Translation:

Cefin: Hey you man!

Stranger: Yeah?

Cefin: Do you speak Old English?

Stranger: Yes, I speak Old English.

Cefin: Hmm...Aren't you Danwulf? Stranger: Hehehe, I am not Danwulf, friend.

Cefin: Oh, who are you?

Stranger: I am Ham-Sam and who are you, friend?

Cefin: I am Kevin.

Sam-ham: Kevin...Do you love the forest?

Cefin: Yes, I love the forest.

Sam-ham:: Good. How old are you?

Cefin: I am 22 years old. Now, I will go somewhere. Good bye Sam-Ham.

Sam-ham: Good bye, friend.

Social media has had a fundamental role in evolutionating and influencing the English language in various ways. For example, social media has included the popularization of abbreviations and acronyms, the use of stickers and emojis for expressing how a person feels, the creation of slang terms between young people, and the use of hashtags to categorize content and convey meaning. Overall, social media has accelerated language change and fostered linguistic creativity.

The one thing that called my attention was the borrowed words from one language to the another. That makes me think about the evolution of language nowadays. In our day to day lives we incorporate words in different languages thanks to the globalization, through social media, and technology that keeps us connected with people all around the world. Specially, English words transformed into a Spanish version, such as: stalkear, gostear, postear, etc. This makes me wonder if it counts like a language evolution in Spanish.

I have a theory that there will come a time when people will only ask in a message whether the other person is alive or not. I think we can see how over the years and the technological and communication advances, every day we synthesize more of what we write and say.

And how today emoticons are used not only to express how one feels but to communicate with others.

I think that one of the most noticeable ways in which language has evolved is through the creation of new words and phrases due to the use of social media and technology. The language we use on social media affects the way we communicate in our everyday lives because as new technologies and cultural practices emerge, new words and phrases are created to describe them. For example, social media and the internet have led to the creation of words like ‘selfie’ and acronyms such as ‘OOTD’, 'LOL' , ‘DM’, ‘TYSM’ and 'OMG', that can

replace whole sentences.

Slang changes all the time, reflecting how people talk and what's happening in society. People always come up with new ways to say things and keep conversations fresh. Nowadays, it seems like a new word is invented everyday on social media. Because of this, I think it is essential to keep up with how people talk to be able to communicste effectively. This tiktoks provides some examples of old and new slang.

Shakespeare is credited with popularizing many words and phrases in the English language. Here are some examples I could find:

• Eyeball: Shakespeare used this word in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Act III, Scene II).

• Assassination: This term appears in "Macbeth" (Act I, Scene VII).

• Lonely: Appears in "Coriolanus" (Act IV, Scene I).

• Addiction: Appears in "Othello" (Act II, Scene II).

In addition, we can say that there are many phrases we owe to him (See image attached!)

In addition, I’m attaching an interesting article on the topic. https://www.livestickers.com/the-impact-of-stickers-on-whatsapp-communication/

Nowadays, our language encompasses a wide variety of modes which have been expanded by the way we consume social media and the later development and implementation of technological devices. The usage of emojis, videos, and memes, has become part of our language, and they reinforce the economic aspect of the language. These technological advancements affect our ways of communication therefore we can start to consider our language as multimodal creating the necessity of developing a level of multimodal literacy to communicate effectively.