SMS language | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2018-11-08

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
SMS language

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SUMMARY
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SMS language, textspeak or texting language is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used with mobile phone text messaging, or other Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging.
Three features of early mobile phone messaging encouraged users to use abbreviations:

Text entry was difficult, requiring multiple key presses on a small keypad to generate each letter;
messages were limited to 160 characters; and
it made texting faster.Once it became popular it took on a life of its own and was often used outside to write formal emails or letters.