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
David CrystalAnyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.
David CrystalThe 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.
David CrystalAlthough many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.
David CrystalSeveral of us linguists at that time would record our own kids, just to get some data. There was some literature on it then, but no day-by-day, blow-by-blow examples. I recorded all my children over the years in some shape or form. It's what linguists do. You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.
David Crystal