18 October 2009
Texting
My adult daughters have been on my case to learn to text. Since they text daily as a matter of course, they say it would just be another easy way to be in touch with them. A compelling argument. Eventually, compelling enough to convince this recovering systems analyst and technophobe to learn to text.
I was writing my first text to them when somehow the unfinished text got sent off before I finished. Emily, CEO of a clean tech company, was driving with a potential investor to a meeting when she got my text, which she read immediately. She told her driving companion that her mother had just sent her first text. “What did it say?” he asked. She answered, “5.”
Sharon,
Now that I have an iPhone, I find texting much easier. It is a great way to keep in touch with your children — especially younger ones.
Here are two texting things I learned from my son:
“K” — Short for “ok.”
“Meh” — Expression of apathy or indifference. As in, you text, “Did you clean your room?” and you get back, “Meh.” I love this expression!
Great post by the way.
Thanks for these suggestions, Dianna. I especially love “meh,” which one of my daughters has been using in spoken conversation for years. It sounds like what it means — it’s a bland, non-descript monosyllable, more of a bleat than a word!