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Subtitle: the Gr8 Db8
By: David Crystal.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780199544905; 9780199208975
Subjects: Electronic mail systems -- Slang; Online data processing -- Acronyms; Text messages (Telephone systems); Cellular telephones -- Social aspects
Genres: Acronyms.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The hype about texting; title: How weird is texting?; title: What makes texting distinctive?; title: Why do they do it?; title: Who texts?; title: What do they text about?; title: How do other languages do it?; title: Why all the fuss?; title: Glossary; title: English text abbreviations; title: Text abbreviations in eleven languages.