Some help required please

**Maggy** · 11-03-2005, 16:03

Now esewhere I mentioned a dissertation that a SNA is working on.She did ask me for some suggestions about how to narrow down the subject of spelling in English.Mine was that she could try to see if there was a connection between the increasing use of text messaging and text shorthand and an increasing level or poor spelling in english.I said it without much thought but she liked it.The problem is that she couldn't find anything through the search engine just using text messaging.

Has anyone come across any articles/links about this new phenomenon.I've seen the evidence with my own eyes in english and in everyday life but what she needs is some solid research.Can anyone help?

I've put this in the Internet forum because I couldn't think in which forum to place it.If it's wrong can it be redirected?

Nugget · 11-03-2005, 16:11

Hi Coggy,

This probably isn't what you're looking for, but it might be alittle handy.

HTH

http://jobsadvice.guardian.co.uk/off...431762,00.html

11-03-2005, 16:12

You might want to have a look around at "Soundex" or "Soundx. Ive used a version of this where vowels are removed and such things as AW are changed to OR. Its not quite what your looking for but is similar

danielf · 11-03-2005, 16:15

This might provide a starting point:

http://education.guardian.co.uk/scho...378951,00.html

**Maggy** · 11-03-2005, 16:25

Thank you!

If anyone does come across any thing further please post it here...

I suspect that she may have to reconsider if she can't get enough supporting research..

Incog.

ian@huth · 11-03-2005, 16:26

Use of the internet is something that is making spelling a problem. Some people are using spellcheckers with an American dictionary and can find some of the checks say their spelling is wrong when it is actually correct for the UK. Fortunately most spellcheckers take both the American and UK spellings as being correct. Many sites are American and many forums have American contributors which subject you to the American way of spelling so often that you forget what the UK spelling actually is.

Another issue is that many people who have not done too well at school would in the past not have done much writing because of their poor spelling but are now being forced to write to keep up with modern day living such as the internet and text messaging. Some say that it helps them improve their spelling but I am not too sure. What it does though is give an impression that peoples spelling and grammar are getting worse, but this may not be the case.