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Texting and Language Change Puzzle

Mr. Greene

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Across
11.SMS (3 wds.)
12.If you combine Allison G's passion with Mr. G's passion you get a funny picture of this in your head. Hang 10 Tigri! (2 wds.)
13.Romantic, loving and disappointed describe Humphrys' attitude or ______ in "ih8 txt msgs".
14.It would not be surprising if John Humphrys made one of these for his precious OED on February 14th.
15.Texting is not new or ______ according to Crystal.
19.Our ability to read and write.
20.Humphrys likens texters to this long dead marauder (2 wds.)
25."2b or not 2b" is a reference to Hamlet, a work by this old English playwrite (meaning "to live or not to live").
26.Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me, the acronym.
27.When using MLA citations, the end punctuation comes _____ the citation.
28.An important, but often overlooked part of writing. If you use the right word, the idea you're presenting becomes clear (2 wds.)
Down
1.Crystal makes his case using these. Humphrys can't, so he appeals to readers' emotions.
2.In a summary, you don't take a side. It's just a simple _____.
3.Humphrys really digs this book (3 wds).
4.This fuddy duddy's last name is hard for some people to spell.
5.Texting is languag in _______, according to David Crystal.
6.When it's time to change the subject, do this, and start a new paragraph.
7.Avoid "quote dumps" by adding your own words to "____" the landing of your quotes.
8.The normal way we spell things (2 wds.)
9.Mr. Greene's nickname for the texting reader. (3 wds.)
10.He sent the first text message in 1992. The message? "merry christmas" (2 wds.)
16.This village K student may be big, loud and girl crazy, but he has a sensitive side too.
17.A trillion text messages is the equivalent of one of these when compared to all the instances of standard orthography we use every day (4 wds.)
18.The study of words and their origins.
21.Synonym for insignificant. Crystal uses it to describe the effect of texting on language.
22.When Crystal talks about "scares that accompanied" past inventions, he is using _____ to support his claim that texting will not wreck English
23.If you can spell Mr. Wahid's of village K's first name, you deserve this space. Hint: It aint "Moz".
24.The topic sentence should act as a _____ of the paragraph.

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