[Diana in Wisconsin]

[I'd insert pithy texting comments here...but I don't know any, LOL!]

[Billthedrill]

Significant portions of these young people misspelled "labor" as "labour", "color" as "colour", "glamor" as "glamour"...

;-)

[the invisib1e hand]

wut?

[SIDENET]

PWND.

[ken21]

however,

socialism does.

[LearsFool]

Who provided the research grant money?

[ClearCase_guy]

"If you want students to think very precisely and concisely and be able to express themselves, it might be interesting to have them create instant messages with ideas, maybe allow them opportunities to use more of this new dialect in brief reports or fun activities. Using a new type of language does require concentration and translating it to standard English does require concentration and attention.

Translation: Your mastery of English will improve if you don't use English and instead use a fake language with no rules of grammar at all.

This whole study is total crap.

[DannyTN]

k I c. U b right.

[celestron71]

Let me say this: The ability to spell isn't the same thing as actually knowing HOW to spell. We all have the ability to spell but some of us are abysmal spellers, me included from time to time, but we are adequate due to the fact we had to spell when growing up. Using calculators, texting and other means of communication is already having an effect on our children. Have any of you had a young person wait on you when the power was out and have them try to make change? They are useless at it. They can't do math in their heads and a little thing such as counting back is beyond them.

This is from allowing calculators to be used in schools at an early age. The same thing will be seen in children in a few years as they start texting at 6 years old, it will affect their spelling, IMO.

[wastedyears]

wat abt ur bff jill?

[FES0844]

Isn’t that what they said about phonics? Just axing!

[Hegemony Cricket]

Why did the writer of this article keep misspelling “ROFL”? :-)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Considering how short texting has really been around, this study is meaningless. What is their spelling like 5 years from now?

[Jubal Madison]

I am delighted to know that the young lady who ran me onto the shoulder of the interstate the other morning while texting is not damaging her ability to spell. If you are the young lady in the Chevy Aveo with Oklahoma tags, let me apologize if you are able to read lips. For future reference, let me remind you that texting and drinking a coffee while running 70 MPH in morning traffic does not make you the World’s Best Multi-Tasker. It makes you an idiot. In the future, I will not apologize for my comments, and I will probably resort to sign language so you fully understand my irritation. I do hope you didn’t spill your coffee or latte or whatever on your lovely yellow blouse. I did however, have to stop by the mechanic to have my seat removed from between my butt cheeks. Good fortune prevailed as there was no permanent damage to the seat or either cheek. I do hope you have learned a valuable lesson, so my butt did not pucker in vain. Although it is nothing special, I am quite fond of my butt and find it most useful. I have lost it several times, and it was not an enjoyable experience. If it will stop you from your reckless behavior, then I will strike up the pain in my butt as a public service. I am sure this was an isolated incident, and you are a lovely person. Just Please don’t scare me and piss me off again on a Monday morning. Our encounter was somewhat informative - I was unaware an Aveo could run 70 MPH uphill. Have a nice day!-—Jubal

[Oztrich Boy]

Study: Texting Does Not Affect Children's Ability To Spell

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