In message <9b106f563a794bcc89ad9e16ec0f6...@yourb45be3bb8c>, Jean
Nathan <[email protected]> writes
With appalling spelling often coming
from texting (that hasn't made it into my spell checker yet) - never will
understand that - I don't doubt that once us old fogies are gone an entirely
new system of spelling will emerge.
I thought it was a case of laziness with text-speak, too, until one of
my lace students - who is almost 20 years older than me, said that she
recognised the words as her grandchildren spelt them in texts to her as
exactly the same as she used to use, when using a telex machine at work!
As with telex, a text message is limited to the number of characters you
can use, so you can write a longer message with this
abbreviated/phonetic form of the language. I find it acceptable in texts
(and am now not quite such a pedant for correct spelling as DH in
respect of text messages) but there is no excuse for using it in other
forms of communication - then it is laziness.
--
Jane Partridge
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