"Whether texting conventions are supported by organized spelling reformists or not, can they possibly solve the difficulty of spelling our troublesome language? David Crystal, the author of “Txtng: The Gr8 Db8,” told me in an e-mail message that “there’s nothing in texting to suggest spelling reform,” noting that texting relies heavily on abbreviations, which he sees as creative stylings, not systematic improvements. He added that there is very little that is new about most of the abbreviations and lexical shortenings that make texting so maddening to so many. In fact, he said, with the exception of a few recent coinages like LOL, “virtually all the commonly used ones can be found in English a century ago.” For example, bn (been), btwn (between) and wd (would) can all be found in a 1942 dictionary of abbreviations."
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I completely agree with David Crystal. Just because people abbreviate words in text messages, doesn't mean they don't know how to spell them. You would have to know that the letter is there to leave it out, right? Because texting is becoming a more common way of communication. It is easier to text than to call someone on the phone for most people. Since texting requires people to actually write out words, even though they may use a shortened form of the word, I believe it could actually help people to become better at writing and expressing themselves through writing. Texting could even be used in the classroom in some cases. For example, you could have students text an answer, or use texting for group work. The video link below tells about celly, a program for schools that using texting.
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SHEA, AMMON. "On Language - The Keypad Solution - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1>.
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