There are several distinctive features of the way texts are written that combine to give the impression of novelty, but none of them is, in fact, linguistically novel. Many of them were being used in chatroom interactions that predated the arrival of mobile phones. Some can be found in pre-computer informal writing, dating back a hundred years or more.


The Guardian (4 July 2008)

David Crystal Quotes

There are several distinctive features of the way texts are written that combine to give the impression of novelty, but none of them is, in fact,...

There are several distinctive features of the way texts are written that combine to give the impression of novelty, but none of them is, in fact,...

There are several distinctive features of the way texts are written that combine to give the impression of novelty, but none of them is, in fact,...

There are several distinctive features of the way texts are written that combine to give the impression of novelty, but none of them is, in fact,...