francesca
New Member
I was reading a thread here yesterday about epistolary books and I realised that in the last 18 months or so, I have written just one real pen-on-paper letter. It was an experience that made me really think about how email and instant messaging has impacted on communication. My handwriting was abysmal, I used the expression ' lol' at one point and even worse, found myself actually drawing an emoticon - how bad is that?!
What has happened to letter writing? Is it dead in the water these days or is there still a contingent of people out there enjoying an exchange of letters? Obviously the convenience and speed of email can't be argued with, but together with instant messaging and sms texting (how r u - hate it, hate it) is it eroding the use of language?
Or do I need to let go of the 18th century?
What has happened to letter writing? Is it dead in the water these days or is there still a contingent of people out there enjoying an exchange of letters? Obviously the convenience and speed of email can't be argued with, but together with instant messaging and sms texting (how r u - hate it, hate it) is it eroding the use of language?
Or do I need to let go of the 18th century?