Texting and the death of grammar
- Thread starter karrie
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I've heard of this new option available with most cell phones where, if you punch in a specific pre-determined number into the keypad, you might actually be able to talk to a live human being! Novel, eh?
Can you leave a message if they aren't home or are too damn busy to chat?
Land lines have this cool feature where you can check your home voice messages for free from any phone anywhere on the planet by dialing 1 306 310 MAIL. Can text do that?
Land lines have this cool feature where you can check your home voice messages for free from any phone anywhere on the planet by dialing 1 306 310 MAIL. Can text do that?
Could we not think of it as two separate grammars: a standard grammar and a texting grammar? If we think of it that way, then one does not necessarily have to come at the expense of the other.
lol, you didn't watch the vid hey?
Voice mail is a handy gadget but a ringing phone is intrusive. Text messages are simple and non-intrusive. Both have their time and place, but I've gotten too used to contacting people who are in office environments and rig camps. A text message can pop through and be returned at their leisure, silently. It's ideal for privacy and small packets of information.
some can be viewed online. Depends on your carrier.
why would it need to be two separate grammars any moreso than speaking and conventional writing are two separate grammars?
It's a new portion of language, it doesn't need to be viewed as separate.
We get it petros, you don't like texting. And the massive amount of people who do must be delusional. lol.
I phone people when I want to phone people. I text people when I want to text people. Simple as that. No one's twisting your arm and demanding you text.
We get it petros, you don't like texting. And the massive amount of people who do must be delusional. lol.
Now you're on to something. It's a disease and there is help.
The best part of my day?
"Hi honey, how was your day"?
If I'm in a coffee shop or restaurant I would rather receive a text than a phone call....nothing worse than hearing a one-sided conversation at the table next to you...texting is not that intrusive and unlike a phone call, depending on the message, you don't have to answer right away............
There's really nothing new about the language of texting. It's called the "telegraphic style," and it was developed in the early-mid 1800s, for the exact same reason it's used in texting, that being brevity. Between telegraphy and texting, it was regularly used by the military and other organisations to send short, clear messages.
Or you could just think of it as registers. Traditionally we have formal, archaic, dated, informal, substandard, vulgar, humorous, ironic, etc., and now we have text.
no I don't. Whether I text my husband or phone him to let him know that the bank needs him to call, the kid got sick at school, or his mom phoned for him, makes no difference for the 'how was your day' conversation that occurs when he walks in the door.