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Title Txtng : the Gr8 Db8 / David Crystal ; with cartoons by Ed McLachlan.
Author Crystal, David, 1941-
Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Description ix, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The hype about texting -- How weird is texting? -- What makes texting distinctive? -- Why do they do it? -- Who texts? -- What do they text about? -- How do other languages do it? -- Why all the fuss? -- Glossary -- English text abbreviations -- Text abbreviations in eleven languages.
Subject Electronic mail systems -- Slang.
Online data processing -- Acronyms.
Text messages (Telephone systems)
Cellular telephones -- Social aspects.
Added Title Texting.
ISBN 0199544905 : $19.95
9780199544905