How much do you text?

[imjustagirl]

NVR.

What's textspeak for Luddite?

Bblr.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Pete's mobile device:

Funny you posted that. I used a pay phone in November. The last time before that was June 2007.

So, I've spent 50 cents on "mobile calls" in the past two years.

 

[CUinthenewsroom]

My plan is 400 a month. I usually have to stop texting the last day or so to stay under, but I make it work. The months I go over, it's undoubtedly because I'm involved with a girl.

Ain't that the truth. When did texting become so important when dating? I've only gone over my 400 a month twice - shockingly I was dating someone both times. Funny how that works.

Overall, I don't text much (maybe because I don't date much). I will go through bouts of texting (big sporting events, trips, etc.), but generally I doubt I go much over 100 in a typical month. Although I don't check often unless I am concerned I am going to go over.

 

[zebracoy]

I don't necessarily prefer to text - I'd actually much rather call and talk to someone, especially in a business setting - but I have several friends who rely solely on text messages as their form of communication (well, that and Facebook, which I'm not all that hip to).

Count me in amongst the group that texts with proper punctuation, capitalization, etc. As a matter of fact, I know of a few people who are greatly irritated by my lack of willingness 2 tlk 2 u like this.

I'll agree with those who say that texting is rude in a group setting as well. My family's all gathered together for Christmas dinner and board & card games the rest of the night. My sister, who never quite completely had manners, is sitting at the table texting away with whomever with the ringer set as loud as possible. Not only did we have to deal with the "It's your turn" reminders, but the loud BEEP! every 20 seconds. Unreal.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I try to phone text in proper English, but with a non-QWERTY keyboard, you have to shorten at times or it will take forever to talk back and forth

 

[ondeadline]

My next text message will be my first. I've typed e-mail from a cell phone and hated it.

 

[EStreetJoe]

texting?
Other than when my son was born, I don't think I've texted more than 5 times in a month.

 

[JR]

I text hockey scores to HC during her performances. She picks them up during her dressing room breaks.

If I'm home I do it from the computer instead of my cell phone 'cause it's free. Other than that, nada.

 

[Appgrad05]

When the future Mrs. Appgrad and I started hanging out, it was 100 a day. When we started dating, it became about 150. Then I turned her on to gmail. Now we e-mail back and fourth all day, at our convenience.
Now we only text for quick messages. Buy milk. I am outside your work, ready to go to lunch. Things like that.

 

[KG]

I had to get unlimited, because I kept blowing through the 1,500 I was paying for in no time at all.

Did Daisy fess up?

She sure did.

Actually, when I use Yahoo or AIM on my phone, those count as texts too. That's were the majority of my texting comes in.

Friend of a friend, I can easily go through 130 in a day. Both the texts in and out count, so it adds up quickly.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Yeah, that's standard, for the use of the instant messengers to count. E-mail doesn't, but on the phone, it's a bit more cumbersome, at least with the phone I have.

 

[Omar_dont_scare]

A disturbing amount since we went to an unlimited texts plan.

 

[Angola!]

I try to phone text in proper English, but with a non-QWERTY keyboard, you have to shorten at times or it will take forever to talk back and forth

I've gotten really fast at typing out all of the words (and I don't have a QWERTY keyboard, whatever that is), but that may be because of my insane nighttime posting here and the amount of texts I send.

I guess practice makes perfect.

 

[dooley_womack1]

QWERTY is the standard typewriter keyboard, which a BlackBerry has. And I've gotten better, but I've learned to hate the words in which three straight letters are on the same key, and you have to wait those extra counts to avoid typing nonsense.

 

[imjustagirl]

dools, on those you can generally hit a button (an arrow or something) to go to the next letter sted waiting.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Hmm, never heard of that.

 

[BTExpress]

Never. Just don't see the need.

But over the Christmas holidays I did something I swore I would never do --- talk on a cell phone from a public toilet. I had missed a call from the pet-sitter, and it was too loud at the restaurant I was in to call her back.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Does your woman have a cell with Cyrillic characters?

 

[Angola!]

Does your woman have a cell with Cyrillic characters?

I know you were making a joke, but I never thought of that.

What do they do in foreign countries on cell phones? How do you text in Chinese? Do they have all of the characters on the keypad somehow?

 

[BTExpress]

Cyrillic's pretty easy. Only 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, so phone can handle them.

Chinese use pinyin (phonetics using English alphabet) to make characters. Each character has a corresponding phonetic which can be expressed in letters. When you key in the letters you can get the character you want.