Was talking to my 21 yo Grandson, the other day. He told me; using punctuation in a text is considered passive aggressive.
I said; What?!
He said; yeah, putting a period, is like saying: PERIOD at the end of a sentence.
I was like; WOW...
That's an interesting article; judging by the fact I made it all the way to the end.
And I also had no idea of the butchery?ÿwe old folks are inflicting on the current and popular use of the written English language.?ÿ But it's of little consequence to me as I don't ever text at all on?ÿmy phone.?ÿ And the chances of me worrying about being misunderstood or thought rude by someone under twenty-one are extremely remote.?ÿ I will continue to punctuate everything I write until they shut the lid on me at the funeral parlor.?ÿ?ÿ
After reading the article I may even specifically request a well punctuated epitaph on my headstone. ?
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ps - Now?ÿall you kids get off my whatever it's called...?ÿ
That article gets all medieval on ur azz ? with the ol punctus ?
modern texters
are like poets
I guess
Not using punctuation plus proper spelling, grammar and capitalization is just laziness, IMHO.
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The point or writing anything is to communicate.?ÿ Some abbreviation and texting shorthand don't necessarily interfere with that, depending on the knowledge of the receiving person.?ÿ Too much shorthand, lack of capitalization, and missing punctuation increase the risk of not being understood.?ÿ
Rules against using the tools we have long had to improve clarity of communication are just stupid.?ÿ It's saying "You should be ashamed of being smart enough to communicate clearly."
There's an old saying, "It is not sufficient to write so one can be understood.?ÿ It is necessary to write so one cannot be misunderstood."
Criticizing me for using proper grammar is aggressive aggressive.
Let's eat, Grandma!
versus
Let's eat Grandma!
Most of the time, travelers worry about their luggage.?ÿ?ÿ
Most of the time travelers worry about their luggage.
Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.
As far as periods are concerned I'm forever indebted to Mother Nature for Menopause.?ÿ
As far as periods are concerned I'm forever indebted to Mother Nature for Menopause.?ÿ
And don't forget the colon which allows for a relieving pause.
As far as periods are concerned I'm forever indebted to Mother Nature for Menopause.?ÿ
I'd be careful with that subject if I were you.?ÿ
I was on the phone to with my son not too long back.?ÿ The discussion apparently turned to him lamenting about Mother Nature and his wife.?ÿ I boastfully replied "we" were over the hump with that business around here.
Apparently?ÿmy wife had overheard the conversation.?ÿ She wondered out loud if she would ever get to enjoy me going through "fart-o-pause"...
touch??....
context
I THINK THE CONCEPT IS STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I BET THEY DRINK WATER!!
I have one person that will send me several text, rapid fire. I always thought he was not capable of composing one long complicated thought in his head and just had to let it dribble out a little at a time.
James
"I'd be careful with that subject if I were you."
Hell ya can't prevent it. It's a life changing experience for both. Especially the male species. ie:
No matter what you say, you are wrong.
Sex has become a foregone conclusion thus vanished. (That's gonna kill Natester)
The easiest way to survive SWMBO's "change" is to simply agree with everything she says. That should prevent a 30 minute lecture about how stupid you are. (She gets pissed off at me every time I use gasoline to start the charcoal grill, go figure?)
The point or writing anything is to communicate.?ÿ Some abbreviation and texting shorthand don't necessarily interfere with that, depending on the knowledge of the receiving person.?ÿ Too much shorthand, lack of capitalization, and missing punctuation increase the risk of not being understood.?ÿ
Rules against using the tools we have long had to improve clarity of communication are just stupid.?ÿ It's saying "You should be ashamed of being smart enough to communicate clearly."
There's an old saying, "It is not sufficient to write so one can be understood.?ÿ It is necessary to write so one cannot be misunderstood."
Good points Bill. Knowing your audience helps too. Verbose, not so much.
I have one person that will send me several text, rapid fire. I always thought he was not capable of composing one long complicated thought in his head and just had to let it dribble out a little at a time.
James
Some cellphones or carriers tend to cause that problem.?ÿ I often get similar messages, and often, the pieces come in the wrong order.?ÿ That tells me that their phone or carrier is breaking their original message into smaller chunks to send instead of converting it to a multimedia message.
I don't doubt that sometimes a carrier delivers in a different order than was sent.?ÿ But I don't think the carrier will break down a message into pieces.
I don't doubt that sometimes a carrier delivers in a different order than was sent.?ÿ But I don't think the carrier will break down a message into pieces.
I did a bit of Googling, apparently when folks send messages over the SMS size limit (140-160 characters depending on who you believe), the message is broken into chunks with identical time-stamps and thus the pieces are displayed in arrival order.?ÿ Phones that are set to auto convert long messages to MMS prevent this.?ÿ I learned something while traveling around AZ in early October in places with limited cellular/data connections.?ÿ SMS messages travel over the cellular network and don't need a data connection.?ÿ MMS messages on the other hand, need a data connection.?ÿ So if you're ever trying to text in challenging environments keep your messages short if you want them to go through.
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To the poster above that gets the broken messages....suggest to the person on the other end that they learn how to make their phone use MMS for texts.
That's educational.?ÿ But I got the impression the complaint above was that the text messages were all very short, as the sender thought of things to add.
