Text Messages: A Personal Perspective

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Originally Posted by BigBear

Texting comes in handy for certain things. However, the Art of proper and effective communication is decreasing with the introduction of the now "txtg lnge". If I do not know the person, a phone call or email will do. If I do know them, I'll text, just quicker for me as I just tend to get directly to the point.

I.E: Dinner, 1700, TX Rdhouse? -Tim

Instead of: yo dawg, gits ur dinnah on @ 5 fool @ roadhouse. L33t skills. Dude peace!

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Glad you brought the "txtg lnge" up. Although I do text a ton, I spell every single word out, and use proper grammar (to the best of my ability lol). Never got on that "txtg lnge" bandwagon. Folks will send me stuff, and i'm like what the hell is that.

^^^ + a bunch i read them and wonder if the buttons are broke on their phone. I do not have the best spelling abilities but at least try

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Originally Posted by jerrymrc

Bt evitm I gt a txt it luk lk da psn hs no clu. U du not wnt to be dat guy.

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Originally Posted by hurley842002

Glad you brought the "txtg lnge" up. Although I do text a ton, I spell every single word out, and use proper grammar (to the best of my ability lol). Never got on that "txtg lnge" bandwagon. Folks will send me stuff, and i'm like what the hell is that.

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Yes! I didn't spend 23 minutes earning my certificate of passable English language usage down at the temp agency just so I can turn around and sound like a retard.

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Originally Posted by BigBear

Instead of: yo dawg, gits ur dinnah on @ 5 fool @ roadhouse. L33t skills. Dude peace!

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Fail! People who say "yo dawg" don't say "LEE7 skilz." haha
You're mixing up hood rats with programmers.

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Originally Posted by DFBrews

^^^ + a bunch i read them and wonder if the buttons are broke on their phone. I do not have the best spelling abilities but at least try

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The buttons on my phone definitely ARE broken, and I've stopped bothering to correct the mistakes. It likes to either leave out the "b" or add three of them in a row. Can't wait to get a new phone, but won't do so until prices come down and battery life goes up.

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Originally Posted by Irving

The buttons on my phone definitely ARE broken, and I've stopped bothering to correct the mistakes. It likes to either leave out the "b" or add three of them in a row. Can't wait to get a new phone, but won't do so until prices come down and battery life goes up.

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is that why i never got a response to my hilarious txt i sent earlier?

kidding My phone has been doing random things lately like sending FB requests to every person I have ever talked to on the damn thing.

I had a girl on the side of my regular GF years ago when texting was first becoming a big thing and broke it off with her through a text.

She tried calling for a few days and I left her crap on my front porch and texted her it was going in the trash if it wasnt
gone in the morning when I left for work. She was rather pissed at me [ROFL1][ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by DD977GM2

I had a girl on the side of my regular GF years ago when texting was first becoming a big thing and broke it off with her through a text.

She tried calling for a few days and I left her crap on my front porch and texted her it was going in the trash if it wasnt
gone in the morning when I left for work. She was rather pissed at me [ROFL1][ROFL1]

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Sounds like pretty "effective communication" to me! She obviously just didn't get it.

[Coffee]

One more thought on this. The kids when they first come to work for us are very dismayed. Huh??? No service?? What is this? Yes gang your cell phone does not work in our shop. [Coffee] This is the biggest kick of all.

I text, if I'm under the watchful eye of the wife/family or work it's my only means of comms (sorry Carl, we all know you're 'aged'). If you don't like it...you're too old. I will add...my texts include verbs and adjectives so you're ----> nt likly 2run n2 dis cht


Once I have my hands on Siri; text may be the only way I communicate. [Coffee]

I guess I'm too old then...cuz I definitely don't like it.

Now where did I put my walker?