{"id":28087,"date":"2018-02-13T19:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28087"},"modified":"2018-02-13T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:38:40","slug":"believe-texting-becomes-second-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28087","title":{"rendered":"Believe it! Texting becomes second nature!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-texting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28089\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-texting-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-texting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-texting.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I never in a zillion years thought I would write these next few words.<\/p>\n<p><em>Texting<\/em> has become a convenient and efficient mode of communication for, um, yours truly.<\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8230; the humanity!<\/p>\n<p>I continue to italicize the t-word when I use it on this blog as a verb. Why? Because I want to emphasize the way I verbalize it. I have to add a tone of derision whenever I express the term in the verb form.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing, though: I am finding it to be a useful form of communication.<\/p>\n<p>I need to stipulate something in no uncertain terms. I do not &#8220;converse&#8221; via my cellular telephone, which has the <em>texting<\/em> app built into it. My exclusive use of this method of communication is to deliver information. Such as: &#8220;See you soon.&#8221; Or: &#8220;Got it.&#8221; Or: &#8220;I&#8217;ll call.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I try to remain faithful to my six-word maximum limit on text messages. I have to break it on occasion, but if I do it&#8217;s only by just a little. Maybe three or four words. No more!<\/p>\n<p>However, my entry into the 21st-century world of telecommunications has moved along quite nicely.<\/p>\n<p>I am not yet totally comfortable <em>texting<\/em> messages when I would prefer just to call someone on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>And make no mistake: I&#8217;ll continue to add that derisive tone in my voice when I refer to this communication method in its verb form. Please don&#8217;t lecture me about the tone in my voice. I&#8217;m old. and thus, I am entitled to use whatever inflection I feel like using.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never in a zillion years thought I would write these next few words. Texting has become a convenient and efficient mode of communication for, um, yours truly. Oh &#8230; the humanity! I continue to italicize the t-word when I use it on this blog as a verb. Why? 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