Abbreviations ?

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.

After reading this i feel like texting doesn't really have anything to do with having a problem with the English language.  If abbreviations  have been used for centuries why is it now begin a problem to some people. I feel like this is just an excuse because technology has made everything easier and faster. What once took our grandparents hours to do now takes us seconds. Texting to me is just faster way to communicate. Adding on abbreviations just helps us to get our message across without taking as much time. I believe as the technology grows the lazier we get. Don't u agree ?


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A.Lee

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