LONDON (Reuters) - An English essay written by a teenager in text messaging short-hand has reignited concern among teachers that literacy standards are under threat.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday that the 13-year-old's teacher could not decipher what the youngster had written.


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2 rite. i cnt decifr wat my sis rites in a txt msg, like tryn 2 brak da nigma code. why nt use real wurds.

for those who had trouble, it said...."too right. i cant decipher what my sister writes in a text messege. its like trying to break the enigma code. why not use real words?

i guess im the only one who is not threatened by people altering the language. i see no harm in evolution- if its easier, it should be done.

I cnt rlly unnrstd Y weeee cn use no vowells?

I don't know what I just wrote. folks, grammar and spelling is important, less we start talking like cavemen. The written language goes first, the it devolves into a series of barks and grunts. Pretty soon we start waving sticks and circling water buffaloes. Technology is reversing evolution. I'm going out on a limb by saying this, but I think I have a valid point.

I am Ultan, forest god of beavers and squirrels, taker of shiny objects and wearer of stained speedos. I scoff at your pansy need to spell properly or ummm.... unga boo laff goo boooga. Snuff urk crawfish sniff groo luffopaff. crt me see no crucks.

Yeah.