Title: Texting a signal of wider trends
Newspaper:BBC NEWS
Date of publication: Sunday 11th, 2009
Texting can be defined as a language going round the Earth. What is it? Well, it's those acronyms such as 'URT1' (Translation: You are the one) which young people (and some old) are using when sending SMS messages, speaking in chat rooms or sending e-mail.
This new tendency to use such a language is common when typing whether computers when chatting or mobie phones or th new great inventions, the so-called netbooks. These last ones lack the processing horsepower of their laptop and desktop brethren. Yet, netbooks are small and can link th web wherever a person is. They born after the cyber addicts' need to connect in a place where they have no possibility to connect in the web especially if their smartphones stop working. Such is the influence of those high tech tools in our daily life that there is a high tendency to use the thumb instead of the index finger for doing any action regarding text messaging. apart, from a a custom the use of the thumb may cause something really serious: thumb arthritis if you're not feeling it yet -- pain, that is -- that doesn't mean you won't. Problems caused by repetitive motion can take years to develop.
Experts say you should take breaks, pay attention to your posture, and pay attention to your pain. Otherwise, the wear and tear on your joints from overuse may have longterm consequences.
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