Here’s a prize not even Michael Phelps could win. When it comes to sending text messages, no one can beat My Svensson, at least in her native Sweden.
The 17-year-old student needed only 61 seconds to write a 141-character SMS message full of difficult-to-spell words and correct punctuation. This made her the winner of the Swedish text messaging championship, sponsored by a Swedish cellphone company.
“I was very tense in the finals when I realized how much money I could win,” said My. She plans to use her 2,650 euro (NT$122,500) prize for a holiday in France, a local newspaper reported last week.
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My, who typed faster than her nearest rival by seven seconds, didn’t manage to beat her personal best of 50 seconds, which she got during the semi-finals.
Text messaging was originally designed to be used by deaf people, but became extremely popular, especially with teenagers and young people.
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有一項比賽連麥克．菲爾普斯也贏不了。談到傳簡訊，沒人比得過瑞典的麥．思雯森，至少她是瑞典第一。
這位十七歲的中學生只需要花六十一秒，就可以打好一則一百四十一個字元的簡訊，包括�?曮鱆漲r和正確的標點符號。她因此贏得瑞典一家手機公司所舉辦的傳簡訊大賽冠軍。
麥說：「決賽時我想到可能贏得多少獎金就覺得好緊張。」當地一份報紙上週報導，她計畫用贏得的兩千六百五十歐元（約合新台幣十二萬兩千五百元）獎金去法國度假。
麥以七秒之差擊敗第二名，但她的成績並未打破她在準決賽時五十秒的個人最佳紀錄。
文字簡訊本來是為了聽障人士設計，結果卻廣受歡迎，尤其是受到青少年和年輕人的喜愛。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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