Are text messages ruining our spelling? A recent study in Australia shows that text messaging abbreviations and simplifications are not ruining our English spelling.
They do however take much longer to read and understand compared to conventional English text. A small group of students were asked to compose messages. They were then asked to read the message aloud in English and as they saw it in “textese”. Although the majority of the students were faster using the textese, it took half of the student twice as long to read these messages and say aloud than the messages written in proper English.
So it may be quicker to write in textisms, but reading and understanding the messages is taking longer. We are used to reading full words and sentences, it is harder for us to decipher the message. “Research showed that despite the popular belief that textese is ruining spelling, it actually does not reflect our literary skills. Sound structure and grammar was significantly linked to the ability to decipher textese” So If u cn rd this quickly, gd 4 u!!!!