BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | North West Wales | Expert says txt is gr8 4 language - 0 views
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Prof Crystal said that texting had had a bad press, and it was merely another way to use language.
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The panic about texting and its effects on language is totally misplaced... it adds a new dimension, enriches language, gives you a new option
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"In the past comics such as the Dandy and Beano would have had quizzes where you had to guess a sentence from letters and pictures
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"If you ask kids if they use the same style in their work they look at you as if you are mad. "This is just a story going around, a huge urban myth," he said.
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A linguistics expert has rejected claims that texting by mobile phone is bad for language and literacy skills.