SMS Lingo--and beyond.

09.01.2004

“Ala nakung load?!” ( "I haven't got text credits left?")

I know the feeling. It always suck big time to realize that after some kilometric text you just typed, your network detects that you have practically nothing left in your account. The message you just typed went to the gods of the underworld.

I also find it hilarious that people are so into this SMS lingo that they actually use the same system to type things over the keyboard. Iimagine the hardships altering the QWERTYU system of your fingers.

Example: Whenever I chat in the internet I get to talk to people who ask me “hw r u?”. My boss, in electronic goes, "uwi na me, kita u na lang 2moro". My mom looks for me and types in her mobile, "w r u?". Pretty exhilarating, isn’t it?

What's funny is that: I get the message. Only it would take me a few milliseconds to associate, translate and comprehend the words. That's three brain processes in just one single text.

Funnier, though: The intricate human ability to communicate via SMS is so alarmingly entertaining. Try understanding this: “ nglu2”—which is translated to “nagluto”. Yet, this principle is not true for this one: “nagla2ba”—which translates to “naglalaba”, and not “naglaTUba”.

Gets u? D me eh. (Do you get it? I don't.)