Mobile Phone Culture Modifies English with Website for Texting Teens

Transl8it! allows users to define 'txtn msgs' with first community-driven lingo dictionary

CANADA June 13, 2002 --- The huge, exponential uptake of text ('txtn') messaging amongst teens in Europe and Asia has resulted in the recent, successful launch a community-driven website for SMS lingo. Targeted towards teens, the transL8it! website helps make sense of SMS lingo while creating a standard in definitions through a web-community environment.

"With over 100 Billion messages being sent each year, its no wonder Gex-X is now being called Gen-Text," said Daniel Wilton, prez transl8it! "Initial feedback is our site remains well targeted towards the market that is, more-or-less, redefining the English language."

"This new truncated lingo is the hottest thing for today's pop-culture," says Wilton. "A colleague who recently visited the UK came back with unbelievable tales of people SMS texting in a cryptic lingo that is extremely popular with our young, mobile generation."

The transL8it! website (www.transL8it.com) allows visitors to take SMS texting messages that start as English and convert them to SMS lingo or visa versa. Anyone with an internet connection can now make sense of texting lingo, acronyms, and emoticons, while optimizing space in their messaging.

Visitors can easily query definitions for chat and message lingo, acronyms, and emoticons with an enhanced lingo dictionary. Registered users can populate the database with full credit to their entries, as well as opt-in to participate in future contests and games that will be rolled out in the coming months.

About transL8it!:
transL8it! is a free translation engine and dictionary for SMS lingo, texting, acronyms and emoticons. The site features partner programs, contests & games, and top message lists. transL8it! allows visitors to easily add lingo and phrases in a web-based community environment. Visit http://www.transl8it.com

Contact Information:
Daniel Wilton
Prez, transL8it!
info@transL8it.com
t: +1.613.744.5597