Breaking the code

My handphone was spoilt and I have been using a spare phone for the past week. And because my phonebook was not synchronized to the SIM card, I was receiving sms messages without any names. It's amazing that I can know who sent the message by reading a short message of less than 10 words.

What does this tells us? All of us have the ability to use context to pick up and associate information quickly. For example, a message "No cooking tonight" will be 100% from my mum who cooks my dinner. This context information is picked up over time and experience.

If somebody else read the same message, he will be wondering whether it is the mum or the wife who sent the message.

What appears to be so simple may not be so direct to others. Therefore we should always be explicit in explaining the context during textual communication.