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'''[[Txtspeak]]''' (or "textspeak", or more prosaically, "SMS language") is the variant of [[Written Languages|written language]] used in text messaging, or sometimes in similar media such as [[Twitter]], chat rooms, and so on. It is marked by much use of abbreviation, including "u" for "you". It arose as a practical technique to express messages concisely in the face of character limits and difficult entry of text on pre-smartphone buttons, but in some circles could be used to tell "insiders" from "outsiders" in a particular community by what sort of texting style they used. It also became popular for commentators to decry the alleged death of the English language due to "degraded" usage by young people.

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:SMS language|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/06/10-ways-that-men-text-women.html The 10 Ways That Men Text Women]
* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4099 Texting and language skills (Language Log)]
* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4294 Teen communication (Language Log)]

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	* [http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1199460/responsive-documents.pdf FBI's 83-page "leetspeak" dictionary, obtained through Freedom of Information Act request]		* [http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1199460/responsive-documents.pdf FBI's 83-page "leetspeak" dictionary, obtained through Freedom of Information Act request]
	* [https://theconversation.com/text-messaging-isnt-like-ruining-young-peoples-grammar-28145 Text-messaging isn’t, like, ruining young people’s grammar]		* [https://theconversation.com/text-messaging-isnt-like-ruining-young-peoples-grammar-28145 Text-messaging isn’t, like, ruining young people’s grammar]
		+	* [https://twitter.com/daniel_p_jones/status/513182197834989568/photo/1 "Codes" used on old numeric pagers]

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 '''Txtspeak''' (or "textspeak", or more prosaically, "SMS language") is the variant of [[Written Languages|written language]] used in text messaging, or sometimes in similar media such as [[Twitter]], chat rooms, and so on. It is marked by much use of abbreviation, including "u" for "you". It arose as a practical technique to express messages concisely in the face of character limits and difficult entry of text on pre-smartphone buttons, but in some circles could be used to tell "insiders" from "outsiders" in a particular community by what sort of texting style they used. It also became popular for commentators to decry the alleged death of the English language due to "degraded" usage by young people. But other groups, including businesspeople, have forms of [http://usesparingly.tumblr.com/ jargon] that are sometimes decried too.
 == Links ==

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	* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4294 Teen communication (Language Log)]		* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4294 Teen communication (Language Log)]
	* [http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1199460/responsive-documents.pdf FBI's 83-page "leetspeak" dictionary, obtained through Freedom of Information Act request]		* [http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1199460/responsive-documents.pdf FBI's 83-page "leetspeak" dictionary, obtained through Freedom of Information Act request]
		+	* [https://theconversation.com/text-messaging-isnt-like-ruining-young-peoples-grammar-28145 Text-messaging isn’t, like, ruining young people’s grammar]

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-'''[[Txtspeak]]''' (or "textspeak", or more prosaically, "SMS language") is the variant of [[Written Languages|written language]] used in text messaging, or sometimes in similar media such as [[Twitter]], chat rooms, and so on. It is marked by much use of abbreviation, including "u" for "you". It arose as a practical technique to express messages concisely in the face of character limits and difficult entry of text on pre-smartphone buttons, but in some circles could be used to tell "insiders" from "outsiders" in a particular community by what sort of texting style they used. It also became popular for commentators to decry the alleged death of the English language due to "degraded" usage by young people. But other groups, including businesspeople, have forms of [http://usesparingly.tumblr.com/ jargon] that are sometimes decried too.
+'''Txtspeak''' (or "textspeak", or more prosaically, "SMS language") is the variant of [[Written Languages|written language]] used in text messaging, or sometimes in similar media such as [[Twitter]], chat rooms, and so on. It is marked by much use of abbreviation, including "u" for "you". It arose as a practical technique to express messages concisely in the face of character limits and difficult entry of text on pre-smartphone buttons, but in some circles could be used to tell "insiders" from "outsiders" in a particular community by what sort of texting style they used. It also became popular for commentators to decry the alleged death of the English language due to "degraded" usage by young people. But other groups, including businesspeople, have forms of [http://usesparingly.tumblr.com/ jargon] that are sometimes decried too.
 == Links ==

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	* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4099 Texting and language skills (Language Log)]		* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4099 Texting and language skills (Language Log)]
	* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4294 Teen communication (Language Log)]		* [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4294 Teen communication (Language Log)]
		+	* [http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1199460/responsive-documents.pdf FBI's 83-page "leetspeak" dictionary, obtained through Freedom of Information Act request]