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Saturday, March 12, 2011
To Text or not to Text, that is THE Question
Phones, phones... hmmm - since I am married to Telephone Man, who has been one [telephone man -- NOT a phone per se...LOL] for 44 years [no, we have not been together that long], I have a special affinity for the good, old-fashioned phone. TM and I will keep a land line phone as long as they're still available !Of course, we both have cell phones. Telephone Man carries two around; one is a personal phone and the other is his work phone. Cell phones, to me, are for phone calls. I don't have a Smart Phone; my dumb phone suits me for now. However, I do text a bit more than I used to. I just don't 'get' why people are texting so much - standing in the checkout line of grocery stores, going into a movie, sitting with a table full of family/friends, at any type of sporting event one attends, social gatherings, meetings, etc. I can't seem to make myself adjust to using text lingo. LOL is my limit, and I am sure I over use that! I have some students who have a hard time leaving text lingo out of their writing. We have a few good laughs once in a while over texting lingo. One of them brought the cartoon below to me one day. So, here we go... to text or not to text; not in your English papers or spelling assignments, please!
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I have never sent a text. I ha a cell phone for a couple of years but don't now. My husband has one because we needed to have one when we went on a rented RV trip.
ReplyDeleteUntil we are full timers, I doubt I will get one because I don't need one. But have you seen a pay phone anywhere lately?
Pay phones seem to be a thing of the past. We recently cancelled our land line -- sorry TM... We've reached the point where we're gone more than we're at the house, so it just made sense to get rid of one expense.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a telephone person at all & if I have to use one I prefer a land line. I understand the logic of carrying a cell phone for emegencies & do that if I'm out & about on my motorcycle sometimes. Like rap music, I have never understood the texting thing. Am I old fashioned? Nope, I just like to think I know where to draw the line on common sense.
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