To hate when people use "text" instead of "texted"?

[WhitePhantom]

It just really bugs me.

"I text my friend yesterday" - no, you TEXTED your friend yesterday!

That's all. Rant over.

Both text and texted sound made up to me.

I just say I sent X or Y a text.

But 'text' sounds as if you're saying 'texed', thinking that the present tense is 'tex'.
I can let you off if you avoid saying it

YANBU. The basic principle is that any new verb should be regular. People presumably have no problem with "tested" or "nested" or "dented", so what on earth is awkward sounding or a mouthful about "texted"? It makes no difference that the penultimate letter is an x, since(a) the original word is not "tex" and (b) if it were the past tense would still be regular as in, for instance "faxed" or "boxed".

Do all you people who don't like "texted" say "texing"? If not, why not?

While we're on the subject, I'm fed up with people using "bias" as an adjective - eg, "I may be bias, but my baby is gorgeous." It's just wrong

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This. How can people possibly think "He is bias" is correct?

See also "been" for "being". FFS.

How should bias be used?

(Genuine question, it isn't a word I use)

Bias is the noun. If you want to say someone has exhibited bias, you say that he is biased.

Dixie, would you say "tested" as the past tense of "test"? Why doesn't that sound stupid?

Ah, OK.

Everyday is a school day! Only I'm paying attention right now.

But the wonder and beauty of the English our language is the irregular...

think --> thought (not thinked)

buy --> bought (not buyed)

And we should reject the American process of making verbs into nouns and nouns into verbs. e.g. Blue sky: a noun (sky) and an adjective (blue). God preserve us from blue-skying

So perhaps we should be obscurely British and creating new form : something that has a t and an x and and gh - touxghted, perhaps?

Glad I'm not the only one who hates it

Texted and Texting came into the Scrabble dictionary in May 2012 as new valid words

YABVU. Texted in a blinking stupid word and I only here the less bright use it

*hear. That went well

And in the glorious way in which we pronounce our language..

Touxghted could sound:

Toxed
Toffed
Tougted
Tufted
Text
Texted
Tuxted

Or you could just say 'messaged' in lieu of 'texted / text'.

Non-problem solved.

That's karma that is TripTrap

YANBU. It makes me flinch.

In the us people seem to drop the 'd' or 'ed' completely.

i often see 'first come, first serve' which really grates. So I'll be serving if I'm first?

And then our nanny texted (yes, texted) me 'the schools are close tomorrow'. Because today they are far away but tomorrow they will be close. Gah!!!

Texted is just asking for another "Ed" or two to go on the end;

"I texteded him".

Anything other than texted is wrong.........unless you think texted is wrong and prefer to say text.

But I'd feel like a numpty saying 'I text him yesterday'.

Oh new words are so confusing. 20 years from now we'll know which side was victorious and it will be all tinkly laughs and 'remember when people used to say text/texted instead of text/texted'.

YANBU. The basic principle is that any new verb should be regular. People presumably have no problem with "tested" or "nested" or "dented", so what on earth is awkward sounding or a mouthful about "texted"? It makes no difference that the penultimate letter is an x, since(a) the original word is not "tex" and (b) if it were the past tense would still be regular as in, for instance "faxed" or "boxed".

I agree with this and the OP. As any sensible person would

Icimoi gives me hope that texted will be victorious in this struggle.