txt abrvs in speech? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Isn't there a routine by George Carlin, in which he uses and strings
together a ton of initialisms and acronyms? ("FYI, I need your ATM PIN
PDQ")  A cursory search online doesn't reveal it, but I think it is
similarly structured to his "A Modern Man" routine, which is online.

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> A student in our freshman seminar in Varieties of English (Raffaella
> Zanuttini and I are co-instructors) is interested in tracking down
> any previous research on the incorporation of texting abbreviations
> (or, less commonly, acronyms) in speech.  Classic constructed
> examples appear in the Cingular/AT&T commercials viewable at
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIUcRJX9-o&feature=related
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySR3hpieiQc&feature=related
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> The student has already collected material in response to a
> questionnaire he posted via Facebook but doesn't want to ignore
> previous empirical investigations when he writes up his results.
> Thanks for any pointers anyone can provide.
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> LH
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