Go txt yourself

The international community beat the United States to mobile porn, and it also eclipsed the states with text-messaging technology. In China, some words in Mandarin so closely resemble the names of numbers that simple phrases may be recreated with number sequences. To tell your professor you don't dig the latest edition of the textbook he conveniently authored, just shoot him 748. What you'll really be saying is 'drop dead.' Of course, if you prefer English, just text @#$%&*. He'll get the message.