Re: No comment except 'You must read!!!!"

An interesting article (and book review) on this topic was published in The New Yorker a year and a half ago about the 12-key keypad for typing text.

The author of the reviewed book uses the term "TXTNG" to describe the shortening of language to accommodate the speed of typing with 1 or 2 fingers.

"texting is like writing a sonnet"

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/10/20/081020crbo_books_menand

from the final paragraph:
"once the numeric keypad is replaced by the QWERTY keyboard on most mobile messaging devices, ... we are likely to see far fewer initialisms ['LOL'] and pictograms [':-)']"


On Mar 17, 2010, at 8:43am, [email protected] wrote:

> From The New York Times:
> 
> Touch-Typing With Your Thumbs [A Guide]
> 
> How do you get rid of "thumbos," those cellphone message typos? Practice. And try some handy tips.
> 
> http://s.nyt.com/u/ahx
> 
> (This is what it has come to!!)
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