LAST EDITED ON 12-05-12 AT 02:07 PM (EST)1. Can't translate those texts on your phone?
There's an app for that!
In fact, research shows that 84 per cent of parents get texts from their children they cannot read.
2. Do you wonder how long it really takes to type and read a text message instead of English?
One study figured out that while it takes a little bit less time to text text-speak instead of English, it takes a lot longer to read it.
She says the message, which spanned two mobile phone screens, took 260 seconds to write in normal English, but only 220 seconds in textisms.
The participants took 14 seconds to read the normal English message, but 27 seconds to comprehend the textism message, and in many cases made mistakes.
In other words, it's about 15% faster to type, but it takes almost twice as long to read!