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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 13, 2013 17:11:49 GMT -5
Lol
smh at the gom
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Post by Colleenz on Sept 13, 2013 17:34:35 GMT -5
Don't feel badly. I even punctuate my texts.
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Miss Tequila
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 13, 2013 17:39:05 GMT -5
<punches phone> I really have no idea what you said...I know SMH because I had to ask on facebook the other day loL!! I don't know what a gom is though... Lol! I only know what "smh" is because I asked my 14 year old...who rolled her eyes and said "I've told you like 5 times already" (yes, she grows in random "likes" )...I made up gom...grumpy old man!lol
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Sept 13, 2013 17:41:14 GMT -5
Well, maybe I'm in the minority here, but I'm sick and tired of texting a big long speech to people to just have them say "LoL" or "OK"... So I text my wife about the house we're selling and tell her every detail and it takes like10 minutes to type all that shit out, and she says "ok" Some lady from the run club texts and says "R U RNR?" and I say "no, but I'm helping out blah blah blah," and she texts back some shit I can't even understand!! Seriously, it's like heiroglyphics. So I said what? And then she sends a proper text like: R U drive 2 norfolk, 2 + with 1 4 ride love you long time And I was like " I don't know what the F you just said...I'm going to put this one down as another check mark in the elderly bloc, because I hate this freakin texting shortcut stuff GRRR!!! Honey? Is that you? My DH sends emails like you would a formal letter. I think it's mostly because he creates so many that are work related and he can't seem to do a half assed job even when it's to me. When he reads his sister's emails he goes nuts at the misspellings, lack of punctuation, wrong words used... He's totally the girl! So, Ratchets: RU RNR? LOL!
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Post by kent on Sept 13, 2013 17:51:56 GMT -5
Here you go Ratchets. This link should make you life SO much easier. It's no wonder there are so many distracted drivers. The List of Chat Acronyms & Text Message Shorthand www.netlingo.com/acronyms.phpBefore you memorize all this crap, you might as well just call the person. I will not, under any circumstance, fall into this quagmire on nonsense!
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Post by swamp on Sept 13, 2013 18:21:20 GMT -5
Don't feel badly. I even punctuate my texts.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 18:21:39 GMT -5
Me three!
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Post by moon/Laura on Sept 13, 2013 18:26:16 GMT -5
i tend to text in all smalls, just like i type here, but i do NOT use that shortcut crap (other than lol). I use 'you', not 'u', etc.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 18:49:19 GMT -5
Most people's texting makes this message board look like a salon of intellectuals.
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Post by Apple on Sept 13, 2013 19:40:52 GMT -5
SMH--Shake(s/ing) my head
I really try to keep my messages readable, but there are times when I've only got a couple minutes and just send something quick. If I want to explain things, sometimes I just give up and wait until I'm on a computer. The current phone doesn't have the best swype keyboard, so it's harder to type on.
But, things that make sense should be the minimum!
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 13, 2013 20:51:51 GMT -5
SMH--Shake(s/ing) my head I really try to keep my messages readable, but there are times when I've only got a couple minutes and just send something quick. If I want to explain things, sometimes I just give up and wait until I'm on a computer. The current phone doesn't have the best swype keyboard, so it's harder to type on. But, things that make sense should be the minimum! You need to clarify which head, apple :-p
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Sept 13, 2013 21:12:09 GMT -5
I get different workmen and others who say " text me " or " I'll text you." I tell them " I don't text " and you'd think that I'd just told them " I don't breathe." I tell them to call my cell phone and leave a message, or email me. Whaaaa !?! is the general reaction. I figure that they'll adapt, and they always do. My first texting attempt was so bad that the recipient ( my DD ) didn't answer me because she thought it was from somebody in a third world country. Yes, it was that bad.
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Post by giramomma on Sept 13, 2013 21:54:46 GMT -5
I don't text much, other than to my husband.
I do teach a bunch of teens though. When they play something badly, I've taken to writing "OMG" on their sheet music. They all get a giggle out of it, actually. It gets the point across. I'll have to see if I can pick up anything else that's clean and use it this year.
At work, we use a microblogging tool to stay in communication with each other. Sometimes, I'll use texting language there. But, often our communications are not very formal on the micro blog.
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Post by sesfw on Sept 13, 2013 22:01:33 GMT -5
ROFLOL ......... try using the unit as a phone and actually talk to the person.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 23:09:16 GMT -5
Try internetslang dot com. They've got most all the definitions.
I had to know it at my last job (or smile & nod and then look it up). Most of the 20-somethings TALK in Text-eze!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 23:15:17 GMT -5
Oh yeah, these are some you need to know & use next time you get a cryptic message from the wife:
EEG - Extremely Evil Grin ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off TISA - That is so awesome ULM - you love me L8TR - later IDM - it doesn't matter
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 23:21:51 GMT -5
ROFLOL ......... try using the unit as a phone and actually talk to the person. People will spend 5 minutes texting instead of just calling and talking for a couple of minutes... so they can spend the rest of the day checking for a reply... every 35 seconds... while driving, etc. I call it "tools, pwned by their techtoys".
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Post by Formerly SK on Sept 14, 2013 9:38:35 GMT -5
I get different workmen and others who say " text me " or " I'll text you." I tell them " I don't text " and you'd think that I'd just told them " I don't breathe." I tell them to call my cell phone and leave a message, or email me. Whaaaa !?! is the general reaction. I figure that they'll adapt, and they always do. My first texting attempt was so bad that the recipient ( my DD ) didn't answer me because she thought it was from somebody in a third world country. Yes, it was that bad. I don't text either - maybe once a month. Every time I do it, I think to myself that I could talk to the person faster and easier than I could text him. Texting is the most frustrating and tedious method of communication I've ever seen. I absolutely do not get how so many people can like it.
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Post by moon/Laura on Sept 14, 2013 10:15:55 GMT -5
I text more than i talk. i talk on the phone all the time at work. i don't want to talk on the phone when i'm off, too! plus, if i'm on the phone, it interrupts other things i'm doing. if i am texting, then i can respond when i get the chance.
i do have a good swype keyboard, so texting is fast. Or, if i'm not around others, I'll use my voice texting feature - though that can come out rather wonky! hahah
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Post by tloonya on Sept 14, 2013 11:11:21 GMT -5
I used to swear that txting will never survive and now I preffer to txt because it eliminates unnessesary hmmms, pleasantries, garbage we all saying on the phone when cant hang up!
We all have those moments when you are saying good buy longer than a whole convo was.
Shortening of the words is just that...new age. And we must keep up with it or...
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Post by Otto the Orange on Sept 14, 2013 11:18:27 GMT -5
YOLO
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Post by Apple on Sept 14, 2013 12:32:11 GMT -5
Texting is one of the greatest things for introverts, or quiet people who need to constantly repeat ourselves, or to send to people who don't hear that great. Also, when you need to contact multiple people--phone calls could take an hour or more, a text is just a few minutes. There are many times it's more convenient than a phone call for all people involved.
There are also times when I know I'm available, but the other person isn't (like at 5:30 in the morning when I'm riding in the van to work and they are still asleep). It helps work with time restraints and around times you're unavailable. A text takes barely any time to read, to check a voice mail takes several minutes (and I have to have enough reception to hear it, reception is not good at work--if I wander into it, my phone will pick up the text and I can check it anywhere).
I'm also not one of those people who constantly checks for a response though--my phone will make a noise if I set it that way, or I can just glance at it when I have time.
Honestly, I do a lot more messaging than texting. And, I can't exactly just call up people on opposite sides of the world (friends, coworkers, etc). It's just another way to stay in touch.
I think it definitely has its place.
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Post by Colleenz on Sept 14, 2013 16:11:54 GMT -5
Ratchets - you should start texting her random jumbles of letters and numbers then express frustration when she doesn't understand. Like this: cn u cppl 2 timz b4 game Then you can make up your own abbreviations like yaafi - you are an fing idiot wyriab - were you raised in a barn itewyfl - I thought English was your first language. Have fun with it!
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Post by Poptart on Sept 14, 2013 17:44:08 GMT -5
Oooo I'm so with you! I can't stand a lot of the text talk, jesus mate, use a real word! Is what I often want to shout.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2013 18:10:17 GMT -5
You guys make me so glad that I refuse to text. I hate most abbreviations, anyway, as an English teacher. This would just drive me nuts.
I remember when I first got on AOL. It was then a flat-rate price, but it hadn't always been. So people had all these abbreviations. I was fine with stuff like "brb" (be right back), etc. But is U really that easier to type than you? 4 than for? I actually refused to IM with anyone who couldn't use full words and full sentences.
So I could never text . . . ever.
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Post by tloonya on Sept 16, 2013 12:00:32 GMT -5
You guys make me so glad that I refuse to text. I hate most abbreviations, anyway, as an English teacher. This would just drive me nuts. I remember when I first got on AOL. It was then a flat-rate price, but it hadn't always been. So people had all these abbreviations. I was fine with stuff like "brb" (be right back), etc. But is U really that easier to type than you? 4 than for? I actually refused to IM with anyone who couldn't use full words and full sentences. So I could never text . . . ever. When you don't have a keyboard on your phone How R U is 3 times faster than How Are You... and I am sure language is started to going trough degradation a long ago before texting was invented. All the 'yo's and 'bro's etc...and it is not just an English. It is going on around the globe. Is it a good thing? No. Can we stop it? Too late.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Sept 16, 2013 12:02:39 GMT -5
Don't feel badly. I even punctuate my texts. This is totally me!
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Sept 16, 2013 12:03:32 GMT -5
When you don't have a keyboard on your phone How R U is 3 times faster than How Are You... Very few people no longer have a (virtual or real) keyboard on their phones, I don't think. Heck, I'm years behind the times and even I finally got one!
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Post by moon/Laura on Sept 16, 2013 12:19:44 GMT -5
It would probably take me longer to think of the abbreviation is than it would to swype it out.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 16, 2013 12:21:16 GMT -5
I used to swear that txting will never survive and now I preffer to txt because it eliminates unnessesary hmmms, pleasantries, garbage we all saying on the phone when cant hang up! We all have those moments when you are saying good buy longer than a whole convo was. Shortening of the words is just that...new age. And we must keep up with it or... And does it also eliminate keyboard diarrhea, AKA, double posting?
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