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

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.

The Story Of English Spelling Is The Story Of Thousands Of People - Some Well-known, Most Totally Unknown - Who Left A Permanent Linguistic Fingerprint On Our Orthography.

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Although Many Texters Enjoy Breaking Linguistic Rules, They Also Know They Need To Be Understood.