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UWot?! - What those text messages really mean! [Kindle Edition]

Stuart McLean

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Product Description

Product Description

Whoever said, ‘The art of communication is dead,’ had obviously never sent an email or used a mobile phone.
Not only is communication alive and well, but with the text message it has truly entered the twenty-first century. Sending text is slick, fast, efficient, concise and very minimalist.
There’s no better way to say exactly what you want because it hides that embarrassing blush as you tell a little white lie, and the guilty look in your eyes when you tell a whopping great howler. What’s more, you can simply ignore any irate replies and best of all there’s absolutely no chance of getting a slap in the face. But remember, it works both ways! So be wise and bear all this in mind when reading messages.
This little book of text will not only ensure you never fall foul of a cryptic message, it will guarantee that you become a master of this growing art form.


Extract:

HdSmlXident–DntWryImOK
I cut off my left arm with a chainsaw and have been rushed into intensive care where I am awaiting extensive microsurgery.

MsingU-Lukin4Wrd2UCuminHome!
Fridge empty! Pile of dishes in sink! No sex for a week! I can’t cope without you!


ILuvUandSoDoI
I may be schizophrenic but at least we like you.

HdOwsumTmeLstNite-RSVP-PLEASE
What a night! Don’t remember a thing – but some chick penned her mobile number across my chest! I wonder what she looks like?

PlsePlseMarryMe
I know I should have told you this sooner as you’re getting married to someone else in an hour but it’s only fair that I let you know that I have always loved you and can’t contemplate life without you.


U0.5Wit You are a half-wit.

Ear 0 Ear You’ve got nothing between the ears.

;-)}} You’re getting a double chin.

(:-( You’re going bald.

{:-) I suspect you’re wearing a toupee.

:-)oO< I’m pregnant.

:-)o8< It’s twins!

@:-} Do you like my new hairdo?

;+)-8o{==== Is my mini-skirt too short?


Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 212 KB
  • Print Length: 103 pages
  • Publisher: Tattie Bogle Publishing; 1b edition (10 Mar 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004S454LY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #311,484 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2.0 out of 5 stars To author Stuart McLean: BkSUCKS 17 Jun 2012
By John Williamson - Published on Amazon.com
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In his introduction to UWot?! - What those text messages really mean!, author Stuart McLean says, "Whoever said, 'The art of communication is dead,' had obviously never sent an email or used a mobile phone. Not only is communication alive and well, but with the text message it has truly entered the twenty-first century. Sending text is slick, fast, efficient, concise and very minimalist."

There's more, but he goes on to say: "This little book of text will not only ensure you never fall foul of a cryptic message, it will guarantee that you become a master of this growing art form."

If this sounds like what you saw in the product description, you're 100% right, and the product description is probably the best part of the book. Some of it is cute, but most of it's not even worthy of repeating here. And here's a spoiler alert: the best of the best is right there in this Kindle edition's product description.

This is a shame, because the Scottish author, who writes under the names Stuart McLean and Stuart Macfarlane, is said to have had some thirty books published over the past twelve years by a number of different publishers. He and his wife have already published two novels for children, The Secret Diary of Adrian Cat, a book for teenage and adult cat lovers which has some positive reviews, and Medusa Island, a fabulously humorous fantasy fiction novel for children aged 9 to 12. After reading "UWot?!" this reviewer can only wonder if the author should have stuck with young adult books.

In his little chapter 'Professionally Speaking' he offers us the following witticism:

BkSUCKS
Thanks for sending your manuscript. We have given it our full consideration (it has sat in a large pile on the junior editor's desk for eight weeks) but unfortunately it would not fit into out portfolio - Your Publisher.

As one who bought this e-book, I might be presumptuous enough to offer my own acronym:

BkSUCKS
Thanks for offering to explain to me what these text messages mean, but a quick Google search can provide much of the same. Good sexual humor can be funny, but some of these get to be boring, redundant and repetitious. And before you publish another Kindle edition, please take the time to format it properly, as this one is poorly done.
- Your Paid Reader

6/17/2012
1.0 out of 5 stars Very British.. Or Australian? 24 April 2013
By I'm here - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase
Shows you everything you already know and then some. Not very interesting in presentation but it does deliver what it promises. Even gives you a little extra with lingo from across the pond and down under, but overall you find yourself thinking..... Why did I get this? And you say... At least it was free...
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