Jane wrote: <I thought it was a case of laziness with text-speak>
I've never thought it was lazy - just a form of shorthand. The symbols in Pitman and Gregg shorthand could never be useful for text and they took a lot of learning. Speed writing was condensed words, but still had to be learned and probably wasn't as condensed as texting. I can see a time when 'later' will actually be spelt l8r, but the child who wrote the answers to the whole of one GCSE exam paper in text, and was marked down for it, was probably just ahead of her time. The teacher of our lace group once sent a text to her daughter which was one long word with no spaces, each word correctly and fully spelt, but with no capitals or punctuation. I've had texting and voicemail turned off on my mobile by my provider - and it doesn't take pictures or connect to the internet. I have no intention of sending or receiving texts - my phone is a phone and nothing else. For those who text, I'd be interested to know what specific text words you use relating to lace if you are texting someone about it - if you do. Is there a rule for making text words? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
