Did you know on the 3rd of
December 1993, texting as we know it today was born.
While keyboards on phones hadn’t been
invented yet, SMS was about to catapult communication into the 21st
century and transform how you and me were to talk ever after.
To mark this momentous occasion,
LottoByText, the leading SMS based lottery syndicate operator in the UK, feel
obliged to discuss the history of SMS and how far we have come over the
previous 20 years.
To get us started, here’s a few examples of
how texting has changed the English language and even influenced the way we
speak:
BFF – Best friends forever
Swak – Sealed with a kiss
TTFN – Ta Ta for now
LMAO – Laugh my a** off
TTYL – talk to you later
XOXO – Hugs and kisses
LOL – Laughs out Laugh
We have got to thanks the Daily Mail
for this entertaining list.
These phrases have actually infiltrated the
political establishment. It was only this year, that through the Leveson
enquiry, we discovered Rebekah Brooks and David Cameron were on ‘texting’
terms. In one text, she wrote ‘Brilliant speech. I cried twice. Will love
‘working together’. In another the Prime Minister wrote: ‘The horse Charlie
Brooks put me on. Fast unpredictable and hard to control but fun DC.’ He also
signed off his messages LOL – thinking it meant ‘lots of love’ instead of ‘laughs out loud’.
Ha, Lolz.
The collusion between politicians and
journalists is one thing. SMS has also brought down governments &
ideologies. In January 2011 with phone lines and emails being monitored, text
messages were the ideal way for activists across the Middle East to organize
events and rally support during the Arab Spring. Text communication became so
powerful that SMS was blocked in Egypt on January 27th 2011.
Harnessing the power of SMS has been a
focus for LottoByText throughout our stewardship of being the leading mobile
lottery syndicate operator in the UK.
Through SMS we are able to offer lottery
results and lines, direct to your mobile, at the touch of a button.
If you want to find out more about starting
a lottery syndicate on your mobile phone, check out our lottery syndicates guide
here. We’ll even give you 5 free lines so you can try out the service.
It’s an estimated £69 M jackpot and your
syndicate has every chance of winning it. In fact, playing in one of our
syndicates increases your chances of sharing the EuroMillions jackpot.
