Thursday, December 01, 2005
I read about this last week in an Associated Press story but wasn't sure what to say. Now I'm thinking, how bout yuck?
Student targeted British mobile phone company Dot mobile has announced it plans to translate the texts of classic literature into text messages -- funky abrgd code and all.
Shakespeare's complete works is supposed to be out by April 2006.
The AP story gave these examples.
from John Milton's "Paradise Lost":
"devl kikd outa hevn coz jelus of jesus&strts war." (The devil is kicked out of heaven because he is jealous of Jesus and starts a war.)
from Jane Eyre:
"MadwyfSetsFyr2Haus." (Mad wife sets fire to house.)
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice":
describes Mr. Darcy as "fit&loadd" (handsome and wealthy).
No, I haven't checked to see if its some horrible urban myth cause the AP story was on CNN and that seems legit.
: 9:39 PM
