I think that since we now have predictive text, the GR8 M8 is no longer needed. There is now a dialect based on the first of many possibilities when using predictive text. I use it accidentally. When I type 4 6 6 3, the first result offered is GOOD, another offer is HOME so the message 'I'll be home at six' can become 'I'll be good at six' which of course can have a different meaning. Bob T On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Jonathan Moffett <moff28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It may be that SMS English is simply a fad. Teenagers tend to drop a fad > when they see it passing into the mainstream like dictionaries and > advertising. I discovered this by chance yesterday. I had asked my son > if he signed his texts as "M8". The looks from my son and daughter > definitely made me feel not "groovy". Certainly my two teenagers no > longer commonly use such abbreviations. > -- > Jonathan Moffett > moff28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************************************************** > To view the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). > > To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION > modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************