Texters
Postmaster
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From: Moonlight Moose Enclosure
Yikes i am a LOL user. Only because it gets the point across that I am laughing. I am a texter. I am guilty of sometimes 3,000 a month. I text with my daughters, friends etc because i have pretty much quit talking on the phone. I don't mind those who text talk. Times have changed. It isnt so much being lazy as it is the new way of conversing just as I/we do not use "Where for art thou" when out looking for our dog.
I have been harped on, ignored, teased etc. for spelling, word usage, grammar, punctuation and numerous other mistypings. In the past, I have also done the same to others only to learn that most type the way they talk in person or they were not as educated as some. I backed off.
just my too scents wurth
I have been harped on, ignored, teased etc. for spelling, word usage, grammar, punctuation and numerous other mistypings. In the past, I have also done the same to others only to learn that most type the way they talk in person or they were not as educated as some. I backed off.
just my too scents wurth
Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Texas
I also use the "T9 Prediction" setting so that I just have to hit the number and it brings up the possible words. After you use it for awhile and your phone remembers what you want typed it works a lot faster. As well as making it harder to use smaller versions of the words.
Great to see you back around here Melissa. How have you been?
Government Teat-sucker
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Virginia Beach
Really a pleasant surprise to check in and see you here, Melissa. I got some Moose stuff for you to do........
...............Wait, that didn't sound exactly right. How the heck have you been, anyway?
...............Wait, that didn't sound exactly right. How the heck have you been, anyway?
Postmaster
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From: Moonlight Moose Enclosure
I love the name Bubba.
For the record I have always been guilty of typing weird. I have been working on it.
Stu and F350 I have been in a whiney corner. Just had somethings happen that shouldnt have, or so I thouoght and dove into work headfirst hoping that would make everything that was going on be non-existant.
Im ready to come back. 'Cause I miss my moose lovers.
For the record I have always been guilty of typing weird. I have been working on it.
Stu and F350 I have been in a whiney corner. Just had somethings happen that shouldnt have, or so I thouoght and dove into work headfirst hoping that would make everything that was going on be non-existant.
Im ready to come back. 'Cause I miss my moose lovers.
Posting Guru
Joined: May 2003
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From: Juneau, ALASKA
wtf r u talking about lmao @ all u old geezers
OK well I was going to write this long post with all the text abbreviations only to realize I don't know enough of them to write a full paragraph. Sometimes it is hard to be sarcastic. My aunt ask me the other day why her grand niece was writing to her in code. I said I didn't know but when I looked at her email it was not code it was just all text abbreviation and emoticons.
OK well I was going to write this long post with all the text abbreviations only to realize I don't know enough of them to write a full paragraph. Sometimes it is hard to be sarcastic. My aunt ask me the other day why her grand niece was writing to her in code. I said I didn't know but when I looked at her email it was not code it was just all text abbreviation and emoticons.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Southern MD
I am amazed at the amount of text messages that my youngest daughter sends/receives.
Instead of calling me, and saying that she's having dinner at her sister's house, she texts.
My fat fingers do o.k. on the pc and a laptop, but, with a cellphone, NO WAY!!!
Meg just 'had' to get one of those (what do they call them) "QWERTY" keyboards on her cellphone.
I love giving her a ration of crap by asking how in the world does she type on that tiny keyboard!?!?!?!!?
All of these abreviations. . . . . they're causing braincramps!
The one 'text slang' that really "Frosts my Flakes" is - "Prolly".
Dave is absolutely correct. Laziness.
Instead of calling me, and saying that she's having dinner at her sister's house, she texts.
My fat fingers do o.k. on the pc and a laptop, but, with a cellphone, NO WAY!!!
Meg just 'had' to get one of those (what do they call them) "QWERTY" keyboards on her cellphone.
I love giving her a ration of crap by asking how in the world does she type on that tiny keyboard!?!?!?!!?
All of these abreviations. . . . . they're causing braincramps!
The one 'text slang' that really "Frosts my Flakes" is - "Prolly".
Dave is absolutely correct. Laziness.
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Mountain Pass
Joined: May 2010
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From: AZ, SSA
I work Renaissance Festivals so I speak fairly fluent Early Modern English (I have to tone it down a bit so the paying customers can understand me). It's not unusual for me to forget what century I'm in after hours. Add the fact I use an ersatz modern Irish accent at Festivals...
Mountain Pass
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From: AZ, SSA
I use MS Word. I just open it to a blank document (the default), type in the word, capitalizing the first character, and go from there.
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Mountain Pass
Joined: May 2010
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From: AZ, SSA
I can remember seeing "Prolly" on forums long before most people had cell phones (I'm referring to the old bricks here).
Government Teat-sucker
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Virginia Beach
I work Renaissance Festivals so I speak fairly fluent Early Modern English (I have to tone it down a bit so the paying customers can understand me). It's not unusual for me to forget what century I'm in after hours. Add the fact I use an ersatz modern Irish accent at Festivals...
Word will give you a correct spelling, but not always the correct spelling for the word you need. It doesn't understand the difference between there and their, for instance. I don't know that any spell checker will do that, although our computers are getting smarter and we are getting dumber, or so it seems! Perhaps future versions of Word will understand context a bit more?
Fleet Owner
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Well I do Melissa, but then my dog's name is Romeo!
Fleet Owner
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
I work Renaissance Festivals so I speak fairly fluent Early Modern English (I have to tone it down a bit so the paying customers can understand me). It's not unusual for me to forget what century I'm in after hours. Add the fact I use an ersatz modern Irish accent at Festivals...
Yes! Teach us a little.
Postmaster
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From: Clarksburg WV
Early modern English? So is that like thou, hast, doth, etc? Maybe that's the wrong century. 
So yeah on my current phone plan I have 300 text messages a month (I believe that includes incoming and outgoing), and I don't even use all of those 95% of the time.
Course, my phone plan is also only 200 regular minutes and I hardly ever use those either....plenty of night & weekend minutes though.
And I'm not even that old! I'm 29, I didn't even have a cell phone until 2006.
So yeah on my current phone plan I have 300 text messages a month (I believe that includes incoming and outgoing), and I don't even use all of those 95% of the time.
Course, my phone plan is also only 200 regular minutes and I hardly ever use those either....plenty of night & weekend minutes though.
And I'm not even that old! I'm 29, I didn't even have a cell phone until 2006.