How does being in the North West change anything? Zlam, No Longer and I all live in the North West, and it doesn’t affect your ability to hit shift on the keyboard.
My recommendation is that you start practicing, Amazox. I'm not sure how old you are, but I'm guessing you're young enough that practicing standard writing skills will only benefit you in the future.
You see all the people these days who make sentence structure mistakes and use filler words such as like. Additionally, people who text often shorten words to lower costs if thir plan isn't unlimited. For some people, this annoying trend has extended into places where it doesn't need to be, like AIM or online forums, because we don't charge people to post, and therefore you don't need to type stuff like btw, lol, rotflol, or thku.
eh. I say lol and I shorten a lot of of -ing words to -in, just because I hear how I say them in my head. My southern accent comes forth in typing online along with my regular ol' conversation skills, haha. I also say "gonna" online a lot, again because I often say "gonna" verbally instead of "going to".
I type how I speak. My grammar is alright, but I figure I'm bound to make mistakes since I've never been heckled about anything I say. Except how I pronounce things, like "legs" and "TOMMY STOP!"... apparently my parents' Chicago accent comes out when I yell at my brother (sounds more like a combination between "Tommy stop" and "Tammy stap"), and I say "legs" and "eggs" with more of a long A at the beginning than an E. I'm weird like that.
Oh, and texting? When I had to pay for every text I sent, I hated shortening words but if I went over the limit I was definitely guilty of cutting out some punctuation or shortening words in order to shorten the message to fit in just one text message. Now I have unlimited, but I'll still try to fit everything in one message just because I figure that's more polite than running up somebody else's inbox.
...If I can get away with a topic change, do you guys text a lot? I suppose I'm the right age where texting caught on really fast with my friends. My mom told me a few weeks ago that Dallas had more people that texted a lot than most cities in America. My bill usually says I have around 700 or so text messages (including both sent and received messages) for one month. Is that way more than other people here, or about average?
I don't have a cellular phone. As with the walkMEN it's a mixture of being lower middle class and wanting to stay as far away from those crazy yuppies (That thought Juno was the best movie ever and paint their iPod/phone for art projects) as possible.
(No offence to people love Juno or are crazy yuppies)
When I lived in the US I almost never texted. It took too much effort, and I could never let myself type in shorthand. I just found it easier to call people.
I find texting to be a great way to send a quick message to someone when you know they aren't available to talk. I'll usually drop a text message of this nature when the recipient is at work; they get the quick blurb and can reply to it at their convenience (or not, if it doesn't necessitate reply). Also good when either sender or receiver is in a noisy environment where conversation is impractical.
That said, I've gotten in the habit of sending emails to people with iPhones or other email-capable mobile devices, since the effect is largely the same and doesn't eat into anyone's monthly limits or bills.
I don't have a cellular phone. As with the walkMEN it's a mixture of being lower middle class and wanting to stay as far away from those crazy yuppies (That thought Juno was the best movie ever and paint their iPod/phone for art projects) as possible.
(No offence to people love Juno or are crazy yuppies)
???????
This seriously boggles my mind. I know very very poor people who own a cell phone, since most people I know consider it a freakin necessity. For transportation issues if nothing else. Crazy yuppies? What are you talking about? Seriously, have you not noticed that little kids are starting to get cell phones now?
And Juno was a good movie, what is wrong with you?!? Are you just one of those people who likes going against what 99% of the society finds awesome, because you want to be rebellious? If you are, that explains a lot. I can't see how you can hold those views of the world and NOT be some sort of rebellious teen.
I don't have a cellular phone. As with the walkMEN it's a mixture of being lower middle class and wanting to stay as far away from those crazy yuppies (That thought Juno was the best movie ever and paint their iPod/phone for art projects) as possible.
(No offence to people love Juno or are crazy yuppies)
Wow. Way to derail the subject BoE...
Okay, the crazy yuppies are by no means everyone who owns a iPod, to say that I would have to be the insane leader of a large apple hate group or something. But there are some crazy people around me in school that LOVE their iPods. They paint them for art class, they regularly use them as the topic of their conversations and they go out of their way to brag about them. And I quote:
"Do you like Family Guy?"
"Sure I guess."
"I have it on my iPod! Look, look!"
Then he played it loudly for the whole class to hear, and the teacher came over and kicked him out because he wasn't in the class (he was visiting his girl freind.) So, that kind of poisoned my view of iPods and cell phones.
The Juno comment is much more difficult to justifiy. But for the record I disliked it before I knew it was popular, and I don't usually complain about it. But I aside from the ultrasound scene, I didn't laugh at all, and although I certainly felt emotions (I'm not a robot here) the rest of the movie wasn't doing much for me, and since everyone else's stance was THIS MOVIE IS GOD mine sorta became Um, no it wasn't.
And now you know the full story, and can more accurately judge me, eh?
Once again, no offence, if you liked Juno more power to ya, etc. etc.
My cell phone has saved my ass many a time. I feel incredibly vulnerable whenever I don't have it. These days, I don't see how anyone can get on without one.
As for the texting thing, I used to only rarely do it. However, my brother had a tendency to run up a ridiculous bill, so my dad got us an unlimited plan. Now I've gotten into the habit of texting quite a lot. The fact that my new phone has a qwerty keyboard didn't help.
Well, not having a cell phone has its perks too. Like when someone I don't like asks me for my cell phone number, or asks to use my cell phone, I can honestly tell them that I don't have one. Plus I get to save a small amount of money only using a landline. Fiscal defeatists for life, no?
I didn't get a cell phone until a couple of years ago, and it was out of necessity. I didn't add texting until last year, because the same idiots would text me and I'd get charged for it. I have my bill right here, last month I used 70 minutes of talk (28 from calls I made), and I sent 4 texts and received 15. I have some days where I'll actually text back and forth with someone for a while, but I mostly only use it when I really, really have to. Even though I have unlimited.
In Asian languages it is so much easier to text, because you could say so much more in so much less. For example, "meet at the train station" simply turns to "駅で会う" in Japanese, or "在火车站见面" in Chinese. Plus, the phone plans here are typically structured around frequent texting and infrequent phone calls.
So, I don't like texting in English just because I find it so time consuming.
Plus I get to save a small amount of money only using a landline. Fiscal defeatists for life, no?
See, I don't have a landline, so the difference in monthly billing is not as steep as you might assume. Sure it's more than a landline costs, but I'm paying for the convenience.
I get along fine without a cell phone. I'm asking for one this Christmas because our school phones are always down, so it’s hard to call my parents to come pick me up. If I do get one I will not text, or give out the number to my friends. I'll probably get one of those plans where you can call 5 people all you want. And even then the five people will probably be my mom, my dad, my home phone, my brother (if he get's one too), and ... I don't know, my grandma?
Yeah the only time I really need a cell phone is if i need a ride and even then I can borrow my parent's or something. The only perk I can see from owning a cell phone is texting my girlfriend, which i can conveniently do on my PC. No big, plus I can't afford a phone anyway.
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(excuse me for my bad grammar i live in the north west and am not very fond of it)
My recommendation is that you start practicing, Amazox. I'm not sure how old you are, but I'm guessing you're young enough that practicing standard writing skills will only benefit you in the future.
I mean I will be a Bachelor of Arts by this time in 2011, but I'm a Conservative...
Heheh.
And Amazox, it's not us being angry, just mentioning it. Punctuation and capitalization just make things more pleasant to read.
I agree it's just sometimes I am in a hurry with my dial up and twenty hours a month i type without punctuation.
I didn't think that sort of arrangement existed anymore.
I type how I speak. My grammar is alright, but I figure I'm bound to make mistakes since I've never been heckled about anything I say. Except how I pronounce things, like "legs" and "TOMMY STOP!"... apparently my parents' Chicago accent comes out when I yell at my brother (sounds more like a combination between "Tommy stop" and "Tammy stap"), and I say "legs" and "eggs" with more of a long A at the beginning than an E. I'm weird like that.
Oh, and texting? When I had to pay for every text I sent, I hated shortening words but if I went over the limit I was definitely guilty of cutting out some punctuation or shortening words in order to shorten the message to fit in just one text message. Now I have unlimited, but I'll still try to fit everything in one message just because I figure that's more polite than running up somebody else's inbox.
...If I can get away with a topic change, do you guys text a lot? I suppose I'm the right age where texting caught on really fast with my friends. My mom told me a few weeks ago that Dallas had more people that texted a lot than most cities in America. My bill usually says I have around 700 or so text messages (including both sent and received messages) for one month. Is that way more than other people here, or about average?
(No offence to people love Juno or are crazy yuppies)
That said, I've gotten in the habit of sending emails to people with iPhones or other email-capable mobile devices, since the effect is largely the same and doesn't eat into anyone's monthly limits or bills.
???????
This seriously boggles my mind. I know very very poor people who own a cell phone, since most people I know consider it a freakin necessity. For transportation issues if nothing else. Crazy yuppies? What are you talking about? Seriously, have you not noticed that little kids are starting to get cell phones now?
And Juno was a good movie, what is wrong with you?!? Are you just one of those people who likes going against what 99% of the society finds awesome, because you want to be rebellious? If you are, that explains a lot. I can't see how you can hold those views of the world and NOT be some sort of rebellious teen.
Wow. Way to derail the subject BoE...
Okay, the crazy yuppies are by no means everyone who owns a iPod, to say that I would have to be the insane leader of a large apple hate group or something. But there are some crazy people around me in school that LOVE their iPods. They paint them for art class, they regularly use them as the topic of their conversations and they go out of their way to brag about them. And I quote:
"Do you like Family Guy?"
"Sure I guess."
"I have it on my iPod! Look, look!"
Then he played it loudly for the whole class to hear, and the teacher came over and kicked him out because he wasn't in the class (he was visiting his girl freind.) So, that kind of poisoned my view of iPods and cell phones.
The Juno comment is much more difficult to justifiy. But for the record I disliked it before I knew it was popular, and I don't usually complain about it. But I aside from the ultrasound scene, I didn't laugh at all, and although I certainly felt emotions (I'm not a robot here) the rest of the movie wasn't doing much for me, and since everyone else's stance was THIS MOVIE IS GOD mine sorta became Um, no it wasn't.
And now you know the full story, and can more accurately judge me, eh?
Once again, no offence, if you liked Juno more power to ya, etc. etc.
As for the texting thing, I used to only rarely do it. However, my brother had a tendency to run up a ridiculous bill, so my dad got us an unlimited plan. Now I've gotten into the habit of texting quite a lot. The fact that my new phone has a qwerty keyboard didn't help.
So, I don't like texting in English just because I find it so time consuming.
See, I don't have a landline, so the difference in monthly billing is not as steep as you might assume. Sure it's more than a landline costs, but I'm paying for the convenience.