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.
F. this F. all of it.
I write entire paragraphs in text messages.
PERIOD.
I think someone else posted this in another thread.
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I think
therefore
i am
certain of nothing
without
proper
punctuation
and speeellling
call me ASAP
OK
you are a sap
When I was visiting my sister and her family recently I asked my nephews if they had any honeys at school.?ÿ One of them said he had been messaging a couple girls in his class and showed me the most recent messages.?ÿ One went something like "... we went out to eat but we're at home rn...".?ÿ He said he hadn't heard from that one in a while so he's not sure if she wants to be friends with him anymore.?ÿ I deadpanned "Maybe she ghosted you for abbreviating 3-letter words".?ÿ My sister and brother in law made a wry face.?ÿ None of nephews thought it was funny though.?ÿ ????ÿ
rn = rat now..............Southern pronunciation of right now, right?
