So you thought texting-speak was new

[Ben Zimmer]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> Has the collective memory forgotten my example from
> 1813? A higher ratio of text to texting than David's 1860 example,
> but definitely in the genre.

And there's this from 1828:

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2398/

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