The Mavens of Techno-Speak Kirt's Cogitations™
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The mavens of techno-speak
have given us yet another noun-turned-verb to add to our lexicon. "Texting" is the
newly popular word describing the act of composing and sending an SMS (Short Messaging
Service) note. SMS, an immensely popular feature of 2.5G and 3G wireless, transported
more than 1 billion messages in August 2001 alone. How does one conjugate the verb
"to text": has texted, is texting, will text? That works for a regular verb, but
what if it is declared irregular with a past tense like: text-taxed or text-toxt
or text-text (ala see-saw and tell-told and let-let)? How about these active verb
tenses involving "to text": I texted, I am texting, I was texting, I have texed,
I will be texting, I will text, I will have texted. And, the passive tenses: The
message is texted, The message was texted, The message is being texted,... Well,
you get the picture.
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