Thumbs up as battle commences
Friday 23 July 2010 | Comment |
It will be the battle of the thumbs as sharp-texters punch it out for first place in the NSW texting championships.
Teenager Jian Li is the woman to beat - she holds the title of Australia's Fastest Texter.
The Daily Telegraph yesterday asked LMs i to show her style with the longest word in the book: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. She punched out the 34-letter tongue twister in 13 seconds.
‘There's so many fast texters this year, so it's pressure,’ she said.
At the weekend, Ms Li, 18, will be relying on natural talent because a new phone plan has forced her to cut back on her training regimen.
‘I used to send about 100 a day but I don't do that any more, I have a different mobile plan so I don't have as much credit,’ she said.
Ms Li typed an 80-character sentence in 16.5 seconds to become Australia's national representative in the LG Mobile World Cup last year.
The winner of this weekend's heat will meet Cheong Kit Au, who qualified as the Victorian representative with the crazy time of 12.5 seconds.
A $10,000 prize and an overseas trip representing Australia is up for grabs.
The heats are on at Westfield Parramatta, Sydney, from 9am tomorrow and again at 10am on Sunday.
