Friday, August 29, 2008

Texting


I have never sent a text message.

Ever.

In my whole life.

I don't really ever want to, but I know at some point I will probably have to.

My problem with texting is the way it has spawned abbreviating everything. For example:
how r u instead of How are you?
imo instead of In my opinion.
kwim instead of Do you know what I mean?

Or how about this one I just heard about the other day:
afaik instead of As far as I know.

It drives me nuts.


12 comments:

  1. I text a lot and 'imo' or 'kwim' or anything else like that... are foreign to me! I don't abbreviate phrases!!

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  2. I text my older two and spell out each and every word almost always. I tend to abbreviate late at night/early morning when I just have one question, Where R U?  I also like to include proper punctuation and it drove me crazy when I couldn't figure out the symbols on my old phone. 

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  3. LOL, Brietta!! I know exactly what you mean ;)
    Hope you have a lovely weekend. Love, Q

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  4. Just use T9 mode. You can spell out words and it's pretty quick!  (but then again, they will probably have a new mode by the time that you start texting... )

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  5. @AHappyHousewife - It's not so much that I think I would resort to abbreviating, but that I might *gasp* get a text from someone else with abbreviations. And that would just annoy me soooo much!!! 

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  6. texting is the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me.haha.  =)

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  7. Ikwym, IMHO I H8 tXting 2.;)I really am not a fan of texting and am glad are cell is in suspension mode!

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  8. I am with you 100%!!  I have never texed and to NOT intend to.  This may be far fetched considering we do live in a technological world.  But until then I will remain old fashioned. 
    What happened to letter writing anyway?  What a beautiful thing that never happens!

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  9. Well, I've also never sent a text message & have absolutely no plans to do so, but I do confess to using abbreviations like kwim and imo because they are often used on the online message boards that I frequent.  So it's not only a text thing.  But "how r u" gives me the heebie-jeebies!

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  10. I'm not a huge fan of the texting abreviations either. The only one I use is lol (laugh out loud) and jk (just kidding). I think they're silly and just one more way our world is becoming lazy.

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  11. I love texting....it's cheaper(.3  of a minute) and people can send me a quick note that I would get before an email since I always have my phone but don't always get on the computer.  Plus I have been getting free redbox rentals from getting text messages from them.  I even have a different sound on my phone when I get a text so I know it's not a call....  

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