Txtng: the Gr8 Db8

@inproceedings{Crystal2008TxtngTG,
  title={Txtng: the Gr8 Db8},
  author={David Crystal and Edward McLachlan},
  year={2008}
}
List of Cartoons 1. The Hype About Texting 2. How Weird is Texting? 3. What is Distinctive About it? 4. Why do They do it? 5. Who Texts? 6. What do They Text About? 7. How do Other Languages do it? 8. Why all the Fuss? Glossary Appendix Index 
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