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September 27, 2008 8:51 am
OMG, text messaging! It's destroying the English language, corrupting young minds, turning us into illiterates. It's probably shrinking the ozone layer, too. Or is it? In his new book, Txting: The Gr8 Db8, David Crystal offers a different perspective, one which linguists have shared for years: Far from obliterating literacy, texting may actually improve it. So put that in your message header and send it! This is part of a complete episode.