For Six Sentence Stories where the given word is Text.
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I got a text from a mate on Monday, he thinks he’s like cool man, it just said ‘FAD 2MOZ’, so I texted back ‘WHAT?’
He replied ‘FANCY A DRINK TOMORROW’, which I understood, but tomorrow was Tuesday and I wasn’t free, so trying to be clever I texted back HA WTF?, meaning ‘how about Wednesday Thursday or Friday?’
His reply was nonsensical, it just said UCMU, goodness knows what that means I thought then I had an idea, so I googled ‘text speak’ and found a sort of online texter’s dictionary and suddenly I could read it; apparently, he’d said ‘you crack me up’!
I didn’t understand what I’d said that had amused him, so I looked up WTF in my new dictionary and – well – I won’t spell out what I’d inadvertently written!
I wrote out my three free days in proper English, followed by IHA which I now know to mean ‘I hate acronyms’ (what a strange thing to abbreviate!) and we arranged to GAB (get a beer) THURSDAY.
A couple of friends joined us in the pub and whilst sitting around the table, I got a bit vocal about my dislike of texting only to notice that our two companions were actually texting each other whilst joining in our conversation, ‘ multi-tasking’ one explained, then he stood up, said ‘G4AP’ and wandered off to the toilet!
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Thanks to Denise at GirlieOnTheEdge for hosting.
In a matter of hours I’ll be heading down to Southern Italy and Sicily for a while, so I appologise, dear reader, if I don’t get to visit or commment upon your Six.
so funny!
Thanks, Beth!
Haha! I can’t understand these abbreviations either. Have a wonderful time in Italy
Not a clue, me! I’m sure I shall, thanks Sdje.
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LMAO, Keith 😉
Thank you for getting my day started with a laugh.
Now you are at it! TYSM Denise!
YIWM!
seriously, your Six had me grinning like a YEG on a TUSAD (akk Night!)
fun
…as did you comment! Thank you!
Oh I hate abbreviations too! Haha I’d probably be scratching my head thinking, is this a coded message? 😂
Exactly! Predictive text can be a bit naughty too!
Indeed!
I especially liked the IHA acronym. Nice tale!
Me too, and no, I didn’t make it up! Thanks, Frank.
It’s like there has been a whole new language added to the world. I have enough to keep up with plain old English.
I couldn’t agree more!
A resonant Six. I loathe the acronyms (and get confused by them). I do not approve of the “multitasking” when one should be present with the live humans. (okay, sometimes I’ve done it) If we were allowed a seventh sentence perhaps someone in the Six (now Seven) would have photographed their pub food and sent it via text. I was going to sign off with a clever bunch of letters but thought better of it- it could mean something quite unintended
Thanks so much, I totally agree with you, very wise to stop where you did!
Alphabet soup of acronyms these days. It’s a whole new linguistic form. Hilarious!
It is, and it’s not for me!
this was funny! and, ITIWGTMTLIL (i thought i was going to miss the lady in leopard), but nope, this was just as great. 🙂
Heeheehee! I’d be looking up all the acronyms, too. Almost all of my texting is to people older than I am who know even less about it!
Excellent! Texting thing? No, thank you. 😂
Great story, Keith! I used more acronyms when I was younger – a teen with my cool slide out keyboard phone – but I really don’t use them too much these days. I can type fast enough on my smart phone that I can type out words in full, nor am I sneakily texting during class anymore.
That way hilarious! The ending TCMU!! Have a wonderful holiday, Keith!
haha .i feel your pain for acronyms !