Is the Philippines Still the Text Capital of the World?

After the Easter break and all your fond memories of Boracay, Palawan or Puerto Galera start to fade away like a forgotten dream and you are taken back to your old crappy life called reality, I’d like to make this transition a little more bearable than the usual shock treatment the moment you arrive at the airport, realizing that you have to go back to work at the salt mines called office.

Well, to start things off, I’d like to make a fresh start and thought of deleting all of the messages in my celfon’s inbox when it dawned on me if the Philippines still holds the record of being the ‘text capital of the world’.

Well, one way to find out is by asking the gods at google if this still holds true.

Google google on my screen, tell me if the Philippines is still the ‘text capital of the world’? Hmmm….. and this is what I found out…..

Wiki…
Asia
In China, SMS is very popular, and has brought service providers significant profit (18 billion short messages were sent in 2001[4]). It is a very influential and powerful tool in the Philippines, where the average user sends 10-12 text messages a day.

The Philippines alone sends on the average 400 million text messages a day or approximately 142 billion text messages sent a year, more than the annual average SMS volume of the countries in Europe, and even China and India. SMS is hugely popular in India, where youngsters often exchange lots of text messages, and companies provide alerts, infotainment, news, cricket scores update, railway/airline booking, mobile billing, and banking services on SMS.

Philippines
The Philippines is known as the ‘text capital of the world’. ‘Presently each mobile phone user in the Philippines is sending out at least 10 text messages a day compared to about 3 text messages per user in the United Kingdom (Pertierra 2005a; cf. Ling 2004). About one Filipino in two is a subscriber to a mobile phone service.[10]

At the end of 2007 four of the top mobile phone service providers in the country stated there were 42.78 million mobile phone subscribers in the Philippines [11] One of the main reasons text messages became so popular in the Philippines is the affordabilty. In addition, text messaging was generally more reliable compared to a fixed phone line or relying on poor mobile phone coverage that included drop-outs.

Europe
Europe follows next behind Asia in terms of the popularity of the use of SMS. In 2003, an average of 16 billion messages were sent each month. Users in Spain sent a little more than fifty messages per month on average in 2003. In Italy, Germany and the United States.

US
In the United States, however, the appeal of SMS is more limited. Although an MS message usually costs only US$0.15 (many providers also offer monthly text messaging plans), only 13 messages were sent by the average user per month in 2003.

Note: The preceding info according to Wiki, needs to be updated. I continued to search other sites but still haven’t found anything that would contradict Wiki’s current findings.

So before, deleting all my messages, I’d like to share some of text messages sent to me by my good ol’ friend Danny Z. And before proceeding, please read the disclaimer notice.

Disclaimer Notice
The following messages are for information and reference only. Any similarities to actual individual(s), situation(s), character(s) being alluded to or anything contained therein shall not be attributed to be the author’s or site’s personal view, any alleged author, the sender, any of the sender’s friends, enemies or acquaintances or any other associated company in any city, county, state, province, or country nor shall any of the aforementioned parties be held responsible for any potential or actual loss, damage, litigation that may arise thereof.

That being said, read on folks….

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- A Lenten reflection –
One day, while a man n his ever nagging wife was visiting Jerusalem, the wife died. The undertaker asked the husband whether he would like her body shipped home for $5,000 or buried in the Holy Land for $500.

The man chose to have her shipped home. The undertaker asked, “Why would you spend so much trouble and money when it would be cheap and wonderful to be buried in the Holy Land?” the man replied, “Long ago, a man died here and rose back from the dead.”

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- Pulis at Driver –
Pulis: License mo?
Driver: Eto po… (may P100 naka ipit)
Pulis: Ah, ndi nko tumatanggap ng suhol. Religious na ako….
Driver: Kung ganon po, ticketan nyo na lng ko….
Pulis: Eto sobre at bolpen, isulat mo – LOVE OFFERING!

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Airforce: “No Guts, No Glory”
Marines: “No Retreat, No Surrender”
Army: “No Pain, No Gain”
Naks! Ayw patalo ng
Security Guards: “No I.D., No Entry!”

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Humarap s salamin si ngongo. Tiningnan nya kanyang image den he said:
“Left side view: Tom Clus.
Right side view: Blad Pit.
Front view: Insert Coin! Mwisit!”

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Mommy, do ANGELS fly?
Yes son they do fly.
Eh, bkit si yaya tawag ni dad “MY ANGEL” di nmn sya fly?
Son, ngayon din u will see ur yaya fly, ha, w8 lng……

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Pacman: Sweets honey…….Honey, buksan mo n ung sweets…..
Jinky: Nasaan honey? Lambing mo tlaga. Mwah!!
Pacman: Yung sweets ng ILAW. D kc ko maka kita. Ang dilim!!

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Paul: Pare lagyan mo nga ko ng tattoo.
Alvin: Bakit pare?
Paul: Pinagkakamalan kc kong bading…
Alvin: Cge, san mo gusto?
Paul: Sa kilay… para mag mukhang suplada!

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Wife: Pa, paki fix mo nmn ilaw s labas…
Husband: Hello?! Electrician ba ako?
Wife: E d gawin mo n lng hagdan natin….
Husband: Hello?! Karpentero ba ako?

Umalis si husband, pag balik, gawa na lahatng cra s bahay…. Tinanong c wife kung cno gumawa ng trabaho…..

Wife: Kc kanina a man saw me crying, sabi ko ang dami cra d2 s house… so he offered 2 help in exchange for either sex or bake ako ng cake.
Husband: So wat cake did u bake?
Wife: HELLO?! Baker ba ako? Ni wala nga tayo oven eh!!!

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Japanese archeologist digging 100m down found copper wire… says – “Very good! Our great ancestors of 1000 yrs already had telephone!”

Americans dug 200m and found optical cable… says – “OMG, this means our great forefathers already had broadband 2000 yrs ago!”

Pinoys dig 500m and found NOTHING… says – “Ang lupit ng mga ninuno natin! WIRELESS!!”

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Lasing(takot): May multo s banyo natin!
Wife: Ha? Bakit?
Lasing: Kc bumubukas ung ilaw pag papasok ako ng banyo eh!
Wife: Punyeta k! Ikaw pla UMIIHI sa REF!

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Mare1: Super ganda nmn ng anak mo eh panget nmn mr. mo?
Mare2: Naku mare, kung aasa k lng s mr. ko wlang mangyayari….. buti n lng andyan ang MR. MO!!!

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A man killed a DEER and cooked it but didn’t tell d kids what it was. He gives a clue…. “ung tawag skin ng mama nyo….”
One kid cries out – “wag nyo kainin… DEMONYO yan!!!”

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Census: Mrs, ilan po anak nyo?
Mrs: 24 ho!
Census: Ang dami pla! Hindi po ba kyo gumagamit ng condom, pills, rhythm o withdrawal?
Mrs: Ay hindi…. B***T lng talga!

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Boy: Dad ano gwa mo kay mommy?(nahuli nka patong)
Dad: Gawa isa p baby para may kalaro ka na at kuya p ittawag syo.
Boy: Dog-style n lng kyo dad, gusto ko TUTA eh!

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Sherap: Hello doc.. pupunta kami ng ospital ng daughter ko.. mukhang manganganak n sya…
Doc: Ok..calm down… is this her 1st baby?
Sherap: This is her FATHER GAGO!!!

Sherap(Galit n galit): “There have been a lot of allegations against me and I’d like to know who the ALLEGATORS are!!!”

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Mrs: Pinasuso mo n ba ang bata?
Yaya: Opo senyora.
Mrs. Eh ang senyorito mo, pinakain mo na ba?
Yaya: Ayaw po kumain, kya PINASUSO ko na lang din po!

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Confucious said: “If u have 1 wife, wife will fight with u. If u have 2 wives, wives will fight each other. Better to have 4 wives, so dat wives will just play MAHJONG…!!!”

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-After sex with a college girl-
Mayor: How much?
Girl: P200 lng!
Mayor: Wat? How can you live on P200 fee?
Girl: Sideline ko lng to…. BLACKMAIL tlga business ko…!!

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In one of the clubs in davao, a GRO had a tiny DURIAN tattooed right on her inner thigh. It’s amazing! If you look at it UP CLOSE, u can even smell the FRUIT!!

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A chinese caught his wife & driver in his car in 69 position. D Chinese poked a gun at d driver & said: “Kaya pla wla ako anak, ako lagay sperm, ikaw SIPSIP!!!”

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-How to pass bad news –
Berto: Hello Sir Bob, si Berto po to, ung katiwala nyo s bahay bakasyunan nyo.
Bob: Ikw pla, bat npatawag ka?
Berto: Aabisuhan ko lng po sna kyo na nmatay n ung alaga nyong parrot.
Bob: C pikoy ung alga ko, namatay n? Ung nanalo s bird show? Ang laki p nman ng nagastos ko dyan. Teka, bkit pla namatay?

Berto: Kumain po ng bulok n karne.
Bob: San galling ung bulok n karne?
Berto: Un pong thoroughbred horse nyo. Namatay sya s pagod kahihila ng kariton ng tubig.

Bob: Anong kariton ng tubig?
Berto: Un pong pinampatay nmin s sunog.
Bob: Ha? Diyos ko! Anong nasunog?

Berto: Un pong mansyon nyo. Tumumba po kc ung kandila kya nasunog ung kurtina at kumalat ang apoy.
Bob: My kuryente nmn dyn bkit may kandila p?
Berto: S burol po.
Bob: Ha? Kaninong burol?
Berto: S MISIS nyo po. Dumating po kc kagabi na walang kaabi-abiso, kala ko magnanakaw kya nabaril ko. Sensya n po. Bye….

Some commonly used acronyms on texting are:
• 2: To or Too
• 4: For
• brb: Be Right Back
• gtg or g2g: Got To Go
• ttyl: Talk To You Later
• idk: I Don’t Know
• idc: I Don’t Care
• lol: Laugh(ing) Out Loud
• rofl: Rolls On Floor Laugh(ing)
• stfu: Shut The Fuck Up
• omg: Oh My God (or Gosh)
• omfg: Oh My Fucking God
• wtf: What The Fuck
• lmao: Laugh(ing) My Ass Off
• k: Okay
• wth: What The Hell
• wtf: What the Fuck

Resource:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging#Popularity

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Is the Philippines still the Text Capital of the World?