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Forums - General - 15-year old Iwa teen wins National Texting competition

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us_texting_championship

 

"For the Des Moines, Iowa, teenager, her 14,000 texts-per-month habit reaped its own rewards, landing her the competition prize of $50,000 just eight months after she got her first cell phone.

Moore, with a speedy and accurate performance, beat out 20 other finalists from around the country over two days of challenges such as texting blindfolded and texting while maneuvering through a moving obstacle course.

In the final showdown, she outtexted 14-year-old Morgan Dynda, of Savannah, Ga. Both girls had to text three lengthy phrases without making any mistakes on the required abbreviations, capitalization or punctuation. Moore squeaked through by a few seconds on the tiebreaking text, getting the best two out of three. As she anxiously waited for confirmation of her win, tears streamed down her face."

Wow, only 8 months? That's impressive. Anyone at VGChartz text fast?

EDIT: Crap. Spelt "Iowa" wrong.

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