Thus, it makes sense that Texters rely on what they have available to them- emoticons,
deliberate misspellings that mimic speech sounds, and, according to our data, punctuation.".
In his book, Txtng: the Gr8 Db8( which translates
as" Texting: the Great Debate"), David Crystal states that Texters in all eleven languages use" lol"("
laughing out loud")," u"," brb"(" be right back"), and" gr8"(" great"), all English-based shorthands.