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One of the information age’s biggest successes has its 20th birthday. The very first, simple, text message was on December 3rd, 1992. It was sent by software engineer Neil Papworth to his boss at the British mobile phone operator Vodafone. It simply, “Merry Christmas”. Little did they that their humble mode of communication would the world by storm. SMS (Short Message Service) is today a multi-billion-dollar industry every corner of the globe. An nine trillion text messages are globally each year. Everyone from presidents to schoolchildren to villagers in remote parts of countries on it to .

SMS is now an integral part of daily life for most of us. It is the method of communication between family members. One study that the average American teenager up to 60 texts a day. It has also countless original and innovative business strategies from cash overseas to in online polls. However, SMS has also been for a decline in language ability and an increase in traffic accidents. A new sub-language has worldwide as texters find shortcuts to write their messages as quickly as possible the fewest possible characters. shorthand such as LOL (laugh out loud) and OMG (oh my god) has even entered the Oxford English Dictionary.

 


 
 

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