Thm Wk, Pt 1

Jeremy’s Sametime Status Proudly Presents: If They Had TXT Week! “romeo whr u@?” – J Capulet


It's Theme Week Time again!


That's right...and this week, we take a look at text messaging, and the impact it may have had on famous quotations from the past.

We've all sent and received text messages. Sometimes, they're written in seemingly incomprehensible gibberish, which apparently require 301,000 web pages worth of translations Such As This One to decode.

That said, text messaging is a terrific way to get a quick point across or as a quick question without the hassle of a phone call. In today's example, the young Miss Capulet originally required all of this to ask Romeo for his location:

• O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
  Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
  Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
  And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

A little long-winded, right? With the advent of text messaging, this was whittled down to a mere 13 characters.


13 is an unlucky number. Maybe that's why the story ended the way it did.