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Goldi0218
My miracles!
Member since 12/05 23902 total posts
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Leslie
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Texting? Texted?"
Ok so people use the text message function on their phones - I do too.
When the word "text" is used as a verb, it gets very confusing for me.
Present tense:
I prefer:
"I am sending a text message."
over
"I am texting."
Past tense:
I prefer
"I sent a text message"
over
"I texted..." (TEXTED??????)
or
"I text messaged."
It is anarchy I tell you.
(Hissy fit over)
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Posted 7/20/07 8:05 PM  |
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luvsbob4603
To a healthy 2013
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
Posted by Goldi0218
Ok so people use the text message function on their phones - I do too.
When the word "text" is used as a verb, it gets very confusing for me.
Present tense:
I prefer:
"I am sending a text message."
over
"I am texting."
Past tense:
I prefer
"I sent a text message"
over
"I texted..." (TEXTED??????)
or
"I text messaged."
It is anarchy I tell you.
(Hissy fit over)
ITA
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:09 PM |
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munchkinbugs
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Lisa
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
I guess it kinda goes along with...
"I am writing you..."
or
"I am emailing you..."
I am guilty.
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:12 PM |
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daisy
Be happy
Member since 5/06 1359 total posts
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Me
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
I do way too much TM. I usually say " I texted her before."
It does sound odd I guess, but it's become part of my vocabulary.
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:13 PM |
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Goldi0218
My miracles!
Member since 12/05 23902 total posts
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Leslie
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
I hate being such a school marm. I just cannot take change.
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:15 PM |
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daisy
Be happy
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
Don't feel bad... the teacher in me still has a hard time if people use tm "lingo" in their messages. Spelling and grammar issues pain me. 
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:18 PM |
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itkocak
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
Message edited 11/10/2011 11:24:24 AM.
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:31 PM |
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
I started randomly saying "tex mex" and "tex mexed" - no clue why, but it's a habit now!
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| Posted 7/20/07 8:53 PM |
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klingklang77
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Member since 7/06 11487 total posts
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
Personally I don't see a problem with using 'text' and 'email' as verbs and nouns. I can see why you are a bit against the whole change thing and prefer 'send' as the verb, b/c it is new and stuff and it takes time to get used to it. At least they are regular verbs and not irregular.
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| Posted 7/20/07 9:33 PM |
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Goldi0218
My miracles!
Member since 12/05 23902 total posts
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Leslie
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
I think it is just a sign of the times and perhaps a sign of getting older.
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| Posted 7/20/07 9:34 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
Posted by Goldi0218
I think it is just a sign of the times and perhaps a sign of getting older.
Yeah, maybe.
I remember in a linguistics course I took, the topic of text and internet language came up. My professor was convinced that the word 'you' will evolve and become 'u' and one day we will have a plural for 'you' like 'yous' or 'y'all'. I wonder if this will happen. In Dutch they use 'u' for 'you'.
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| Posted 7/20/07 9:48 PM |
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beautyq115
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Re: Texting? Texted?"
Love texting
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| Posted 7/20/07 11:28 PM |
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