Queen Victoria and the genesis of toff text speak

After a series of ‘drunk’ letters filled with abbreviations were uncovered at an antique dealer's home, Tatler has crowned Queen Victoria as the first blue-blooded abbreviator
After a series of ‘drunk’ letters filled with abbreviations were uncovered at an antique dealer's home, Tatler has crowned Queen Victoria as the first blue-blooded abbreviator

Queen Victoria and the genesis of toff text speak

Queen Victoria and the genesis of toff text speak

The history of txt spk and Queen Victoria

The Queen's English; stray notes on speaking and spelling

Queen Victoria and the genesis of toff text speak

20th Century – Church History Review

Roald Dahl Heroes and Villains Come to Retailers in Campaign Created by 20ten for Mr Kipling

Deluxe captivity': newly-unearthed documents reveal Mary, Queen of Scots' lavish lifestyle

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Empress Frederick.

The Slang Dictionary, by John Camden Hotten--The Project Gutenberg eBook