Officials from Guinness World Record
must approve her victory before
entering her into the record books. And
this is the world we live in.
A
British woman, Melissa
Thompson has broken the world
record for typing the fastest
text message, after typing a 26 word
message in 25.94 seconds. The previous
record holder typed the same words
earlier this year in 35.54 seconds.
Thompson told Sky News that she was
shopping with her boyfriend when she
was approached by Samsung to try and
break the record: "I used to send a lot
of text messages - 40 or 50-a-day to
Chris alone so we both knew I could
type fast. But since we moved in
together and I started my job I
haven't been texting as much and, you
could say, my fingers were out of
shape." Obviously not that out of
shape.
The message she typed in 25.94
seconds:
The razor-toothed piranhas of the
genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus
are the most ferocious freshwater
fish in the world. In reality they
seldom attack a human"
You & Texting
1. Have a competition in class and
see how fast you can type the
26-word long message.
2. How many text messages do you
send on a monthly basis? (A new
study shows that teens send
3,339 texts per months. It is
more than 6 per hour they are
awake).
3. What do you text message
about?
4. When do you use your cell
phone?
5. What do you think about text
messaging during meals?
6. Are there places or situations
when you think text messaging is
absolutely wrong?
7. What do you think of text
messaging and driving? –Or what
do you think about using the cell
phone when driving?
8. Are you addicted to text
messaging?
9. What do you use your cell phone
for?
10. Why have you got the cell phone
you have? (What made you
decide on that particular phone).