Re: txt msgs & BrSc
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 19, 2001, 23:06 |
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Raymond Brown wrote:
> "text message" is the normal phrase over here; and they do write it as
> 'txt', tho the final -t tends to be lost in pronunciation. The verb I hear
> used among students is "to tex [somone]", with present participle "texing".
Interesting. Message is generally used here, altho I've heard (and even
used myself) on occasion "messenge", presumably a back-formation from
"messenger".
> I guess from John's mail that 'twas so once so in the US also.
I've heard both pronunciations.
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