"Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible."

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Source : "2b or not 2b?" by David Crystal, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.

David Crystal

#Phones Quotes #Way Quotes #Messages Quotes

“I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.”
“Sound comes out of a life experience.”
“Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.”
“Indeed, the U.N. is the main Soviet espionage center in this country.”
“There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.”

Source : "The Book of This and That". Book by Robert Staughton Lynd, 1915.
“If you think youâ€™re average, then youâ€™ll be average. If you think youâ€™re ordinary, then youâ€™ll live ordinary. The truth is, there is nothing ordinary about you. You have something to offer that nobody else can offer.”
“There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.”
“The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.”

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