Results: "TEXT SPEAK...THEN AND NOW"
THIS POLL IS FOCUSED ON EXPLORING THE SHIFT FROM CLASSIC, UNABBREVIATED LANGUAGE TO TODAY'S FAST-PACED ACRONYMS AND SHORTCUTS.
(YOU CAN READ MORE DETAILED HISTORICAL TIMELINES ON THE WIKIPEDIA SMS LANGUAGE PAGE AND THE BANDWIDTH SMS HISTORY GUIDE).
1.
1.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TEXT ABBREVIATIONS DO YOU USE MOST OFTEN WHEN MESSAGING? LOL - (LAUGH OUT LOUD) / ROFL (ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING)
31%
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316 votes
IMO (IN MY OPINION) / IMHO - (IN MY HONEST OPINION)
3%
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36 votes
BRB (BE RIGHT BACK) / TTYL - (TALK TO YOU LATER)
3%
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27 votes
BTW (BY THE WAY) / FYI - (FOR YOUR INFORMATION)
5%
•
56 votes
OTHER - I WILL SHARE IN THE COMMENTS
1%
•
14 votes
NONE — I ALWAYS WRITE OUT FULL WORDS AND SENTENCES
25%
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258 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
19%
•
197 votes
YOLO - (YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE)
1%
•
6 votes
OMG! - (OH MY GOD!)
9%
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91 votes
CHRISTMAS - (X-MAS)
3%
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28 votes
2.
2.
HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN PEOPLE USE HEAVY TEXT ABBREVIATIONS IN REGULAR CONVERSATIONS OR EMAILS? IT'S CONVENIENT AND SAVES TIME
10%
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100 votes
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME EITHER WAY
29%
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303 votes
IT'S ANNOYING AND UNPROFESSIONAL
16%
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162 votes
I PREFER CLASSIC, FULLY WRITTEN LANGUAGE EVERY TIME
24%
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244 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
21%
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220 votes
3.
3.
DID YOU KNOW THAT EARLY SMS TEXT NETWORKS LIMITED MESSAGES TO 160 CHARACTERS, AND CARRIERS CHARGED EXTRA IF YOU WENT OVER? SHORTENING WORDS WAS CREATED TO SAVE MONEY! YES, I REMEMBER COUNTING CHARACTERS
21%
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214 votes
YES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE REASON
15%
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157 votes
NO, I HAD NO IDEA
41%
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419 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
23%
•
239 votes
4.
4.
FUN FACT: DID YOU KNOW THAT EVEN THE ACRONYM "OMG" WAS FIRST RECORDED IN A LETTER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL BACK IN 1917 BY ADMIRAL JOHN FISHER? YES
10%
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107 votes
NO
69%
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709 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
21%
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213 votes
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