Language is always changing as country's are becoming more multicultural and this is creating languages to mix. Slang is shifting from just on social media site into the real world so much so that they are using it when communicating to people who are very influential. Parents are beginning to think that their children are speaking a completely different language and they are not able to understand as it evolves. The shortening of words are also something that is creating confusion, simple sentences such as on my way are being changed to 'omw'.
Words such as 'bae' are being used on daily basis, the abbreviation can mean either 'before anyone else' or 'babe'. Text talk is people missing letters in words to shorten it for example, 'u' for you or, 'r' for are or 'm8'. Another thing that is increasing is the use of emoji's. Smartphones have the little images installed into the phone for people to use instead of words. People are able to create full sentences with the emoji's and even have full conversations.
It is said that girls like to socialize and be more chatty than boys and so this could lead into their texting. Girls being more chatty could make them have a different way of texting to boys, they may use more emoji's or spread out their chat. However, boys may be more direct when texting their friends. Words such as 'dude' are more likely to come up in a male conversation than a female and females are more likely to use emoji's to express their feelings.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/01/icymi-english-language-is-changing-faster-than-ever-says-expert
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