Literary classics translated to text messages

So I was looking at BBC news and saw this article talking about a professor who was able to compress entire plots into text message abbreviations and believes it offers immense educational opportunities.

such plots include:

Pride and Prejudice 5Sistrs WntngHsbnds. NwMeninTwn-Bingly&Darcy. Fit&Loadd.BigSis Jane Fals 4B,2ndSisLiz H8s D Coz Hes Proud. Slimy Soljr Wikam Sys DHs Shady Past.Trns Out Hes Actuly ARlyNysGuy &RlyFancysLiz. She Decyds She Lyks Him.Evry1 Gts Maryd. Romeo & Juliet FeudTween 2hses- Montague&Capulet. RomeoMfalls_<3w/_JulietC@mary Secretly Bt R kils J's Coz &&is banishd. J fakes Death. As Part of Plan2b-w/R Bt_leter Bt It Nvr Reachs Him. Evry1confuzd-bothLuvrs kil Emselves

Am I the only one that sees this as an awful way of trying to read something? Takes me so much longer to try and understand what they are saying than if they gave me a version in plain english.

I could understand almost all of the Romeo and Juliet plotline since I have read it in the past but it took me alot longer to read the Pride and Prejudice plotline since I had never read it before

A university professor claims it "amply demonstrates text's ability to fillet out the important elements in a plot". It may collect all the important elements and destroy everything else but to me it would be horrible to read like that in broken english...

Original article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ts/4445088.stm

A professor? Any 13 year old could do this.

I can't even read it. :|

lol...i can harldy read the whole story...looks like a text message to me

I definatley can't read this, that has destroyed those books!, i dont get text talk!

Seen the bible version? They say it was supposed to get more teenagers to read the bible. Who the hell reads bible from their phones?

i can read it fine, but seriously whats the point ?

*Techno Translates

5Sistrs WntngHsbnds. NwMeninTwn-Bingly&Darcy. Fit&Loadd.BigSis Jane Fals 4B,2ndSisLiz H8s D Coz Hes Proud. Slimy Soljr Wikam Sys DHs Shady Past.Trns Out Hes Actuly ARlyNysGuy &RlyFancysLiz. She Decyds She Lyks Him.Evry1 Gts Maryd.

5 sisters wanting husbands, New men in town (Bingly and Darcy). Fit and Loadd. Big Sister Jane falls for Bingly, the second sister hates Darcy beecause he's proud. Slim Solider Wikam says that he's had a shady past. Turns out that he's Actually a really nice guy and he really fancy's Liz. She then decides she likes him and everyone gets married.

Romeo & Juliet FeudTween 2hses- Montague&Capulet. RomeoMfalls_<3w/_JulietC@mary Secretly Bt R kils J's Coz &&is banishd. J fakes Death. As Part of Plan2b-w/R Bt_leter Bt It Nvr Reachs Him. Evry1confuzd-bothLuvrs kil Emselves

There is a feud between 2 house, the Montague and the Capulet. Romeo (Montages) falls in love with Juliet (Capulet) and they secretly marry but Romeo kills Juliet cousin and is banished. Juliet fakes death as part of a plan to be with Romeo but writes a letter but it never reaches him. Everyone is confused because both lovers kill themselves.

Argh...and the slaughter of great classics has begun....

Originally Posted by Jhin Argh...and the slaughter of great classics has begun....

It began when they started making movies out of them.