controversy has sprung up around its use—mainly from the older generation who seek variously to analyse, interpret, or decry its use. John Sutherland, for example, finds the language of texting, ‘thin and unimaginative . . . mask[ing] dyslexia, poor spelling and mental laziness’, and concludes it is ‘penmanship for illiterates’ (Sutherland 2002) while Crispin Thurlow finds it ‘communicatively adept’ having ‘linguistic creativity’ and a ‘robust sense of play’ (Thurlow 2005). Our commentator on the…
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