Language is a wonderfully pliable thing and the use of text speak (or txt spk to the diehard texters among you) is testimony to that.
Last year we pondered the ways we have adapted language to suit mobile. We maintained that rather than being damaging to learning, changing language to suit the way we use technology actually requires a high level of literacy.
This seems like perfect sense, so we were chuffed to read about a new study which sets about confirming our conclusions.
Researchers from Coventry University studied 88 children aged between 10 and 12 to understand the impact of text messaging on their language skills. They found that the use of so-called "textisms" could be having a positive impact on reading development.
Now with Twitter and social networks growing in popularity, shortening language to suit digital formats is becoming a way of life for many of us. It's a language revolution that is led from the front by teens. Having said that, we know some interesting types who insist on labouring with full sentences, even throwing the odd semicolon into their messages.
So many of you responded with thought and gusto last time, so what do you think now? Are you convinced by the study, or do you still think textisms are a heap of old nonsense?
Get busy in the comments and for an added challenge, write it in a textism if u like ;)
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