A Book in Text, Literally

A new French novel claims to be the first one to be written entirely in SMS slang, with an anti-smoking story aimed at teenagers, reports AFP (via TechDirt).

The novel, "Pa Sage a Taba" -- which, translated from French jargon, means "Not Wise to Smoke". An example passage in the book has a Dtektive (detective) asking the villain: "6 j t'aspRge d'O 2 kologne histoar 2 partaG le odeurs ke tu me fe subir?" Which, once expanded and translated, would come across as "What if I spray you with cologne so you can share the smells you make me suffer?"

And did someone say it took less time with this?

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