Comments on: Evolution of short text message language http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/ A resource for Aussie bloggers Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:55:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Fear Of Long Words http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 Fear Of Long Words Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:59:49 +0000 http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/#comment-1515 I really don't like it and write all my messages in full with correct punctuation. (im 23) I really don’t like it and write all my messages in full with correct punctuation. (im 23)

]]> By: jodi http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 jodi Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:28:41 +0000 http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/#comment-1512 I am a fan of proper spelling and always try to use punctuation even when I text. If you can't say what you want to say in less than 140 characters or if it's a question that is going to require a teensy bit of to-and-fro... pick up the sodding phone and CALL the person! Communicate in a slightly more old fashioned way and that way, nobody needs to spend ten minutes trying to figure out what the hell the other person has tried to say in TXTese (you reading this, MiL?!?!) I am a fan of proper spelling and always try to use punctuation even when I text. If you can’t say what you want to say in less than 140 characters or if it’s a question that is going to require a teensy bit of to-and-fro… pick up the sodding phone and CALL the person! Communicate in a slightly more old fashioned way and that way, nobody needs to spend ten minutes trying to figure out what the hell the other person has tried to say in TXTese (you reading this, MiL?!?!)

]]> By: goatlady http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 goatlady Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:32:35 +0000 http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/#comment-1511 Read the messages of someone really young - say, under 18 - and you'll find SMS abbreviated speak is alive and well. It's cropping up on resumes and in official job letters too. It's got nothing to do with predictive text - I barely use mine - and more to do with cramming as much as possible into 140 characters. Just on a little side note - I recently found out that SMS messages are designed to piggy back on the status messages sent from your handset to the mobile towers, so in actual fact it does not cost carriers *anything at all* to carry SMS traffic. That 20c a pop or whatever they are charging is pure gouging :) Read the messages of someone really young – say, under 18 – and you’ll find SMS abbreviated speak is alive and well. It’s cropping up on resumes and in official job letters too. It’s got nothing to do with predictive text – I barely use mine – and more to do with cramming as much as possible into 140 characters.

Just on a little side note – I recently found out that SMS messages are designed to piggy back on the status messages sent from your handset to the mobile towers, so in actual fact it does not cost carriers *anything at all* to carry SMS traffic. That 20c a pop or whatever they are charging is pure gouging :)

]]> By: Jessica Routier, IAC-EZ http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Jessica Routier, IAC-EZ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:57:22 +0000 http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/#comment-1510 I see a lot of people still using SMS on Twitter, to get their messages to fit into the 140 character limit. I see a lot of people still using SMS on Twitter, to get their messages to fit into the 140 character limit.

]]> By: Jen http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Jen Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:50:24 +0000 http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/#comment-1509 I don't have a qwerty keyboard on my phone and I haven't worked out predictive text so my texts are a combo of shortcuts and full spelling and grammar. However, when I do have the use of a full keyboard I make full and proper use of the English language (usually). I don’t have a qwerty keyboard on my phone and I haven’t worked out predictive text so my texts are a combo of shortcuts and full spelling and grammar. However, when I do have the use of a full keyboard I make full and proper use of the English language (usually).

]]> By: Na http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Na Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:31:54 +0000 http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/2008/12/31/evolution-of-short-text-message-language/#comment-1508 Obviously you've never spent time over at Yahoo Answers. The SMS language is annoying to anyone over the age of 18, and to anyone under, it's not thought of as anything other than just how you speak normally. My guess is that anyone using twitter has enough maturity to be using proper spelling - but don't get me started on US vs. Aussie spelling. That's a whole 'nother topic altogether. Obviously you’ve never spent time over at Yahoo Answers. The SMS language is annoying to anyone over the age of 18, and to anyone under, it’s not thought of as anything other than just how you speak normally. My guess is that anyone using twitter has enough maturity to be using proper spelling – but don’t get me started on US vs. Aussie spelling. That’s a whole ‘nother topic altogether.

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