atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8
- From: "Bob Trussler" <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:22:40 +1000
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
>
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