Textification of the classics

[Angela Harlem]

I confess my annoyance at this is not because it's being done, but because advocates and scholars think that the gist of a book can be summed up in a text message sized abbreviation.

So, interference, can it? Let's see. Post some text messages that summarise a classic work.

Did u hear? Fanny hooked up w/ her cuz -the ordained minister! wat will gd make of the kids?
-Mansfield Park

Rhett, house has been burgled. Can u bring some chicken home for lunch? thnx
-Gone With The Wind

Post more. Let's modernise these stuffy classics into what the attention deficit youth can understand.

 

[dianepm]

that has to be the best description of GWTW I've heard.

 

[RaceAgainstTime]

Okay, I'll try to take a whack at this

"Jane, you'll never believe what I overheard Darcy say about me at the party. ttyl"

-Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

 

[corianderstem]

"Dude, check out that big-ass whale."

- Moby Dick

 

[beegee]

Hooked up w/hot chick today, super young tho :S

- Lolita

 

[The Sad Punk]

hay babe we won. ill be home l8r 2nite leav somthin in th fridge thx xoxo

- The Odyssey

 

[coolian2]

"you want to do fucking what?"

- passepartout - around the world in 80 days

 

[BoMac]

 

[beegee]

I don't think her family likes me, lol

- Romeo and Juliet

 

[coolian2]

I don't think her family likes me, lol

- Romeo and Juliet

fuck, i don't think there's any reception in the crypt. if you get this message, don't overreact next time you see me.

- romeo and juliet

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

"Yo hermione, i'm tryin to holla at ya 4 reel. let me hit that shit one time."

- Ron Weasley bored in class at Hogwarts

 

[Thora]

OMG - I found you the hawtest boi - I'll totally set u 2 up!

~ Emma

 

[major_panic]

Watch out for Brutus and the guys, I thnk they're up 2 smthng.

- Julius Caesar

 

[kramwest1]

"Im blak yall! Im blak yall! Im blikety blak blak blak yall! No, i guess im Gsus."

-Billy Budd


Mark

 

[Tiger Edge]

"Black man cant hold a job or a woman w/out whitey bringin him down."
- Shakespeare's "Othello"

"stupid ghost. I dont no wat 2 do. fuck it. uncle is goin down 2nite."
- Shakespeare's "Hamlet"

"hubby is suff-o-cat-ing me. i think im gonna leave him w/da kids. mm macaroons"
- Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"

"Fuck Britain."
- Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"

 

[major_panic]

This guy is watching me, I think he's a bit of a control freak...

- 1984

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

"It's raining. BTW, where the fuck is Heathcliff?"

- Wuthering Heights

 

[kramwest1]

"I gotza boat. I dont gotza boat. WTF Stephen! Where U at?"

-Every Master and Commander series book by Patrick O'Brian


Mark

 

[Diemen]

Dude. Simon's goin down 4realz.

- Lord of the Flies

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

"Hot, quiet dude is a vampire? OMFG."

"I kno rite?"

- Twilight

 

[bono_212]

"Ths guy says he's got sumthing that'll make us "float". Sounds sweeet"

- It

 

[Angela Harlem]

"Ths guy says he's got sumthing that'll make us "float". Sounds sweeet"

- It

"Can u take the cat to the vet? I've hurt my achilles. thnx"
-Pet Sematary

 

[the tourist]

"on my way 2 mt. doom; hope ur not enslaved in the meantime."

-Lord of the Rings

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

"WTF why are we at a sausage party? Dammit Fiver!"

- Watership Down

 

[LMP]

"WTH is Bunbury?"

-- The Importance of Being Earnest

 

[major_panic]

"WTF why are we at a sausage party? Dammit Fiver!"

- Watership Down

 

[cobl04]

great thread!

"do u rekon hassan is still mad?"
- kite runner

 

[cobl04]

I don't think her family likes me, lol

- Romeo and Juliet

"Hot, quiet dude is a vampire? OMFG."

"I kno rite?"

- Twilight

you didn't really watch/read it did you?

 

[anitram]

"Still waiting. For realz. WTF?"

- Waiting for Godot

 

[GibsonGirl]

Hooked up w/hot chick today, super young tho :S

- Lolita

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