Today, with the popularization of phone, especially the mobile phone, people tend to speak more and write less. When we need to contact our business partners, a call is more useful than a letter. When we feel like to tell our friends something, instead of picking up a pen, we pick up a phone.
As people tend to use phones more than pens, some people suspect that phones will take the place of letter writing. After all , the phone is cheaper, faster, and more instant than letter writing, they say.
As far as I am concerned, this will not happen. However, widely – used it is today, the phone will not kill letter, because in no way can a quick phone conversation convey and accomplish as much as a deliberate, well-word letter does. See, there seems to be no better device than letter writing to express heart-felt and profound love, a fact underlined by the enormous love letters of great men and women.
#1 by Lesley & Shay on September 25, 2009 - 8:46 pm
Can’t agree more, although I speak to my family in the UK by phone I often write them a letter and use the old-fashioned way of postage, not an email.
I can imagine their faces when they open it and of course they can read it again and again.
There is nothing better than reading a letter from a loved one when you feel down, an excellent way to lift your spirits.
So, get out your pen and paper and send a letter to a loved one.
Lesley
#2 by Alastair on September 25, 2009 - 10:44 pm
I think it makes a good point. Especially for a student speech. I hardly write any letters as my handwriting and spelling is so bad. It’s very worthwhile though.