My husband and I have been opining the decline of good English, hastened by the prevalence of text messaging. When I first started using the text feature on my cell phone, I always composed my texts like a letter -- starting with a salutation, spelling out every word in the message, and even signing my name. For expediency, my children's habits have rubbed off on me. I've started abbreviating and dropped the formal niceties of a greeting or signature. It didn't bother me that I'd succumbed until my children started to speak in Text, saying "TTYL" ("talk to you later") instead of using real words when they leave a room... or "LOL" (laugh out loud) instead of enjoying a good hearty giggle. While we keep quiet when they use such lingo with their friends or even when texting to us, we've insisted that they speak to us using proper language rather than in code.