h8 txt spk?

[Fitz]

Text messaging haters, avert your eyes: another study shows that text speak isn't hurting kids' ability to spell. A recent study out of the University of Alberta says that kids who are well-versed in proper spelling are not only unaffected by the atrocities introduced by shortened words and text slang, they actually use complex structures when chatting with each other in addition to new words.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/09/researchers-describe-txt-sp3ak-as-brain-workout-for-kids.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

[ThrowCop]

I suck at texting but T9 helps.