Image via Wikipedia Many things have an effect on language: war, the merging or two cultures, and technology are many common factors of change. If you think of the way that English has changed in the last several decades, nothing has effected English more than technology. Email and instant messaging were some of the first technological advances that had an impact on English. With email and instant messaging came emoticons and word abbreviations. Abbreviations of popular words and phrases have been around for centuries, but never in such abundance as with email and instant … [Read more...]