Do you think that texting is corrupting the Filipino (or Tagalog) language? ?
It’s not the texting, technically, that’s corrupting the Filipino/Tagalog language. It’s the people who decide to use text speak even in writing a letter or a paper. As Filipinos, we always have ways with maximizing and innovating new things, thus the text speak was created. Text speak can be used to make the most out of the 160-character space we have in sending text messages. But we should not use it in normal day-to-day activities such as reports, exams, letters or blogs. That’s why it is called TEXT speak because we use it only when we are sending text messages. It all depends on the people using text speak as their normal way of speaking or writing. If they continue doing so, they will definitely forget the correct spelling of the words.
