Internet effect on use of English The net highlights variety in use of English. It s a similar scenario to what happened when the printing press was invented. Many people contribute to diversity. Upon maturity, internet may generate it s own standard. How the rise of technology affects the way we write and speak New technology and jargon all create new words for our language.
Colloquialisms also arise with new technology.
Eg user-friendly . Productive prefixes occur, eg cyber , and e . The year 2000 saw 16,600 new words created and accepted. 600 came from internet ,computers and technology. 50 from politics, and 50 from arts, and 800 from food and 700 from medicine.