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Place On Hold

Txtng : the Gr8 Db8 / David Crystal ; with cartoons by Ed McLachlan.

Author: Crystal, David, 1941-

Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

ISBN: 9780199571338 (trade pbk.)
0199544905 (uk)
9780199544905 (uk)
0199208972 (us)
9780199208975 (us)

Description: ix, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject: Electronic mail systems Slang.
Online data processing Acronyms.
Text messages (Telephone systems).
Cellular telephones Social aspects.

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.

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HWLC 4th Floor Adult TK5105.73.C79 2008 Trade Paper In transit between libraries 12/20/2010