Norman Silver (2006) Laugh Out Loud :- D
Ten ‘txt commandments’
1.u shall luv ur mobil fone with all ur hart
2.u and ur fone shall neva b apart
3.u shall nt lust aftr ur neibrs fone nor thiev
4.u shall b prepard @ all times 2 tXt & 2 recv
5.u shall use LOL & othr acronyms in conversatns
6.u shall be zappy with ur ast*r*sks & exc!matns!!
7.u shall abbrevi8 & rite words
like theyr sed
8.u shall nt speak 2 sum 1 face2face if u cn msg em insted
9.u shall nt shout with capitals XEPT IN DIRE EMERGENCY +
10.u shall not consult a ninglish dictnry
Extracts from CRYSYAL, D (2009) Txting the gr8 db8. OUP: Oxford.