So LOL OMW etc are now speech and apart of the English lexicon. Other languages are changing just as quickly.

In 50 years can you see ESFJ 7th grade teachers teaching the proper use of /nod/ *nod* and emoticons?

What about urban dictionary?

BTY when you are doing an email do you do

name:

or

name,

Hi sbalbom,

I'd have to say that this is the general way I write an email. I prefer to use proper grammar in most cases, and generally use internet abbreviations for the sake of time and on the understanding that the reader will comprehend my meaning. It depends completely upon my audience, however, what language style I end up using. Having been raised by an English teacher, were I ever to become suddenly interested in that career, I believe my teaching style would emphasize the proper use of the english language. Slang is all well and good, but the purpose of English classes should be to enable the learner to address any audience in a way that will be most acceptable to the reader or listener. A potential employer would doubtfully be impressed by how "srsly epic ur typing skillz r, lol"

LoL, I enjoyed this exchange! As a 62 year-old, I've always been proud of my ability to write and speak to a variety of people of varying degrees of education. I have been "on the Web" since most pages and emails were white font on blue or black background. I have witnessed the rise of first, emoticons, then the onset of "LoL speak". On a normal email, I will use normal English, but have become an expert at texting with every abbreviation possible,...K..?
I have never sided with peep's that say the Internet will be the end of Books and Magazines, although I think we've all seen the decline in Newspapers, and that's not a bad thing,( for those prescient enough to have a Digital Edition up and running early on). I haven't gotten a local paper delivered in years, but would be lost without my New York Times in my Yahoo mailbox every morning, ditto for WSJ.com and WaPo.
I also think that most kid's reading skills are intact, and that even the most Web Addicted of my Grandkids, Nieces and Nephews are growing up with a love for Reading and Books that transcends how they talk to their friends online.
I hope that "LoL speak" will stay where it belongs, and that people continue to communicate in the "Old School" way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Seuss

"At the same time, an important development occurred that influenced much of Geisel's later work. In May 1954, Life magazine published a report on illiteracy among school children, which concluded that children were not learning to read because their books were boring. Accordingly[citation needed], Geisel's publisher made up a list of 348 words he felt were important and asked Geisel to cut the list to 250 words and write a book using only those words. Nine months later, Geisel, using 236 of the words given to him, completed The Cat in the Hat. This book was a tour de force[who?]—it retained the drawing style, verse rhythms, and all the imaginative power of Geisel's earlier works, but because of its simplified vocabulary could be read by beginning readers. These books achieved significant international success and they remain very popular.[citation needed]

Geisel went on to write many other children's books, both in his new simplified-vocabulary manner (sold as Beginner Books) and in his older, more elaborate style. The Beginner Books were not easy for Geisel, and reportedly[citation needed] he labored for months crafting them."

All an ENFP needs to succeed is a challenge. Even if there was a decline in the quality of language, it would only inspire another ENFP to pick up where Dr Seuss left off.

^^ Funny I was reading about dr seuss on wiki a few months ago... must be an ENFP thing. I didn't realize he did war propaganda drawings...