Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster..

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it..

In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun.

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time..