Decode Your Teens’ Text-Speak With DTXTR

According to the New York Times, texting is on the rise more than ever. This statement is probably not surprising to any teens out there, or to anyone with a teenage son or daughter, but the numbers are more dramatic than you might think. The New York Times reported that the average number of text messages sent and received by teens at the end of 2008 was just over 2,000 a month!

A reason for its popularity may be the privacy texting provides. By typing the words, you can get a message to another person without saying it out loud for all to hear. Text messaging also allows one to say a lot in a few words because of all the abbreviations that have evolved.

With all of these secret texts going to and from your child, don’t you want to know what they are saying?  LG has just created a de-texting device that will translate your child’s teen-text-talk into real English. It will successfully translate phrases like “gr8” into the English word “great” and the ever popular “LOL” into “Laughing Out Loud”. But those are easy. Who knew “TAH” meant “Take A Hike?”

The idea of a teen translator has been tossed around in jokes for years, but now it is finally a reality. Whether you really want to translate a phrase or you just want to see what is stored in the Glossary, you should try out LG’s new DTXTR for the sake of curiosity. What makes me ROFL about this new translation website is that LG claims it is “an educational site and credible resource.”