"The sister organization of the council, the British-based Spelling Society, does not advocate adopting texting conventions..."
There are some problems with the spelling system that we have, and there are many possible solutions that could help the problem, but implementing text language as the solution, to me, is a bad idea. The problem with text language is that it doesn't really present alternative spellings to words that need altenative spellings, it instead offers bad abbreviations to words that don't really need knew spellings; such as great or gr8, forever or 4ever and other words like that. There are words in the English language that need to have their speeling resructured and perhaps, if they are restructured, we might see more foreign people learning English because it would be easier to understand, but text language is not the way to bring about this change. It will only bring more negative than positive.
Check out this article dealing with spelling reform!!!
Citations:
Shea, A. . (2010, January 22). The keypad solution . The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html
Johnson, S. (2010, September 15). Wy can't we get it rite? [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/09/english_spelling_reform
I understand what you're saying. If a couple of words we're spelled different it might make the language eaiser. I agree that text language isn't the way too do it. There needs too be other alternitives.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what is right or wrong, I do know, however; I like to see and read complete words. I hate having to decipher the "code" of texting. I ususally get it wrong and sometimes it can cause a huge misunderstanding.
ReplyDeleteI agree that some of the words could use some respelling, but as you said using text ling isn't the way to go. I really dislike seeing the way people text and butcher some of the words with their abbreviations. I like Sheri would rather see the whole word spelled out. Now I'm not saying that I don't abbreviate or use some of the text lingo...I do, but that's generally when I'm in a hurry typing something or talking to my husband.
ReplyDeleteGreat explanation of why text messaging is not a good alternative to spelling reform! I like Mark Twain's ideas! He really is a genius!
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