Text message and chat language are little by little accepted by society and dictionaries! The British Dictionary Collins has accecpted some of these terms, such as: b4 (before), gr8 (great) , lol ( laughing out loudly). Nevertheless, the Spanish dictionary of the Royal Academy has not accepted any yet. Language is not a static system, it changes with society. We do not write the same way people used to let's say... 1500. So, perhaps we are facing a big change in writing. Don't U think so? There is a very funny game, click on this link: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/elem/e_games/ne_elem_games_mobile01/ A new window will appear with a mobile phone. On the screen you will read messages, but they are not fully written. That is what you have to do: write the message. God luck and enjoy it!
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