| People have a need to communicate with others - | | | | characters? For instance, "?4U" represents "I have a |
| and as long as this need sustains, people call, text, or | | | | question for you" while "NALOPKT" means "Not a lot |
| simply talk to others. Although calling had once | | | | of people know that". "ROTFLUTS" means "Rolling on |
| dominated the cell phone industry, it seems that | | | | the floor laughing unable to speak" while "ST&D" |
| people these days have learned to slow down a bit | | | | means "Stop texting and drive". |
| to send SMS messages - not the easy and faster | | | | The medium, through which people can send an SMS |
| option of just whipping out their cell phones to call | | | | message, has also expanded through the years. Of |
| others. Still, it might take a few seconds or minutes | | | | course, people can still send messages from their cell |
| to compose a message but it sure costs a whole lot | | | | phones. However, they could also do the same thing |
| less than a minute of phone call. | | | | from a computer. Many websites are even offering |
| Yes, you can send text messages using complete | | | | the service for free. In fact, these websites have |
| sentences with complete words - but why do so | | | | become so popular that local cellular network |
| when you can send them in shortcuts? It saves you | | | | providers are slowly adding such service for their |
| the time of texting all those letters together. In fact, | | | | clients. |
| through the years, a new kind of language was | | | | There are plenty of ways that you can communicate |
| developed - SMS and chat language. It has become | | | | to other people. Among them, text messaging is a |
| so popular that there is a new dictionary dedicated | | | | very helpful communication tool to both individuals |
| to text messaging, chat abbreviations, and jargons. | | | | and businesses, who are also finding that their |
| Who would have thought that sentences and | | | | customers prefer to hear from them via SMS rather |
| phrases could be represented by a few letters and | | | | than email. |