Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.
David CrystalLanguage has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.
David CrystalA feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.
David Crystal