The "text" "texted" debate.

[ICameOnTheJitney]

Having just insisted that there IS such a word as "texted" I have now decided there is not. I am sick though of hearing "I text Jane yesterday and she said blah de blah"

I realised just a minute ago that it is neither...it's "I sent Jane a text" In the same way as "I sent Jane a parcel" or "I sent Tom a letter"

There can BE no "text" or "texted" you can't "parcel" someone and I'm not "Lettering" anyone.

There. AIBU?

I don't say the 't' on the end of text. So texted sounds like 'tex-id'

I also say 'texing'

And texted said as calmed is sounds the same as 'text'

SPsWould - I would be utterly bewildered if you said/wrote to me "I'm texing ..." ... would presume it had something to do with Texas!

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Don't make me tell you again.

Going for a lie down now.

Sam I wouldn't write 'texing' that's texting.

I dont pronounce t's it seems. I have been saying words ending in t such as sent, bent, dent etc bu

It's a verb. So we do verb things with it.

Text as the past tense is an abomination. Letters and parcels are a red herring as no-one is saying they letter or parcel someone in any tense.

How could anyone be bewildered by "I am texting"? What is bewildering about that?

You don't say "I google X yesterday" you say "I googled X yesterday." How is the verb to text any different?

AlbertGiordino, looks like your mum's in for a busy night!

Sadly I believe that my examples may have been elucidating my inner guilt, I should text my mum more - or I should send my mum more texts - either is fine.

SPs - ah, I see. I misread and thought you meant you would write "texing".

QueenBee - not by "texting" but by "texing". Seeing "I am texing Brian" in print would bewilder me, yes. If there was no context I might think it meant something else!

I might figure it ("texing") out if spoken, but it still sounds weird when I say it out loud.

It's a verb. So we do verb things with it. Text as the past tense is an abomination.

Exactly.

That's how I feel about texted. It sounds strange and doesn't just flow.

Loving this thread, especially Albert's work
I say texted because to hear I text makes my teeth itch, it's lazy and just not right to my ears.

I have another problem, someone who clicks on this thread will know the answer.
My DD called me on the use of 'by purpose' after I corrected her saying she didn't do something 'by purpose'
She was confused and said 'but we don't say we do something on accident so what do you mean?'

Thank you Albert stellar work there! Everyone....look at Albert's work if you're not sure how to proceed!

Tell her to say "deliberately" instead I can't work it out either lizard

"My purpose was to upset Jane, so I stole her pen."

"I did it purposely"

I suspect that "on purpose" is just plain wrong as of course is, "by purpose" but I have no knowledge of the reasons...I am an instinctive person!

'delberately' it shall be then

texted. end of. Thanks Albert

I know texted is right but it feels better/more natural to say text. And I am another missing t-er, so tex/texing, but that's pronunciation, I spell it correctly and my accent comes through when I say it.

I use neither text or texted for the past tense but, 'I sent him/her a text yesterday...

There is no debate, there are just people with appalling English language skills.

I said that the past tense of text is texted on the last thread and I've seen nothing to cause me to change my mind.

Attic, tell us how you feel about it!

Texted, absolutely.

Bloody textED.

Drives me mad to see 'text' as past tense on MN (and everywhere else).