tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post116738669282672307..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Modern Communication: An Instructive TaleTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167692561490074802007-01-02T10:02:00.000+11:002007-01-02T10:02:00.000+11:00a) No, and b) yes. But I hope the same thing regar...a) No, and b) yes. But I hope the same thing regarding b), though I doubt she's ever going to get a career in politics, unless it's as the next Pauline Hanson. <BR/><BR/>People keep on saying that <A HREF="http://www.makinggirlsrun.com/" REL="nofollow">Hambo</A> is responsible for that site, as well as <A HREF="http://shardsofennui.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">this one</A>, and I kind of hope they're right. Hambo denies it, of course.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167654620599180042007-01-01T23:30:00.000+11:002007-01-01T23:30:00.000+11:00Would it be wrong of me to hope that it is?And if ...Would it be wrong of me to hope that it is?<BR/><BR/>And if it isn't, would it be bad of me to hope that in 20 years someone uses what she wrote against her?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167644246005947712007-01-01T20:37:00.000+11:002007-01-01T20:37:00.000+11:00Truth be told, Ash, that site *could* be a hoax. I...Truth be told, Ash, that site *could* be a hoax. I really don't know.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167636534819529222007-01-01T18:28:00.000+11:002007-01-01T18:28:00.000+11:00Tim, I shall never forgive you for sending me to d...Tim, I shall never forgive you for sending me to dat syt wit da annyin chik!!!<BR/><BR/>Can people really, truly, write like that for longer than ten words?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167523118766824822006-12-31T10:58:00.000+11:002006-12-31T10:58:00.000+11:00I dislike the abbreviated text with a passion, but...I dislike the abbreviated text with a passion, but I use it when required because i dont like sending more than one message at a time, it just gets plain expensive after a while...<BR/><BR/>I also like sms over actual phone conversation, i dont like people calling me generally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167520027784180042006-12-31T10:07:00.000+11:002006-12-31T10:07:00.000+11:00On the rare occasions of me resorting to text, it'...On the rare occasions of me resorting to text, it's usually normal spelling I follow. Of course, some of the TXT message language is very clever, though I suppose it gets to a point after which it just seems annoying. (Substituting 111 for !!! for instance. Or using 'Z' as a substitute for 'S'. And then there are <A HREF="http://enragedbull.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">whole blogs</A> written in text language ...)TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167483304006327512006-12-30T23:55:00.000+11:002006-12-30T23:55:00.000+11:00Hahaha awesome.I've only just figured out the auto...Hahaha awesome.<BR/><BR/>I've only just figured out the auto text, and i've been a mobile phone user for a good 10+ years. <BR/><BR/>I have a friend who abbreviates every word, it often takes me a good 10 minutes to decipher the message. It's kind of annoying actually.<BR/><BR/>I secretly prefer SMSs over actual phone calls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167463990738525812006-12-30T18:33:00.000+11:002006-12-30T18:33:00.000+11:00Oh, I hate the auto text thing, it's awful; thank ...Oh, I hate the auto text thing, it's awful; thank goodness you can turn off that functionality.<BR/><BR/>I'm also one of those old fashioned types who is pathologically incapable of sending an abbreviated and / or unpunctuated SMS message. I've tried, truly I have, but I always go back and proof read and edit, invariably adding in extra words or comas to make it all utterly correct before hitting the send button. I can't help myself. It's pathetic.Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167426308451642152006-12-30T08:05:00.000+11:002006-12-30T08:05:00.000+11:00Up until last night, it's been *ages* since I sent...Up until last night, it's been *ages* since I sent a text message; I only did one last night because of work reasons. My phone suggests alternative words, which is all right, except when it's not. It doesn't recognise a lot of Aussie place names, for instance, or other weird words. (Once it actually censored me when I tried to type in 'this' backwards, because it looked like 'shit'.)TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1167392867303019152006-12-29T22:47:00.000+11:002006-12-29T22:47:00.000+11:00I don't do abbreviated text though it is my favour...I don't do abbreviated text though it is my favourite form of communication (something about talk=work that puts one off phonecalls). Quite frankly, I mostly don't understand it and it's awfully fucking hard to be witty without vowels and proper punctuation. I do, however, use smileys to, ah, take the edge off, and have been forced to teach my predictive text quite a lot of new words. Mostly swear words. <BR/>I've been hugely impressed by my new phone's ability to write pages of message [luxury!] and that it keeps everything without prompting - this makes up for the fact that it's a heap of shit and sucks in almost all other respects...<BR/>Wait, what was I talking about again?Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.com