TY - BOOK AU - Crystal,David TI - Txtng: the Gr8 Db8 SN - 9780199544905 (uk) U1 - 004.692 22 ed. PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Electronic Mail Systems KW - Slang KW - Online Data Processing KW - Acronyms KW - Text Messages (Cell phone systems) KW - Cell phones KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes index; 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 ER -