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entwisi · 14-08-2009, 07:49

The bit I find amusing is the constant blame on text speak. It was 'invented ' due to the rise in SMS messaging and the time it took to type out words in full. With the advent of predictive text and now more so QWERTY keyboards on phones there is no reason to use it still. Lets be honest which reads better 'L8r' or 'later' ?

Spell checkers are not infallible, if a word is correct but not the correct word for that context then it will 'pass' any check.

14-08-2009, 07:49	#25
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Don't blame the kids if they can't spell The bit I find amusing is the constant blame on text speak. It was 'invented ' due to the rise in SMS messaging and the time it took to type out words in full. With the advent of predictive text and now more so QWERTY keyboards on phones there is no reason to use it still. Lets be honest which reads better 'L8r' or 'later' ? Spell checkers are not infallible, if a word is correct but not the correct word for that context then it will 'pass' any check. __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?