Internet Jargon Survey (Fairly Short)

In My Humble Opinion
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The following survey is a really only a short questionnaire I will be using for an English paper. I’m attempting to find out how much effect “Internet Jargon” is having on the way we communicate both on and offline. If you read through, the survey also includes a short example of “Internet Jargon” Thanks in advance for filling out the survey!
Read the passage below and answer the following questions based on the definition in the passage.

You want to ask your friend Joe if he wants to go to a party tomorrow at 8 p.m. Well in English you would simply say, “Joe, would you like to go to a party with me tomorrow at 8?” Notice the use of things like commas, capitals, and complete words. Now let’s translate this to internet English, “hey wanna party tomorrow @ 8?” As you can see, the friends name, Joe, has been replaced with “hey.” No need to be formal when it comes to internet English; that would just waste more time. The word, “wanna,” which cannot be found in Webster’s dictionary, is used to shorten, “would you like to go, “ down to one word. The word “at” has been shortened to @ to save time as well. The final difference between internet English and English, is the lack of grammar including such minor things as capital letters, commas, and apostrophes. Again, this shortens the length of the message and therefore shortens the time to type the message. If you feel this example was insufficient in explaining internet English, feel free to join any chat room after reading my paper.
1.) Do you frequently use internet English? Yes No

If no, do not continue.
Rank your use of internet English
1= lowest, 5 = highest
2.) Rank your use of internet English online: 1 2 3 4 5

3.) Rank your use of internet English offline: 1 2 3 4 5

4.) Do you feel that internet English interrupts your offline conversations?

						Yes 			No

5.) If yes, do you use it without realizing it? Explain.

6.) Do you feel that internet English has a negative effect on English?

						Yes			No

7.) If yes, what do you feel it is doing to the English language? Explain.

2
  1. No

It counts, right?!

3
  1. Only over trillian
  2. 3
  3. Not sure what number means never :slight_smile:
  4. No
  5. No
  6. I don’t think Internet English is doing anything to the English language that other fads and inventions haven’t done in the past. Some internet terms have flowed into mainstream English but that is just the way language evolves.
4

1.) Yes

2.) Rank your use of internet English online: 3

3.) Rank your use of internet English offline: 1

4.) Do you feel that internet English interrupts your offline conversations? No

5.) If yes, do you use it without realizing it? Explain.

6.) Do you feel that internet English has a negative effect on English? No

7.) If yes, what do you feel it is doing to the English language? Explain.

5
  1. No
    I second the question… does it count? =P
6
  1. Yes
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. No
  5. –
  6. Yes

Good luck.

7
  1. Yes.
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. No
  5. Somewhat
  6. I find so called “AOL speak” (HELO LOL R U PLZ THX PPL NE1) disturbing, but interspersing “wtf, sup, nammuch, NFI” into a conversation doesn’t hurt anyone. I guess if 'net Jargon is PART of a conversation I don’t care, but if it is the WHOLE of a conversation its just tiring to follow.