows how low-tech I am…thanks for letting me know!)
My phone doesn't have it, unfortunately. I just assumed, because people love those phones (like 'side-kick') that have a minuture whole keypads, they always type in the whole thing.
So I guess this is not really about the cellphones, but the way the Japanese writing system works (which requires conversion of certain words from phonetic letters to chinese characters)…
By the way, I wanted to add that the convenience of this conversion system does have an effect of people's deteriorating language skills in Japan (in terms of vocabulary and skills in writing chinese characters…).

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]]> By: Agnieszka Kajrukszto http://cac.ophony.org/2008/04/08/texting-affecting-the-language-skills-the-case-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-31846 Agnieszka Kajrukszto Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:07:33 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2008/04/08/texting-affecting-the-language-skills-the-case-of-japan/#comment-31846 Yukiko, Many US cell phones have that feature which allows you to type first letter of a word and receive a list of possible options  to choose from. I found it by chance and it is quite hidden, so check your US phone. You might just have it too! Happy texting! BTW, texting is referred to as "Sms" (Short Message Service) in Poland and Germany and I think France, too. Yukiko,
Many US cell phones have that feature which allows you to type first letter of a word and receive a list of possible options  to choose from. I found it by chance and it is quite hidden, so check your US phone. You might just have it too! Happy texting!
BTW, texting is referred to as "Sms" (Short Message Service) in Poland and Germany and I think France, too.

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