From Jayne Welburn
i fit in2 ur 20-something bracket of “crazy txt msgers” but thnkfully i still
regard my fingrs as fully fnctionl 4 activities such as doorbell pressing
(3 November, p 18).
it seems 2 b quite obvs 2 me why thumbs r used 4 texting. it was not the case
that we all sat down 2 dcide which of r digits allowed us the highest level of
dexterity. it was more that mobiles r well . . . mobile. have u ever tryd 2 hold
a mobile in ur hands + then type with ur index fingrs? highly impossbl just 2
type let alone type quickly [the essence of txting].
surely fingers go round the back 2 stabilise the phone, leaving only the
thumbs free. i’d b more concerned about possbl spelling + grammar loss
amongst the txting gener8tion :) l8ters
London
