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Is SMS wrecking your English?
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Maria O'Daniel
New Straits Times
04-12-2004
Is SMS wrecking your English?
Byline: Maria O'Daniel
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Outlook Home Computing
Column: Basics
THE first text message was sent on Dec 3, 1992, when engineer Neil Papworth tapped out "Merry Christmas" and sent it to his colleagues at Vodafone. Although phone companies saw the potential, they underestimated how popular the service would be. It took some years to make text messaging available to the general public.
At first, text messages could only be sent between those who used the same phone company. Today, SMS (short ...
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