David Crystal Quote

Texters use deviant spellings - and they know they are deviant. But they are by no means the first to use such nonstandard forms as cos "because", wot "what", or gissa "give us a". Several of these are so much part of English literary tradition that they have been given entries in the Oxford English Dictionary. "Cos" is there from 1828 and "wot" from 1829.

The Guardian (4 July 2008)

Texters use deviant spellings - and they know they are deviant. But they are by no means the first to use such nonstandard forms as cos because, wot...

Texters use deviant spellings - and they know they are deviant. But they are by no means the first to use such nonstandard forms as cos because, wot...

Texters use deviant spellings - and they know they are deviant. But they are by no means the first to use such nonstandard forms as cos because, wot...

Texters use deviant spellings - and they know they are deviant. But they are by no means the first to use such nonstandard forms as cos because, wot...