why would you want to speak it? Language has always changed to fit the paradigms of society(Crystal 105). For example, in Shakespeare's time, many contractions usedtoday were considered poor English. Rarely could a person of high socialstatus be found using "don't" in a sentence. Today, however, people mayuse contractions without fear of being scorned by society. This simplyillustrates The same types of people who opposed contractions in the pastare opposing slang and new dialects of English. They do not realize thatthe way they speak differs from the way that their predecessors spoke.People opposed to language change only defend their dialect, which will dieout anyway, and prove their intolerance of change. Language will be thought of differently in the future because newmediums of communication will be used, the largest one being the Internet.Today, many people are using the Internet to "talk" to people all over theworld. The Internet has its own language, which Conservatives view ascomputer slang. No matter what diction or dialect you speak, you stillhave to type out an Internet message in standard Internet. There are wordsused specifically for the Internet, usually acronyms that are universallyunderstood, that will probably appear in dictionaries in the future.Conservatives have no reason to bother with whether a person's dialect ordiction will be understood in spoken language, because most communicationwill be typed, not spoken, in a neutral Internet language. Conservatives claim that the lack of standard English is due to aneducation deficiency. They explain that the reason some slang is createdby kids in inner-city areas is that the kids drop out of school, becausethe kids are stupid, and therefore never learn standard English. Inreality, the kids drop out of school because they are told that the waythey speak is stupid (Seymour 123). The Conservatives are not willing tohelp the kids with "bad" di...
