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When cell phones were first invented, the cost of texts were expensive (about 50p) but now they are as cheap as 12 per text on pay-as-you-go or on contract you get a bundle. In addition, nowadays people use instant messaging applications (Skype, E-buddy, msn and BBM.)

When texting was first used it was a form of messaging rather than conversation and only had 140 characters. This meant that you could only send short messages so people had to use shorter words and ways of getting ideas across. This was when text language was first used.

Texting evolved from full word typing to short words, for example elision - gonna for going to. Elisions and ellipsis to shorten the amount of characters were used to save money.

The use ofQWERTY keypads on cell phones has an advantage over the 9-digit number pad because you can type words faster and spell words how you want to spell it.

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