Reply #90: Lord. [View All]

1. I love being called a "youngster." Please do it some more, because seriously, at my age, that sounds awesome. (I'm being sincere!)

2. The stuff about texting is silly and condescending. The MAIN cultural contribution of this era? Texting? That's really all you can come up with? Please look around you some more. There are certainly more compelling cultural contributions nowdays than TEXTING.

As for killing syntax, grammar, etc.? Balderdash. I'm an English teacher, and kids learn and know the difference between different language and writing registers. They know (or you TEACH them) that you can write this way when texting, this way when writing a formal essay, and yet another way when sending an email to your mom. Registers of language. They've been with us since we've been speaking and writing and texting is simply another register.