Quote: 

"David Crystal, the author of “Txtng: The Gr8 Db8,” told me in an e-mail message that “there’s nothing in texting to suggest spelling reform,” noting that texting relies heavily on abbreviations, which he sees as creative stylings, not systematic improvements. He added that there is very little that is new about most of the abbreviations and lexical shortenings that make texting so maddening to so many. In fact, he said, with the exception of a few recent coinages like LOL, “virtually all the commonly used ones can be found in English a century ago.”" (Shea , 2010)

Reflection:

I completely agree on what Mr. David Crystal is talking about. Not only are we having to adapt to this "new" way of talking. We are trying to adapt to a "language" that has already been created centuries ago. To me I think it is remarkable how time revolutionizes so much and over a period of time it revolves back to a time dated centuries ago. I could not agree with Mr. David Crystal more because no matter how hard the older population criticizes, they will never be able to stop a "problem" so well liked.

Refrence: 


Shea , A. (2010, January 22). The keypad 
           solution. Retrieved from
           http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01
           /24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-
           t.html

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