True, and that is of course applicable here in the UK too, however it is rare, in my experience at least, to see people being too concerned about text length. I

True, and that is of course applicable here in the UK too, however it is rare, in my experience at least, to see people being too concerned about text length. In the past people would be very anal about using 'text speak' i.e. hi m8, how r u? partly to fit into the char limit.