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Text Messaging Is Just The Most Recent Focus Of People's Anxiety; What People Are Really Worried About Is A New Generation Gaining Control Of What They See As Their Language.

Spellings Are Made By People. Dictionaries - Eventually - Reflect Popular Choices.

Vocabulary Is A Matter Of Word-building As Well As Word-using.

English Has Been This Vacuum Cleaner Of A Language, Because Of Its History Meeting Up With The Romans And Then The Danes, The Vikings And Then The French And Then The Renaissance With All The Latin And Greek And Hebrew In The Background.

In Effect We Are, Bending And Breaking The Rules Of The Language. And If Someone Were To Ask Why We Do It, The Answer Is Simply: For Fun