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poll: SMS-speak, are you for or against? I'm for. it saves time and as long as we understand each other, who cares? -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu) Feb 19 '09, 08:15

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Rarely okay. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:42
A couple abbreviations are fine, but generally dislike it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:25
I don't like it, but I tolerate it in SMS. As long as it's obvious. I don't message much, so if someone use something too cryptic I may not get it -- nm - Guigue Feb 19, 08:19
i do it occasionally, if my texts run too long. Or too save time, if in a hurry - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:19
With phones now having full qwerty keyboards there is no excuse to spell in a 5th grade manner. -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 08:19 2
- my phone doesn't. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:20
- oh please, not everyone has that. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:20
I loathe it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:18
I don't like it, but I definitely understand the need for it. -- nm - Callisto Feb 19, 08:18
For. I prefer not to use it, but in a pinch it's sort of unavoidable -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:17
My opinion is that an inability to craft actual words is a violation of the Awesomeness Principle. - TFox Feb 19, 08:17 2
- I don't have time to think about whether someone is justified to use it or not. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:18 1
  - I don't think there is much justification involved. An occasional lol i can handle. - TFox Feb 19, 08:19
I'm not a big texter and I hate it. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 08:17
SMS? -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:17 1
- text messages -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:17
The only time it's okay is when someone has a numpad keyboard ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:16
against. it takes about an eighth of a second longer to do it properly, and you don't seem like an illiterate 8-year-old. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:16 31
- *high five* -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 08:22
- we will have lemon donuts at the wedding of our respective views on text messaging (they're totally compatible). -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:18
- only if you have a proper keyboard, though -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:17 16
  - with predictive text it takes me a fraction longer to write 'are you' as it does 'r u' - mafic Feb 19, 08:23 5
    - I've never seen a situation where predictive text is useful or time-saving. - con_carne Feb 19, 08:26 2
      - it's 7 button pushes for 'are you' with predictive text, and 6 for 'r u' without. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:28 1
        
        but does that include the number of button pushes to switch between the two modes? -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:32
    - word to the up -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:25
    - I despise predictive text and don't use it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:24
  - Oh, it doesn't take *that* much longer! -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:22 9
    - I almost never did shorthand when I was using my Razr for SMSing ... now that I have an iPhone, I never do. - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:23
    - double the time, easy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:23 7
      - When you use that autocomplete function (or whatever it's called) - no way does it take double the time. -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:26 5
        
        (ahh, predictive text. Thanks, mafic.) -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:28
        
        that function sucks. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:27 3
        
        It is amusing me to learn that you can't handle T9. - TFox Feb 19, 08:28 1
        
        I can handle it. I just hate it. it is useless to me. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:30
        
        more explanation: to use that, I have to look. Without it, I can text without looking. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:28
      - Noted: loosi can't handle typing words. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:23
- wanna race? saves about half the time, easy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:17 11
  - still, illiterate 8-year-old. and what's the rush? -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:20 10
    - i rarely rarely text, and when i do, i spell things out. however, i know i've been texting illicitly, or my train is coming, and i've shortformed. - Andie Feb 19, 08:23 1
      - I have texting turned off on our cell phones. Cannot wait until it dies as a form of communicating. -- nm - landbeck Feb 19, 08:24
    - guess we can't be friends then. :) - loosilu Feb 19, 08:21 7
      - then why not do it here too? why not write work emails like that? -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:24 3
        
        because here I have a keyboard. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:25 2
        
        it'd save time though. valuable seconds are being lost every post! -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:30 1
        
        as I've articulated many times already, it's about the numeric keypad. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:30
      - so you can look like a grownup. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:22 2
        
        sounds kinda uptight. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:23 1
        
        It isn't easy meeting my awesomeness standards. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:24
I loathe it. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 08:16
in a text I don't care. in other forms of communication, I do. -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 08:16

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