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Happy Friday!  I thought we could have a little fun to celebrate the end of the week, by having a bit of an interactive blog post!

Part of my job at ChaCha is writing ad copy for our National advertisers.  Often times, we are tasked with the goal of writing copy that is relevant to our core demographic of users:  13-24 year olds.  Now, as I’m sure you’re very much aware, this is a tough group to crack.  You’ve gotta speak to them in THEIR language, which is commonly referred to as “Text Speak” or “Txt Spk.”  We’ve learned at ChaCha that if we don’t speak their language, it’s hard for us to get a message across to them.

So here’s the deal:  Below is a sample text message exchange between two typical cell phone loving, texting crazed 13-24 year olds talking about the upcoming holiday, Halloween!  Respond below to see if you can correctly translate the conversation from txt spk to proper English!  Have fun and remember its Friday!!!

(Hint: There are websites that can help you translate txt spk if you need a little help!)

Person A) wot U guna B 4 HallowEn?

Person B) IDK yt. Dpndz on wh@ JRs warin. I <3 him sO mch! <3 <3 <3 CH + JR = 4EVER <3 <3 <3

Person A) OMG hez cute

Person B) I wnt2b Wondr Womn. How hot wud dat be

Person A) SRSLY!  U wud B hot! I wnt 2b Michael Jackson. I <3 MJ. Wud dat B twistD if I dressD ^ like him?

Person B) Nope. Dat wud B swEt! I GTG

Person A) L8tr

Person B) B4N