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Dear John Humphrey’s,

You wrote an article in 2007 titled “I h8 txt msgs” and you argued “how texting is wrecking our language”. Well it has now been nine years since and I can finally say you were wrong. Texting hasn’t ruined our language; in fact I believe it has saved it in many ways.

you believed it was much more satisfying looking up a word on a dictionary than looking something up on the Internet well I refute that as I know looking up a word on internet can be just as satisfying as looking up a word in the dictionary. Thanks to the internet we can easily and instantly look up words, definitions, synonyms, emotive language basically anything about the English language; you could essentially teach yourself, can the Oxford English Dictionary do that? I am not the only one who feels that texting is good for our language David Crystal argued that “texting has added a new dimension to language use”, and that “It is not a disaster. “Research has made it clear that the dangers of text messaging were misplaced.

I also hope you haven’t forgotten that the English has had abbreviated words ever since it began to be written down. Words such as exam, vet, fridge, cox and bud are so familiar that they have effectively become new words, and that one of the most enjoyable things you can do with language is to play with its sounds, words, grammar – and spelling.” Said by David crystal and I completely agree and that’s why texting is probably the best thing that could’ve happened to the English as I feel it gives it extended life and a whole new dimension to it. Younger generations don’t have to conform to the old and rigid ways of talking and writing, they can become unique. I think you should remember there is no right language or wrong language just like there isn’t right or wrong clothes. It’s just about context, convention and circumstances are all.

People say that texting “Linguistically it’s all pig’s ear … it masks dyslexia, poor spelling and mental laziness. Texting is penmanship for illiterates.” I think Stephen Fry Said it best “Anyone who expresses themselves with originality, delight and verbal freshness is more likely to be mocked, distrusted or disliked than welcomed. The free and happy use of words appears to be considered elitist or pretentious.” People who say this are stupid, ignorant and naive as these people have never given texting a chance and only say this because its new and they find it ugly. Texting doesn’t create poor spelling as all phones now have the option for instant spell check, I feel people just like you are confused between the difference of ‘slang’ and texting as texting does not mean every word will be an abbreviation, anagram or a completely made up word as most people just like myself hardly use abbreviations of words I try to keep it ‘normal English’ as possible. Texting is just a quick and efficient way of conversing with someone.

Texting In short is fun.