- Wavegirl - FM V.I.P. Team

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 | Subject: Tips in Texting Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:12 am | |
| Tips in Texting
Dos and Don'ts in Sending SMS
| Quote: | 1. Avoid participating in text games endorsed by television stations. These games are forms of gambling. (See article on text gambling.)
2. Don't pass text messages that ruin other people's reputation.
3. Don't invade the privacy of other people who ask that they be left alone.
4. Delicate information about bomb threat, fire or any disaster should be handled with extreme caution.
5. Avoid using vulgar terms or sending messages that are malicious in nature.
6. Observe courtesy when responding to a texter who had sent his message by mistake to your number.
7. As much as possible, avoid texting while in a conversation with real people.
8. Unless in case of emergency, don't send text messages past midnight when people are asleep.
9. Jokes should always entertain and inspire, not upset or put people down.
10. Texting spiritual truths is greatly encouraged. |
Healthy Texting
| Quote: | 1. Subscribe to a network, which is also used by your friends, relatives, officemates and text mates. This way, you could save a lot of money.
2. Texting a person who just sits beside you is not advisable.
3. Avoid texting while driving. If you cannot help it, avoid driving while texting.
4. As a matter of caution, texting near gas stations is discouraged.
5. Sending the same messages repeatedly to one person can be irritating to the receiver at times.
6. Turn off your mobile phones while in chapel, classroom, hospital, library, theater, airplane, golf course or beside your friend who needs your full attention.
7. Don't flaunt your mobile phones in public so as not to get the attention of robbers or thieves.
8. As much as possible, have your mobile phones insured.
9. Before putting it in your pocket, lock the keypad of the mobile phone to avoid making unwanted calls.
10. Don't drink alcoholic beverages, take drugs or engage in gambling while texting or not. |
Text Lingo
Filipino texters have developed a special lingo that is not necessarily grammatical. While proper grammar and English usage should always be observed, as insisted by the Department of Education, text lingo can be useful while texting in a hurry.
The following are characters, figures, words and phrases that are most commonly contracted in text messaging. Applicable to English and Filipino messages.
# - number @ - at & - and ? - what? 1 - one (Numbers are not usually spelled out.) 2 - two, to, too (Tomorrow becomes 2moro.) 3 - three, tree (The name Trina becomes 3na.) 4 - four, for (Forget becomes 4get.) 8 - eight; ate (Mate becomes m8.) a - preferred over per attn - attention b - be, bee (Wana b my txtm8?) b4 - before bc - busy bin - not a good substitute for been (Bin means container.) bkit - bakit? btw - by the way btwn - between bye - good bye c - see; sea (Sino ay nagiging cno?) coz - because cul8r - See you later. d - the; hindi d8 - date dat - that dem - them dey - they dis - this, these dnt - do not dsnt - does not every - evry f - if fil - feel frens - friends frm - from fyi - for your information g - gee gud - good (Good morning becomes gud am.) hi - hi, high i - eye l8 - late laf - laugh k - okay luv - love m - I am, am (Embrace becomes mbrace) mssg - message n - and, in need - nid nite - night, knight nt - not nxt - next ol - all pis - fish, peace (Office becomes opis.) pls - please q - queue, cue r - are (Hu r u?) rsvp - respond upon receiving s - is san - saan? smyl - smile t - tee, tea til - until tlg - talaga? tnx - thanks text - txt thru - through tru - true ty - thank you u - you ur - your, you're w/ - with w/c - which w/o - without wen - when y - why
Reminders: 1. One trick is to spell an English word in Filipino in order to save space. (Who becomes hu and these becomes dis.) 2. Some vowels are dropped. (Kailan becomes kelan or simply wen. Have becomes hav.) 3. Avoid word contractions that are hard to recognize. (Ndpndnc is certainly not a good substitute for independence.) 4. Use a smiley to convey an emotion. :-) 5. Use text lingo only when in a hurry. Trina (instead of 3na) would be glad if you take the effort of spelling her name correctly. _________________
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- Wavegirl - FM V.I.P. Team

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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:57 am | |
| have you guys read this?
I get frustrated when it comes of texting.
I'd rather dial the number and call you than (pindot-pindot) press the letters hahahahhaa _________________
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- ashdesignz - FM Jr. Moderating Team

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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:42 pm | |
| lolz, most of the filipinos are addict, do you know that the Philippines is one of the Largest Texting Capital in the World, heheh _________________ visit me at My Website or My Multiply
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ChimeraHead FM Loyal Member

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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:51 pm | |
| wow, rly?
here, in our bookstores in indonesia, u can find sooo many books about texting... geez, "texting" is lyk another language, hard to understand the characters and acronyms sometimes
so, thnkz 4 sharing this.... |
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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:09 pm | |
| hehe.. gling nmn,.. nice yah.  _________________
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- Wavegirl - FM V.I.P. Team

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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:46 am | |
| | asthonjohn1986 wrote: | Philippines is one of the Largest Texting Capital in the World, heheh [/color] |
hahahahaha obvious  _________________
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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:06 am | |
| LOL shrtct dw eh BTW nc shrng na miZz k n mg txt LOL _________________
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 | Subject: Re: Tips in Texting Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:41 pm | |
| MC u are such "pasaway"
this is engeish session^^
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