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Words that are clearly words but your phone disagrees.
Darkbluerabbit:
--- Quote from: Hat on 03 Apr 2008, 22:44 ---I might be the only person here who doesn't consider text abbreviation to be an actual impediment to understanding though, I've had people tell me they seriously lack the ability to read m8 as "mate" and tho as "though" as words which makes me wonder about their reading comprehension skills.
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I don't think it's so much an impediment to understanding as it is just fucking annoying. I can understand those abbreviations just fine, but my brain responds with what I can only describe as a mental gag reflex. I honestly despise it when people don't make the effort to type properly, and replacing numbers with letters, abbreviating words to phonemes, and refusing to capitalize or upsets me. I've been called a snob for saying this, but you know what? I like to write things so that other people can READ them, and I like it when others write things the same way.
Basically, I don't think it takes that much effort to write as if you are literate. I can be understanding with texting, because typing with 9 keys can be a pain in the ass. But on a computer with a full keyboard? No excuses.
Ozymandias:
DBR,
Thaes:
My surname. Itīs not just the cell phone which disagree with me, but Word also claims that Iīve written it incorrectly. It annoys me greatly.
thegreatbuddha:
Every time I try to type "tomorrow," I end up with "tomfoolery."
Also, whenever I try to type "tonight" I get a ? behind it for no reason.
On the other hand, if I type "che" I windup with "Chef Sued."
Pain in the ass
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: Hat on 03 Apr 2008, 22:44 ---I think the fact that we are talking about our personal preferences regarding SMSing is a pretty good indication that we are all "with" the future right now. Or the present if you want to get technical.
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The future is already here - it is just unevenly distributed. - William Gibson.
I honestly hate texting, but that is partially because my fingers are so big I keep making typos. And because they are more expensive than just calling for me, with the plan I have.
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