> the youth struggled with spelling because they wrote rarely, but texted frequently I wonder if there is any evidence of that other than boomers complaining a

> the youth struggled with spelling because they wrote rarely, but texted frequently I wonder if there is any evidence of that other than boomers complaining about it. >Over several more generations, the speech could even change because the written word has lost the tonal information. That happens automatically with every language already. It's not like a race to the bottom where suddenly no one knows how to communicate though. >Compared to the past, we read far more, speak less, and write even less, and most writing has been replaced by typing. That's not necessarily a bad thing.