By Crystal Davis —
Houston, we have a problem. With the ever growing constitution of E-mailing and ill use of proper grammar we often find that the international society of the internet is, well, failing. We find ourselves going to school for many a year and when the easiest form of verbal contact comes to our fingertips we make a muck of it.
Yet to be a little more considerate in contrast to both sides of this broiling argument—E-mail etiquette must be seen from the side of the send-ee and the sender—popular questions that are often to occur are: “Does it depend on who is E-mailing you?”, “Is it because of personal preference?”, “Is there a found superiority complex when there are two different senders from different sides of the spectrum E-mailing each other?”
According to the syllabi and lecture of Professor Laura Wadenpfuhl of New Jersey City University, “Ignore a mistake that is simply careless; Sometimes the tone in written communication sounds sharper than intended. We need to be sensitive in our tone.” While explaining her course requirements she expressed, “Online etiquette should be formal.”
Statistically it can be found that more people tend to write formal E-mails when they are going to be writing to someone who is rather important, where in contrast to writing a close friend they feel that the use of internet jargon is acceptable. Most would even find it hard to believe that the Oxford English Dictionary has added to it some of the world’s most popular terms such as “LOL, OMG, and BFF” finally giving them a legitimate place in national standing.
Nina Bell, 19, Painting, MICA, Maryland, formerly of Jersey City, expresses that the need for internet usage is, well, dying. “I don’ think we need E-mailing anymore!” she said nearly hopping on one leg in excitement. “There’s so much instantaneous information that now it’s unnecessary. In terms of communication, E-mail takes too long and because it takes too long you put too much effort into it.”
Taking Bell’s point of view into consideration enabled questions to blossom once again: with the supposed failing of E-mail communication does this also mean that verbal etiquette should be more prominent in modern day speech?
“I would not support any email etiquette policy put forth by the school or any governing bodies because I know how to communicate with others; my own style varies depending on the person I am speaking with. I do not need or want a standard forced on me, I am not a child.” Explained Maksym V. Senyshyn, 20, History, of Jersey City in a cynical tone before sipping a cup of tea in G-Sub.
Consequentially, E-mail etiquette will be set in limbo until “we” as a whole manifest at a unifying conclusion that English needs to not be modified, but of course only you can be the ruler of your own world.
For more information visit:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/694/01/
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/03/29/oxford_dictionary_adds_lol_bff_
other_slang