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The Effect On Language Of TXT And The WWW. OMG.

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RU ROFL about Internet communication, or do U H8 it? SWYP?

Linguist and author Gretchen McCullough explores how the Internet is changing the way we speak and write. She totes wrote a book about it; it's called Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Listen to this segment, bcuz YOLO. It might leave U QQ, but YMMV. 

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