Madam, - Many years ago, when I was working on my doctoral thesis - based on a 13th-century manuscript - I was completely stumped by the word "rslm". I finally realised that all the vowels had been removed and only some of the consonants were left. The word was "Jerusalem". So, what is new about texting? - Yours etc,
FANNY DE BURGH WHYTE, Rathgar Park, Dublin 6.