98.3 The Key: The Best Hits of the 80's 90's and Today! » Text http://keyw.com Your favorite hit music from the 80's, 90's, and today! Thu, 23 May 2013 00:10:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texting Stuff Like "gr8″ Makes Kids Better At Spelling http://keyw.com/texting-stuff-like-gr8-makes-kids-better-at-spelling/ http://keyw.com/texting-stuff-like-gr8-makes-kids-better-at-spelling/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:28:53 +0000 Big Jim http://keyw.com/?p=1280 So when your kids send text messages, they use abbreviations with letters and numbers, like g-r-8 for great and 4-g-o-t for forgot. And you probably think they're becoming brainless, English-mangling fools.

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