Is internet slang becoming its own language

[Vinni]

I'm English so I prefer "I shall return shortly after I deal with the unfortunate event that has, sadly, upended my current gaming/life experience" but nobody even bothers with "ISRSAIDWTUETH,S,UMCG/LE" anymore.

Made my day.

[Castiell]

Internet slang is universal and warps all other languages, its equality personified !

[Mozez]

I think it might be. I personally always try to type in full sentences, with coherent punctuation and spelling. Even when texting people I use full sentences (although this has become easier as of late with touchscreen phones).

[Didactic]

I think it might be. I personally always try to type in full sentences, with coherent punctuation and spelling. Even when texting people I use full sentences (although this has become easier as of late with touchscreen phones).

Although autocorrect and autocomplete sometimes fucks with you.

[taurenguard]

Well since I've seen L33T speak language on facebook this is not impossible..

[zorkuus]

It is already its own language but it is restricted to the Internet

I wish there were no people who said lol in real life instead of just laughing like a normal person but sadly that isn't the case.

[Sam the Wiser]

It sort of is in it own little way. I've seen some pretty extreme cases of people using it.

[Didactic]

Slang is just an excuse for uneducated people.

Hey. I'm quite educated, yet I use slang all the time. I call it philological bludging.

[nimryas]

I don't think it will become a language on it's own to be honest.. I also like the fact that all respondents in this thread are talking like they would normally do, instead of using acronyms :') I use this so called slang on and off, whenever I feel like it. I wouldnt say im uneducated (psychology major), I just like to switch to an easier form of language because, sometimes writing (research) papers gets so boring.

This whole internet language slang is a interesting one though. It's being brought to other people through friends & peers rather then parents which is pretty much the standar thing in any culture. We are all in a 'internet' culture which greatly overlaps the culture we as a person were born into, and this only will be more and more of influence as younger kids start to dive straight into the digital at a younger age. But the time spent in their own culture will outplay will be far greater then time spent in the 'digital world' so I don't think there will be a point when the internet slang will become a language in it's own.

[Zeverin]

Why is it that, every time someone claims that Languages are dynamic, they evolve, usually is to defend the ""dumbing down" of said language?

[Patchee]

The internet is forming itself into a cess pit of retardation.