I know we are in a fast-paced century where everybody wants to do more using the limited available time. This consciousness is brought even into the academic, especially with the advent of the Internet and social media.

In recent times, people hardly spell their words fully. This is gradually killing our spelling ability. As a matter of fact, we do our thinking in abbreviations.

My little cousin sent me a text message this morning. I had to spend more than a minute trying to decipher a few lines. It was so annoying. For me, I see it as laziness and indiscipline. I hardly abbreviate my words. I like to spell my words in full. I had to send him a message why he should minimise his abbreviations. Some folks almost abbreviate every word.

We need to endeavour to spell our words fully.

Ntin wrng 'n abbrviatng wrds. D use'f smses as a stndrd'f comunicatin's med ppl shrten almst ery wrd knwn 2 man. Smses'r 2xpensiv 2risk wrytn erytn in ful.

Thats why I prefer whatsapp as a secondary means of communication. I can write words in full and send 1,000 long worded messages at less than a fraction of sms prices.
Sure the millenials might shorten words due to sms use but the generation after would revert back to full worded mesages because of cheap communication.