The texting essay, and my opinions on David Crystal

The texting essay went fairly well, I guess. Shouldn’t complain about a grade like that. Maybe it was because of the topic. Textspeak is something that has often gone on my nerves. The occasional smiley isn’t all that bad, but constant abbreviation and shortening of words just kills my inner grammar police officer. David Crystal does argue quite well, though, and even if you disagree with him, it’s hard to not like his character. Textspeak is a fascinating phenomenon, indeed, though I wish I’d have realized sooner, when most people I knew used it! Oh well, there’s always comments on youtube with roughly the same structure.