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| Tribal Text-styles by Essie |
We are
getting close to the end of our nail polish colours which means we are getting
close to the end of summer :( .There are still a few more
colours on the way though.
This week’s
colour is quite neat looking; it's called Tribal Text-styles and it's by Essie. It is a shimmery black with specs of gold and
green and purple. It’s very sparkly and a colour that would be cool to try out
with the right outfit and shoes to show off my toes!
We’ve
decided to focus this blog on the text part of the nail polish name. We have a
few interesting facts about the history of texting but our main focus is on
what we find very interesting, the Chinese Number Texting Codes.
The first text
message, “Merry Christmas” was sent by Neil Papworth in 1992. Since then, the
U.S. alone sends more than 152.7 billion text messages per month.
The most
text messages sent in a month was by Fred Lindgren; he sent 566607 messages.
A British
surgeon performed a lifesaving operation in the Congo by following text message
instructions from a colleague.
Peak hours
for texting are between 10:30pm and 11pm at night.
Chinese Number Texting Codes
Ok, so this
is very cool. The Chinese use numbers a lot when they send text messages; the
numbers represent phrases or words, so instead of typing all the words, they
can just send numbers. We have found a list of some of them for you to take a
look at and Nicole and I have done a tutorial of how to have a conversation using
this number code.
Number Codes
and Meanings (here are some popular ones, but there are lots more that you can
look up and find):
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| 4242 - Yes or Affirmative or It is |
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| 520 - I love you |
94 - So, but etc.
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886 - Bye
bye
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| 995 - Help, Save me |
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| 770880 – XOXO |
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| 526 –I’m hungry |
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| 360 –I miss you |
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| 58 – Good night |
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| 1314 – For ever |
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7451 or 7456 - I’m angry
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555 - Crying
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Our
Conversation:
Here is a picture of a conversation that Nicole and I tried out with these number codes. Can you tell what we said to each other?
Check out
this blog post which gives you a better understanding of how these number codes
are created.
See, I told
you it was a very interesting blog post and now maybe you have learned a new
way to communicate with your friends and family members!
886 (Bye
Bye)
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