To wonder why 'to text' has no past tense?

[alicetrefusis]

Maybe we could invent one?

Texted.

Texted?

Glaswegians tend to say text-eed.

I just use 'text' for present and past

I use texted

I hate it when people say "I text him yesterday"!!
I sent him a text or if you say "I'll text you" there's no reason why you can't say "I texted you".
Ch.

Surely it's texted.

As in: "I texted you earlier, did you get it?"

The op knows very well that it does have a past tense but she is getting ragey about the fact that on MN people don't use it. It makes me want to bite my iPad as well, so I sympathise.

Texted or txd

It does.
Just apply the normal rules.

Well I'm on MN and I say texted so it not true that people on MN don't use it, now is it?

I have said this on here before. If we're going to make text a verb, why don't people use a past tense?

I do. But then I'm one of those fuss pots that punctuates my texts.

i hate "texted" it doesnt sound right somehow, and as a Glaswegian i have never ever heard "text-eed" never used it nor know anyone who has

Yes, it's texted.

I judge those who don't use the past tense.

The one that drives me even more loopy than, 'He text me' is, 'She sent me an invite.' It makes me want to hurt people.

It doesn't have a present tense either Alice as it's not really a verb.

But okay, accepting that language has to grow and adapt and there could be a verb to text then the past tense is texted.

Drives me round the fucking bend when people say an hour ago I text DH

I guess the rationale is that it sounds like it already is in the past tense but for that to be true the verb would have to be 'to tex'

Thanks you so much for providing me with the perfect excuse to rant about this!

And breathe.....

I suppose because it was only a noun until recently. Texted will probably find it's way into the dictionary soon, if it hasn't done so already.

Thanks Wuldric. But it's not just on MN!

I hear it everywhere, I tell you, everywhere!

When I wrote my post at 17.15 there was only the OP here. Seems I am not alone....

Correct Remus. As you and I both know it should be 'invitation'

[waves]

"I sent you/her/him a text" covers it.

It's because it's a noun that's become a verb.

Am confused. Are we saying it should be 'texted'? Or are we saying it shouldn't be 'texted?'

Of course texted is right, everyone I know uses it.

A friend of mine says 'slep' for the past tense of 'to sleep'. Drives me bloody potty.

Drives me crazy too OP! I've seen it being used recently by well-educated friends and have been forced to correct them!