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“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."
Opinion: I believe text messaging is a creative, and brilliant writing style. Many people use text messaging short hand like lol, brb or omg as abbreviations. Many believe this text messaging is putting a disgrace on our English language. But, nearly a century ago these lexical shortenings could have been found in a dictionary of abbreviations. Therefore many educators, professors and linguistics may agree its not such a bad thing because the students will still be held responsible for the correct grammar.. Text messaging can be addictive, and highly dangerous while operating a vehicle. But, as far as changing our English language i do not believe it will affect it dramatically. Seeing as how technology advances almost everyday, by the time our population is overtaking by this text messaging madness, the smart-phones will already be highly designed and programmed to spell each word correctly or at least have a spell check that requires you to either accept or deny the correct spelling. Now, as far as communication. If people rely on this text messaging to communicate with each other. Our society as we know it will fade, and no longer will the face to face communication exist.
Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5muq5_tcjYU&feature=related
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