DO YOU text buttoned-up, or dressed down? If you're like most people, chances are you text quickly, in informal language, mostly to people you are friendly with. So it's no surprise that two articles ...

Regular readers of this column will know that I am suspicious of cyberspace innovations — from Facebook to MySpace to Second Life — that substitute the accumulation of “friends” for actual friendship, ...

Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? Linguist John McWhorter says that there's much more to texting — linguistically, culturally... Is Texting Actually Advancing Language? Part 1 of the ...

Acronyms and shorthand writing through text and online are at an all-time high. People are looking for ways to say the most using the least amount of words for the sake of time or space allowed online ...

To hear it told, you would think the English language was off in a poorly lit, narrow alley somewhere -- isolated, surrounded by gangsters and taking the beating of its natural life. The latest of the ...

We’ve heard of studies that suggest texting could lead to the deterioration of English skills in children. Some teachers will even tell you they’ve seen text lingo such as shortenings, contractions, ...

Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation. The forensic linguistic study based in the Forensic Section of the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - OMG, LOL, BRB...sounds like something your kids text message you? What if those texts showed up on your child's homework? As more and more "textisms" show up on essays and papers, KHQ ...

Are you a “quality texter”? How about a “light-touch”? Or perhaps you’re more of a “texts of service” kind of person? Put simply, your love language is your way of expressing and receiving love. As ...

When you look back a decade, it’s easy to feel that little has changed. Sure, you had a different job back then, there were other shows on TV, and no one had described your shoes as “on fleek” just ...

So you’ve met a new potential partner who checks off almost all your boxes. Yay! They’re kind, understanding, adventurous, and also super hot (obvs). But there’s one major problem — their texting ...