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Post by beguiledcinderella on Apr 22, 2016 13:09:01 GMT -5
I think of texting as delayed communication. If I have a dedicated block of time to talk to someone I'll talk on the phone. If not, I text.
It doesn't bother me if the person takes 5 minutes or 5 hours to answer my text. I chose text in the first place because I expected them to respond when it was convenient for them.
I don't use text speak and abbreviations, but I don't use perfect grammar either. I text as if I'm speaking. It's usually somewhat "stream of thought". That doesn't always come out in beautiful prose.
If I'm feeling upset you might get quick staccato sentences. If I'm feeling relaxed you might get a rambling paragraph.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 13:59:26 GMT -5
I text like I'm writing an essay: proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times. Well, sometimes I let myself go crazy and I only put ONE space after a period instead of two. (I know: scandalous!) Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are so important. We need to be clear in our communication. "I helped my uncle Jack off the horse." "I helped my uncle jack off the horse." Big difference. |
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Post by wewbwb on Apr 22, 2016 15:17:37 GMT -5
I text like I'm writing an essay: proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times. Well, sometimes I let myself go crazy and I only put ONE space after a period instead of two. (I know: scandalous!) Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are so important. We need to be clear in our communication. "I helped my uncle Jack off the horse." "I helped my uncle jack off the horse." Big difference. either way - the horse is relieved. |
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Post by beguiledcinderella on Apr 22, 2016 15:52:34 GMT -5
Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are so important. We need to be clear in our communication. "I helped my uncle Jack off the horse." "I helped my uncle jack off the horse." Big difference. either way - the horse is relieved. Bwahaha |
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Post by Dan on May 8, 2016 12:29:45 GMT -5
The one "text-speak" I regularly allow myself -- even in email and other writing outside of text messaging -- is this: I'll use "txt" and "txt msg" to refer to text messages and text messaging. Not because I'm saving time, or trying to keep up with the cool kids... but for the self-referential quality of naming something where one often omits the vowels by omitting the vowels.
Too heady? Yeah, I know.
Welcome to my head.
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Post by unmatched on May 8, 2016 18:44:23 GMT -5
The one "text-speak" I regularly allow myself -- even in email and other writing outside of text messaging -- is this: I'll use "txt" and "txt msg" to refer to text messages and text messaging. Not because I'm saving time, or trying to keep up with the cool kids... but for the self-referential quality of naming something where one often omits the vowels by omitting the vowels. Too heady? Yeah, I know. Welcome to my head. A recursion fan! Maybe you could use tm to refer to a txt msg that is already inside another text message. And eventually you might be able to boil a whole conversation down to about 3 letters. It would save a whole lot of typing and you would never have to worry about predictive text messing everything up. |
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Post by DryCreek on May 8, 2016 20:38:57 GMT -5
The one "text-speak" I regularly allow myself -- even in email and other writing outside of text messaging -- is this: I'll use "txt" and "txt msg" to refer to text messages and text messaging. Not because I'm saving time, or trying to keep up with the cool kids... but for the self-referential quality of naming something where one often omits the vowels by omitting the vowels. Too heady? Yeah, I know. Welcome to my head. A recursion fan! Maybe you could use tm to refer to a txt msg that is already inside another text message. And eventually you might be able to boil a whole conversation down to about 3 letters. It would save a whole lot of typing and you would never have to worry about predictive text messing everything up. Beware recursion... It leads to stack overflow! And that is more nerd than I should let out! Assembler, anyone? ;-) |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 3:29:03 GMT -5
DryCreek I see your Assembler, and raise you a COBOL.
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Post by DryCreek on May 17, 2016 8:39:18 GMT -5
DryCreek I see your Assembler, and raise you a COBOL. Whew! Fortunately no COBOL or Fortran here, and I mostly dodged Pascal too. |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 11:06:34 GMT -5
DryCreek I had all three in HS. Programming on WANG minicomputers, like a boss. LOL
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Post by SweepyBear on May 17, 2016 13:47:59 GMT -5
I become a text Nazi when I receive "txtspk" messages, they drive me to levels of apoplexy usually reserved for Metallica and Nickelback  |
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Post by unmatched on May 17, 2016 22:44:59 GMT -5
Because at that point Nothing Else Matters
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Post by SweepyBear on May 18, 2016 1:58:46 GMT -5
Because you want to "kill em all". |
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Post by wewbwb on May 18, 2016 9:08:27 GMT -5
Time to turn the page
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 12:12:25 GMT -5
And they're unforgiven.
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