As text messages go, most of the words will not be in the predictive dictionary and it's likely to tie your fingers in knots.
But for one British woman, one very special message has brought her more than a simple reply.
Melissa Thompson, 27, managed to write the message 'the razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human' in just 25.94 seconds.
She bashed the 26-word statement out so quickly that she has texted her way into the record books.
Ms Thompson shaved a whopping 9.6 seconds off the world record, although it is still subject to verification by Guinness.
Ms Thompson, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was using Samsung's new Galaxy S smart-phone when she set the new benchmark.
In March this year, the same message was sent on the same device by American Franklin Page - but sadly for Franklin, he took a time of 35.54 - just too long.
The record was smashed by Ms Thompson using the phone's special 'SWYPE' key pad, which enables users to input text without their fingertip leaving the screen.
'The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human'
Ms Thompson was shopping with her boyfriend Chris Davies, 23, when they visited a Samsung roadshow and she was invited to have a go at breaking the record.
She said: 'I used to send a lot of text messages - 40 or 50-a-day to Chris alone so we both knew I could type fast.
'But since we moved in together and I started my job I haven't been texting as much and, you could say, my fingers were out of shape.
'It's a real shock to find out that I'm the fastest texter in the world.
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