"As reported by "The Guardian", the London exhibit will display a poem printed in 1867..."

"As reported by "The Guardian", the London exhibit will display a poem printed in 1867 which features a number of acronyms and abbreviations — the same used today when trying to overcome the standard 160-character limit of texting. Called emblematic poetry, the Victorian writing style combined letters, numbers and logograms. An example is the "Essay to Miss Catharine Jay", or better, "An S A 2 Miss K T J.""

- Victorian Poets Used Texting Lingo : Discovery News
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Published on July 08, 2011 13:05
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