And it came 2 pass

[Lane]

With the deletion of vowels, the writing begins to
remind me of Hebrew. An intended result?  :)
-Lane

--- "Harold F. Schiffman"
<haroldfs at ccat.sas.upenn.edu> wrote:

> >From the NYTimes, 2005/10/07
> 
> World Briefings,
> 
> AUSTRALIA
> 
> AND IT CAME 2 PASS
> 
> The Bible Society in Australia, a religious charity,
> has translated the
> entire text of the Bible into the abbreviated
> language of cellphone text
> messages and is offering free software along with a
> search engine so
> people can download the verses and send them on.
> (www.biblesociety.com.au) The society used the
> Contemporary English
> Version, changing only spelling. Some examples: "In
> da bginnin God cre8d
> da heaven & da earth" (Genesis, 1:1); "God luvd da
> ppl of dis wrld so much
> dat he gave his only son" (John 3:16); and "U, Lord,
> r my shepherd. I will
> neva be in need." (the 23rd Psalm) "The old days
> when the Bible was only
> available within a somber black cover with a cross
> on it are long gone,"
> said Michael Chant, a society spokesman. Sending the
> entire Bible by text
> message would take more than 30,000 dispatches, he
> said. (AP)
> 
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/international/07briefs.html?pagewanted=all
> 
> 


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