The Internet has given us 10 or 15 new styles of communication: long messages like blogging, and then short messages like texting and tweeting. I see it all as part of an expanding array of linguistic possibilities. David Crystal More Quotes by David Crystal More Quotes From David Crystal People say that text messaging is a new language and that people are filling texts with abbreviations - but when you actually analyse it, you find they're not. David Crystal new you language people