R U Down Wiv Txt Slang?

'gangsta' English teenagers say 'Wiv'.

T and V are on the same numeric key. So when you shorten "with" to "wit" predictive text will give you "wiv." C'mon popsci, you don't need to be a texter to figure out how that usage came to be.

Why would predictive text give you a word that doesn't exist (wiv) over a word that does? (wit) That seems counterintuitive, unless the cell phone is using a predictive text system with a broken dictionary.

Also, to the fish link, has anyone considered the potential application that if we start keeping the smaller fish (assuming they are mature) the average fish size would go up? Of course, there might not be any useful advantage to such a technique if the net result is that the smallest fish tomorrow is the same size as the largest fish today.

Predictive text is based more on prediction than the dictionary. It thinks u r more likely to type wive than wit and prepares for that. I generally like the predictive text although some things like that are not the most intuitive, and when you don't know how to spell a word it's almost impossible to write it phonetically.

While texting has some gimmicks related to the phone keyboard, a lot of the basic stuff goes back to ham radio operators and early computer users -- other places where using full words was tedious ( morse code keys and real teletype!)

The 'cool' factor of texting has me roflm*o-- knowing that it evolved from from the world of geeks and nerds ( my birtplace :) )

I also don't think that it's worth studying. By the time they figure out it's impact, the kids will be doing something else.

Re: the 'fishy' math

Let me see if I understand this. The article says that if we take the big fish out of the population and then measure the size of the remaining fish, it results in "a smaller average individual size." Wow, who would have thought that!

I bet if you take all the small fish out, and then measure the ones that are left, the average size increases. Statistics are just a modern miracle.

Your tax dollars at work for another valuable scientific study.

Seriously, I read the article and there is not enough information in the article to be able to determine if they had reasonable controls or not.

wat? i nvr heard of txt slang. it's s dmb ROFL!!!

Just kidding. I find those texting slang idiotic. I mean, CAN'T YOU TYPE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON?

this is a strange story

Texting slang and forum slang is killing our english writing. I don't use the slang text, I have enough time to type out 1 or 2 more letters, it's not a big deal.

PS: Who really needs predictive text anyway? Memorize where the letters are and text away!

I like the whole 'I found this comment helpful/not helpful feature', but if you have a problem with what I just said above, maybe some constructive criticism is in order. English teenagers do say 'wiv'. If you want a generalization of how British under 20's talk, watch the Ali G show or the Catherine Tate show. As an under 20 Brit myself, I can say they are pretty accurate representations.

but whateva, I'm, like, totally not bovvered.

They did not touch on how darn cute Varmus is, but they probably ought to have.
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