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It has also been suggested that the linguistic differences between Standard English and CMC can have implications for literacy education. This is illustrated by the widely reported example of a school essay submitted by a Scottish teenager, which contained many abbreviations and acronyms likened to SMS language. There was great condemnation of this style by the mass media as well as educationists, who expressed that this showed diminishing literacy or linguistic abilities.

In German, there is already considerable controversy regarding the use of anglicisms outside of CMC. This situation is even more problematic within CMC, since the jargon of the medium is dominated by English terms. (here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) An extreme example of an anti-anglicisms perspective can be observed from the chatroom rules of a Christian site, which bans all anglicisms ("Das Verwenden von Anglizismen ist strengstens untersagt!"), and also translates even fundamental terms into German equivalents.<HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Origin
The electronic medium provides a channel which facilitates and constrains our ability to communicate in ways that are fundamentally different from those found in other semiotic situations. Many of the expectations and practices which we associate with spoken and written language are no longer applicable.There are seven main modes of communication on the Internet. They include electronic mail. chatgroups, virtual worlds and blogs.

The electronic character of the channel has a fundamental influence on the language of the medium. The options of communication for the user are constrained by the nature of the hardware needed in order to gain Internet access. Thus, productive linguistic capacity (the type of information that can be sent) is determined by the preassigned characters on a keyboard, and receptive linguistic capacity (the type of information that can be seen) is determined by the size and configuration of the screen. Additionally, both sender and receiver are constrained linguistically by the properties of the internet software and hardware linking them. According to Davis and Brewer, ‘eletronic discourse is writing that very often reads as if it were being spoken – that is, as if the sender were writing talking’. In other words, one's language on the Internet is influenced largely by how the individual speaks.

Motivation
The primary motivation behind utilization of a slang unique to the Internet is an ease of communication. However, while Internet slang shortcuts save time for the writer, they take two times as long for the reader to understand, according to a study by psychologist Nenagh Kemp at the University of Tasmania.

On the other hand, it has been observed that similar to the use of slang in traditional face-to-face speech or written language, slang on the Internet is often a way of indication group membership.