Comments on: OMG! Texting Doesn’t Affect Spelling

By: Silver Fang

Silver Fang — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:42:05 +0000

I kind of agree with the study. People who are poor or lazy spellers in their writing will be the same in their texting and vice versa.

By: peg

peg — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:27:02 +0000

I think the kids should put down the cell phone and pick up their school books.

By: Logan

Logan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:26:26 +0000

My husband absolutely hates abbreviations in text messages, so I don’t abbreviate. Even if I have to type “tonight” or “need”.

And while abbreviating may be faster for the sender, it certainly isn’t faster for the person trying to sort out the message!

(Also agree that the study had way too few participants. Would love to see the results of a larger study).

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:20:13 +0000

I don’t really mind others who doesn’t spells out the whole word or phrase it just easier for them me I spell out the entire word or phrase and if I don’t understand what that are trying to say I can alway ask them.

By: Ashley B

Ashley B — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:29:57 +0000

I think that texting has actually helped me learn the correct way to spell certain words. Sometimes when I type things in, the auto spell will not be able to find the word, so I am forced to learn how to spell it correctly so that a) the phone’s dictionary will recognize it, and b) so I don’t look like an idiot to the receiver!

By: OkieMelissa

OkieMelissa — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:09:15 +0000

Agreed with above about the sample size – “40 students aged 12 to 17″. I know it’s difficult to get underage participants, but 40 is way low.

I took an English for future teachers class in college (fall 07), which somehow fit in with my creative writing minor and ALL I heard from those on their student teaching was how texting slang was making its way into the students’ papers and how the students had a difficult time with ‘professional’, ‘educational’ and ‘personal’ written dialogue. I’m sure that’s something we’ve all dealt with and this is just another case of “back in my day”, blah blah blah.

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By: graham

graham — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:26:42 +0000

I can not believe you are all fixated on the amount of people studied and not the study itself. It is a pointless waste of time to study the texting habits of 12 to 17 year olds.

Shouldn’t the University be focusing on something more important than why a 13 year old says “OMG”.

It’s short hand people, it’s faster, you have less space to say what you want.

That’s the answer! Time…

OMG!!!

By: Nathan R

Nathan R — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:31:30 +0000

I don’t know…seems to me the question this study was attempting to answer is one that I haven’t seen asked. Most of the articles I’ve read have wondered whether students are more likely to use “txt speak” in other applications.

In my own experience as a middle school teacher, students do tend to use text message abbreviations far more often, especially in less formal assignments or assignments in which there are strict time limits (i.e. quizzes or tests).

On the other hand, i remember abbreviating my answers on tests in middle and high school, before the advent of SMS messaging. They were simply different abbreviations. For example, I would never write “IDK” for “I don’t know.” (That’s the one that really bugs me every time I see it)
I might, though, say w/ instead of with or b/c instead of because.

By: jmayhp

jmayhp — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:28:03 +0000

While I think this is an interesting preliminary study, I too am concerned about the sample size and how the sample was achieved. In social sciences (and I’m guessing this was done by education or social work or sociology) you need a sample of at least 120 in order to be statistically significant. Although it is an interesting finding and I’ll be interested to see what other studies have for results.

By: Trena

Trena — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:51:54 +0000

I am constantly floored by how many people use texting lingo in professional communications, especially emails. Sadly, I’ve had to decipher quite a few emails for co-workers lately.