i thought my seven-hundreth posting should b special and so ive dcided 2 write it as if i were txting some1.
uc this past year ive bcome a txter and in fact bgan txting so much that i had 2 go 2 an unlimited plan. u will note that i do at least use , and . 2 demonstr8 the ends of sentences or thoughts. frequently i do make spelling goofs plus i m not consistent w/ my abbreviations. but i m able 2 get my ideas across 2 those 2 whom i txt.
txting is a very curious 4rm of communication. i find that 'real' txtrs really like 2 txt and will keep on txting 4ever. their replies never stop. if i want 2 stop txting w/ certain people i have 2 finally say "i m going 2 bed. goodnite." if i do not say this they will keep txting and i will never get 2 sleep. i have 2 sleep bcuz i m old and, most often, the ppl i m txting w/ r not old like me. ppl my age will stop txting. not those who r young. they go on and on and on.....
i do c a problem w/ txting and that is that we will b raising a whole generation of poor spellers. even now i must think carefully b4 typing or writing something. i constantly catch myself starting 2 abbrev8 words in stuff i write or type. it would not b cool 4 me to write a note 2 the principal of the school where i am subbing and say 2 her that 'here is an article 4 u that u ask me 2 send." not cool at all. thusly i find myself having 2 catch myself constantly 2 avoid a misspelled word....or 2 or 3.
i was thinking that bcuz i starting txting la8er in life, my tombstone could read this:
here lies ancora imparo. she was 2 tired 2 stay alive 4ever.
so how r u coming w/ ur txting life? do u have 1? if u dont think about getting 1. it can b fun.
Ancora imparo, who apologies profusely 2 her Merriam-Webster Collegi8 Dictionary, 11th edition
