ATLANTA: In the wake of a new report issued by Cingular that describes how parents can connect better with their children through the use of text messaging (http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cingular/25194/), parents have required crash courses in order to get their messages across to their kids, most of whom have attention spans of roughly 8 seconds and can spell nothing more than 4-letter words. To aid in this effort, Cingular has published a set of "parent friendly text messaging phrases" - or "prnt frndly txts" - that kids will easily be able to understand. These include:
- "dude nt gud 4 u" (That boy isn't good enough for you)
- "grnded" (You are grounded)
- "no art no prcing" (Do not get any tattoos and don't get anything pierced)
- "l8r on" (You'll be sorry when you get home later)
- "veg out" (Remember to eat your vegetables)
Cingular spokesperson Wendy Overland commented that "We are just happy to enable parents to finally connect with their children in real time and create relationships that will last at least 2 minutes."
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