Best CNN article ever.

[Melodionxxx]

Nothing much good ever comes of laziness, and thats all 'txt' speech is.

It's justifiable on mobiles or in chat rooms, as the data input method is so terribly 'narrowband' compared to the full broadband experience of face to face conversation.

I don't think people will ever read books in this format because reading is a leisurely paced activity. So apart from a few experimental books, we are safe I think.

But... having said that. A UK newspaper set up a competition for txt poetry and some of the winners were actually very good. Proving that true meaning lies in the content and not in the medium.

The winner...

I left my pictur on th ground wher u walk
so that somday if th sun was jst right
& th rain didnt wash me awa
u might c me out of th corner of yr i & pic me up

Or...

seasnd w msts n fruitlss mellwnss
n pungent smlls f grss ovr hay
we flp nto ponchos fr a mnts rest
n try nt t pln t rst f t day

Or...

Prplxng isu Englsh crckt,
wth ozi btzmn at th wkt,
fldrz jst cnt sm 2 stkit,
evrytme th bggrz snkit,
ther ashs plnz mayb intrkit,
2 gt th urn thyl hav 2 nikit

Or...

cum 4 a bEr,
jst a .5
in th b%za wer th bamAd draws a 08- in th ginS froth.
wEl plA sum --s,
I"l let U bEt my hyest 20,
a flYt of fanC: dubl trbl 20, dubl top

Good stuff

Melo

[Moshpitt]

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[Thoraf]

Err well actually Cable News Network.

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