Disemvoweled // TXT

mntime we shl xprs r drkr prpos.
gve me th’ map thr. knw we hve dvd’d
in 3 r kingdm; & 'ts r fst ntnt
2 shake all crs & bsnss frm r age,
confrng thm on yngr strngths whl we
unbrthn'd crwl twrd death.

TXT is faster and, in NZL, cheaper than voice.
As the vowel withdraws “English” moves back along the code axis and assumes a character not unlike a Semitic language (Hebrew?). “Reading” requires "Rabbinic" authority (does chps = CHIPS or CHOPS?) and/or participation in an osmic-tactile (and acoustic?) tribal collective (e.g. Street or postcode gang). Paradoxically, in some circumstances, TXT is perceived to be less "intimate" than a voice conversation and is used to preserve some sense of separation and/or detachment.

Spell-check, predictive text, and other computer-aided composition tools attempt to reverse the situation — reconfiguring TXT as dictionary-pure "English." A syntactically correct email or word processed .doc, however, is not considered "romantic" and "genuine" invitations are still hand-written.