Will "text type" eventually lead to a generation incapable of spelling

@ReadsALOT Said

I won't use it, I have to look it up. As a former teacher I believe it's ruining the writing skills of too many.

@eternus_somnium Said

Oh there are definitely kids that use it, and it's the most ridiculous things too... There was a girl in my English class who was marked off for writing "gurl", rather than "girl". She said, "Oh, I'm sorry, that's just how I'm used to writing it when I text."

Neither me or my teacher understood why the i must be changed to a u while texting, it's not changing the amount of characters or anything, just making her look kinda dumb.

@Karma_Junkie Said

Personally I find most text type illegible, when I was teaching I also found it encroached on the students work, when I quizzed them about it they said they didnt realise they had written it as its just something they do naturally. IT DRIVES ME MAD!!!!!!!!!!! Am I alone in this or do other have a problem with it?

@KulliK357 Said

I remember being asked why i type "like that" by some dim witted moron on MSN once.
When i replied with "you're the one who is altering the language, not me." I was told to "strt tlking nrml get a fkn lfe u lzer"
Or some random collection of letters that resemble that.

@eternus_somnium Said

*groans* *facepalm*

I swear society gets dumber and dumber every day! Total lack of intelligence and logical reasoning,

@Karma_Junkie Said

I totally agree, next thing to happen, it will be entered into the English dictionary

@eternus_somnium Said

And when that happens I'm gonna become the old fart that complains about "kids these days". I need a cane to wave around at kids passing by my house, or maybe a walker to shake