B-ware!! 2 mch txtn can B detrimntL 2 ur typn…

Texting is an addiction!

Uhhmmm, well, perhaps that’s a teeny bit harsh; but personally speaking – there is a delightfully positive response inside when I hear my cell phone *beep* chime the news… [you have 1 Text]. Wow - somebody must love me!!! =) Gotta read text - NOW... what's it say? huh-huh?

An urge for instant gratification of text input surges through me. I must immediately reach for my phone flip it open and read from whom I have just received a message (Oooo the anticipation, excitement, wonder... and then, sometimes it's so disappointing, as it's only Verizon texting that my bill is now available to view online. {Bmmr dude!} ) Here’s a stretch – it’s nearly like having a ‘blogging’ pager on. As soon as one of your friends posted (or commented – yes, please?) your pager alerts you to the presence of their new communication. Whoo hoo!!! However, I have discovered... ‘The Dark Side’ Since it’s difficult to press all of the teeny-tiny phone number buttons… text-ers leave out many of the letters from words, entire words of phrases, and even the context seems lost; a simple sentence becomes hieroglyphics. This seems very strange at first. Confusion is relieved by frequent use of txt shortcuts. Soon, as with the comforts of an addiction… it becomes normal and evryting U type is shrtnd 2 supprt ur habit! (oops, hopefully you caught all that!) One example may be that I tell a friend: I need to stop texting as I’ll be driving; I’ll see you later tonight. The words in that sentence are quickly disemboweled and become a wild crazy bunch of letters – with meaning, to sm1 someone no doubt: "gotta go. drvn now. CUL 2nite." Auugghh!! Now, can U C my problem? When I begin a post for my blog I am typing quickly (before I lose the thought) and my brain hasn’t transitioned from txtn mode into true writing mode. The sentences may become Ncrptd & cnfuzn encrypted and confusing. Actually, I read somewhere that texting invades your literacy and spelling accuracy... I believe this to be true for me, as my brain continues to think in shortcuts and my fingers follow suit; it’s become increasingly frstr8ng frustrating to have spell ck check catch my newly learned lingo as errors!! (grr - wats up wit dat?) "You underestimate the power of The Dark Side", Jolene. So, just in case I didn’t edit well enough… I’ve found a resource for txt transl8tn translation… I’m sure there are others, but a word of warning – some translations have phrases I wud nvr would never say!!! Yikes!! =}

http://www.didyouknow.cd/sms/shortcuts.htm

Good luck + may da 4's b wit u!!! *beep* oh - a txt! gotta go now. more l8r on TXT addixn!! heh!

HonuGirl