Text

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

Noun - text
Verb - to text
Conjugation of verb in past: "she texted me", not "she text me"

[SmiteYouWithThunderbolts]

I agree with that in theory but it just sounds wrong. I play it safe with "she sent me a text".

[Hardhaton]

What's your point?

[Bowlersarm]

It doesn't matter. It's a new word/phrase adopted by the young essentially and filtering through to the old, and actually I think it's ok to say it however you would like to. Especially when texting itself entirely consists of abbreviations, letters missing, in fact, a totally different way of communicating than ever before.

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

Smite - good solution. Just wordier.
Hardh - that it is inconsistent with all other verb rules and I don't understand why people do it. It just takes a few extra letters in speech and it sounds really odd - "so and so just text me"

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

Doesn't bother me half as much as people who receive "textses". Its texts, people!

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

Hilarious - I've never seen "textses" before! Bit like "waspses", only less appealing...

Bowlersarm - sorry, you may be right, but the pedant in me will not die lying down!

[cardibach]

Long, there are other irregular verbs, though, so I don't think you can use the 'verb rules' argument. The verb 'to text' is a new one (arguably we should say she wrote/sent me a text - text has always been a noun previously), a real example of living language, so you can't really prescribe it's conjugation! With you on the 'textses' though, Amy

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

You appear to be in the wrong topic. I text you earlier about this.

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

Cardi - fair point, though if we are going to acknowledge it as a verb it should follow some some convention

LuisSu - you are very wicked!

[StuntGirl]

Texted sounds all flavours of wrong.

Text is fine.

Textses needs to be obliterated from the English language

[Letticetheslug]

"she text me" is wrong, but then I am an old fuddy duddy...

[Heartbrokenmum73]

I've actually heard people say that they've topped up their phone and now have free 'texties' for the weekend - wtf is that all about?

[PelvicFloorClenchReminder]

They all sound hideous

I either send a telegram or a pigeon, and whilst waiting for a reply, I grumble into my chin about new fangled contraptions.

It is perfectly acceptable, by the way, to remove limbs from anyone says "textses".

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

Here's a thought:
Message: noun
To message: new verb

Parallel usage:
"She message me?" Nope.

Now let's extend the distortions further, as has happened with textting :

Messageses
Messagies

[ChippingInWiredOnCoffee]

Pedants corner >>>>>

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

PelvicFloor - frankly it's astonishing you ever discovered the WWW - or are you accessing Mumsnet by witchcraft? PS I'm guessing you've got a pile of limbs outside your back door - yes?

[LongDeadMotherofHorrors]

Chipping - hi ho, >>>>>>>bye then!

[Ifcatshadthumbs]

Texted sounds wrong. Like a three year old saying "she hitted me"

[LauraRoslin]

I would always use "texted".

[HoHoHoNoYouDont]

When you say texted quickly it almost makes the -ed silent therefore making it kind of acceptable.

That's what I'm going to keep telling myself.

[PelvicFloorClenchReminder]

My presence here is something of a luddite paradox, yes

[Viviennemary]

I don't do text messages. Somebody showed me but it seemed like too much effort. If you send a letter you don't say you've lettered somebody. I hate these invented verbs.

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

I certainly is wicked OP. As my DP is fond of saying; I have documentated all of this