By John Glenday

Teenagers are retreating further from the English language to bamboozle parents according to language experts who have noticed a trend away from traditional ‘text speak’ toward obscure codes.

Since the dawn of text messaging words have been shortened, punctuation jettisoned and numeric characters introduced in an effort to speed up the process of communication and lower costs to create familiar abbreviations such as LOL (laugh out loud) L8RZ (see you later).

Whilst these are relatively simple to work out for the uninitiated they are also dropping in popularity as they become more mainstream, prompting teenagers seek to differentiate themselves further with a Read full story ›

Source: The Drum