Is Texting Killing the English Language?

http://ideas.time.com/2013/04/25/is-texting-killing-the-english-language/

"Texting properly isn’t writing at all — it’s actually more akin to spoken language."

"The argument that texting is “poor writing” is analogous, then, to one that the Rolling Stones is “bad music” because it doesn’t use violas. Texting is developing its own kind of grammar and conventions."

In this short essay, John McWhorter dismisses the notion that texting is killing the English language with a 'lol'. He writes that texting should not be likened to traditional written language with its formality and deliberateness, but with spoken language - rapid, subconscious, and with its own set of conventions.

He believes that texting is a natural evolution of language - a form of communication produced much like traditional writing, but possessing far more features of spoken language - facilitated by new technology that allows for rapid input of a message and instant transmission.

I agree with McWhorter's views on this topic.