As a new literacies researcher, this fascinates me - especially the &#x27;forced informality&#x27; through artificial constraints.<p>&quot;so accustomed is the public to telegraphic brevity, that their use often produces amusement rather than the expression of formality which the sender desired.&quot;<p>In this case the brevity was due to cost, but in this age of abundance we <i>choose</i> such constraints (and complain when they&#x27;re removed - c.f. Twitter).