Do you think texting and chatting diminshes a person ability the spell?

Hi good day to you my co-mylot member here in the Philippines especially to all my friends here online. Well this my response to your forum topic entitled "do you think texting and chatting diminshes a person ability to spell?".well for me i think it really diminshes a person's ability to spell. For me the reason why many people make a shortcut because they are in rush and the space for cellphone characters was not enough to complet the word. But even it gives people the low ability to spell, there is also a good part of not making the right spelling because you can communicate fast to other people even it is hard to understand sometimes. As i know here in the Philippines there is 90% of people who are using a shortcut when texting and 10% is not using a shortcut because of the reason they are rich. And by the way i am one of those 90%. Well that's all my response to your topic. . . Happy earning and happy posting... Godbless you always and Mabuhay. . . Thank you. . . Good day again to all members!

it is a possibility that texting and chatting are the culprit. when I chat, I am guilty of abbreviating too and sometimes, when I do formal letters, I have to ask my husband if Im spelling words correctly. If it happens to me, then it could happen to anyone. not only texting and chatting, but also the latest lingo fad that I have seen, where teens type "uztah" for kamusta and adding a whole lot of xzh in their words like "persxzon" for person, fhamhily for family. their goal is not to abbreviate but to add up more letters making words incomprehensible. I dont know why and it often irritates me! No wonder most filipino students find it hard to spell accurately and formulate grammatically correct sentences. I often remind my teen sisters to avoid doing these. i also advice them to read books more. We adults should set the good example, guide them and remind them.

If you know how to spell well in the first place, then I think texting and chatting a lot won't really affect your spelling. But if you don't like reading or writing before you got addicted to texting, I think that the way you spell words on your fone might be confused with the way how you really must spell out words.

I guess, it does in a way because when your spelling in chat or text becomes a habit - there is the possibility that your brain is being programmed this way and that will make your spelling habits in chat or in text become your default spelling style.

I couldn't agree more. People who are aware that this will diminish their ability to spell and write well don't practice much of this trend. Who is affected much by these are the young generations who are trying to learn the English language and now juggling it with 'tagalog'. In my opinion, though we have concerns about this observations, I think the government can't impose a law for this because this act or trend in sending SMS is a personal choice and freedom on how to express ourselves. So for all this it's a personal choice if your spelling or writing skill is getting poor Nice topic! Happy mylotting.

There's a possibilities that it can diminishes person's ability to spell, because we do change the spelling, we do have that number+symbol+letters combinations and abbreviate some words.When we keep doing it, in a long run our brain well get to use to it. Sometimes i happens to me, i forget the spelling some of the high words, but simple words it stays. Happy posting.

to a certain extent yes. THe government in my country is already facing this problem in the education sector. Being a country that has youths texting everyday, many have apparently left behind proper spelling and grammer somewhere at the back of their head. Short-forms are being written for compositions and badly worded sentences are strung together. i would say that YES, texting and chatting does to a certain extent diminishes a person's ability to spell. That is if this person is used to using short-forms.

I think with the short forms used in texting the spelling ability is definately affected. When you are a lot into chatting and texting, then you tend to use the same things over the time in your regular documenting also. It definately affects your spelling!!!

I think that is probably true. Especially if you have a tendency to do it too much. But on the other hand, we cannot spend too much time to send simple messages, so you have to find a balance.

Well, since texting/chatting is something we do everyday, it could become habit forming and, as such, diminish our ability to spell. However, for people who actually have to produce written output on a daily basis, e.g. paperwork which require observance of proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, well, I think the effect won't be too much. I don't see much use for abbreviation when I'm chatting though since I could type fast enough to keep up with the conversation without needing to abbreviate.

I don't think texting and chatting diminish the person's ability of spelling. We only text a short cut and understandable words to lessen the words being typed and to send a direct message. But when writing a formal letter, I don't think this can be affected.

hi the abbriviated english in text can damage the writing skills of a person. because writing is a habbit. so the way you habbit the words in common they will come up again in your mind whenever you sit to write things. we all write these things in our text to save time as well as show our shorthand skills in english to our friends.I think all these things must have started from a person who sent text mesages to his gf to avoid any problems from her family or friends. as abbriviated its really difficult for others to understand the things.my parents hardly understand these words...:)great invention in english...

I think that depends on the person. If he's really addicted to texting then its really likely for him to get used to it and find himself using the abbreviations in his serious writings like at school, of course he doesn't want to use those abbreviations when his writing his term paper or homework and no teacher wants a kind of work either. Same thing goes if you're working in the office. It would be so unprofessional, that's a surefire way to get a bad impression from your employer and co-workers so better watch it.

I think not. What diminishes a person's ability to spell is how frequent he/she uses a certain word that leads to mispelled. Unlike in texting, you just wanted to minimize the letters used and at the same time send more messages.

ye their's a possibility.....

I don't think texting and chatting can diminish one's ability to spell and write properly. If you are good at it before, you will still be even after texting and chatting for years. The reason many texters and chatters do bad spelling and punctuating when they do formal writing is, they did not give particular attention to learn more about such things. I agree though with lots of the discussants here that texting and chatting has a very bad impact to those who are learning English, spelling and writing. These two communication channels are very popular and since no one is correcting errors in the messages they got (thinking that the error is intentional), misspelled words become too common that they look like they are spelled correctly at all. It is fun using textspeak or chat languages (as in LOL!). I hope though that our young ones will find the time to enjoy learning and improving their spelling and writing skills.

Texting and chatting per se cannot diminish a person's ability to spell or write well. One can text or chat using abbreviated words and still be able to spell words and form correct sentences perfectly fine. I for one use abbreviated words in texting especially when Im in a hurry or when my message is too long and I have to squeeze it in one sms. However, excessive and improper use of these "text words" can. If you apply it to just about everything (ie. forum discussions, formal letters) then you'll lose the skill. Language skills just like any other skills have to exercised in order for it to develop and improve.