To wish people wouldn't write 'text' when they mean 'texted'?

[SadAboutTheBoy]

Sorry, but it makes my teeth itch.

My sister text me to say she was late

I text the other mum to tell her..

He text me to tell me it was over..

It's texted FFS!

(And it's packed lunch, not 'pack' lunch BTW)

U2HasTheEdge
Ooooh pants on fire!! You just did

I agree but prefer, "He sent a text message".

Because many verbs ending in a t/d sound aren't regular (as in they don't just add an -ed)

Our language is an organic blend of so much and laziness is a big part of it. Why say spreaded or cutted, if spread or cut sounds close enough. Same with text.

its not a pack lunch....
its a pack up ;)

Agree completely, OP. I hate it. Also hate the increasing tendency for people to leave -ed off the end of words, e.g. "I am bias." So lazy.

I had to think about this but I use texted. As in I texted my mum, have you texted your parents.

I grew up in the North East and there people say 'tret' for the past tense of 'treat' so e.g. 'I tret the bairn to an ice cream.."

I could never get my head around that!

I hate text and texted, I think they both sound weird. I opt for the very smooth "sent a text message" instead

Because many verbs ending in a t/d sound aren't regular (as in they don't just add an -ed)

Far more that end in t/d are regular though! Experimented, dotted, benefitted, affected, submitted, wilted, wrested, posted, orbited, nested, there are bloody hundreds.

Yes language changes and evolves. But this is a new chum in the last few years. Why insist on it being irregular for no rational reason?

I have found (some of) my people...

I agree with you, OP.

YANBU.

Can't bear it.

I doubt cutted, shutted, bidded were ever words. If you look at a list of the irregular verbs in English they are all the old ones that we've used for centuries, all of the regular verbs are more modern. Even some old irregular verbs have later been regularised. Many of the irregular verbs are considered quite old fashioned these days and are rarely used at all.

By that logic, texted ought to be correct since it's a modern verb, but I can't get too het up about it, it does sound weird, probably because we don't have any other verbs which end in -xt.

Using the present form of the verb as an adjective instead of the past form (pack lunch, scramble eggs) is an odd thing, I think it's particular to a certain US dialect as it seems to be mostly Americans I've noticed doing it, though not all of them.

Bertie - I think you're right about it being a US thing...

Glad I'm not alone here... firmly in the 'text' camp

If the Oxford dictionary says it's 'texted', then that's good enough for me.

Stoptheride you may not be alone, but that doesn't mean you're right

Have to say it's not one I've noticed much recently. One thing that annoys me is people leaving the -ly ending off some adverbs. Even told my own DD off for that one twice the other day.

The trouble is that original text was a noun that colloquially became a verb. Text was used to describe the written word in a book for example. When it was taken over in the context of mobiles and became a verb it developed a past tense - texted. But it is unwieldy. What would probably be more correct would be to say 'sent a text' but everyone wants shorter language.

Neologisms like "text" as a verb all have regular past tense endings. Irregular past tense endings are older, etymologically, and evolve in the other direction if the evolve at all ( ice dreamt/dreamed etc)
So texted is correct, and text is not.

Absolutely agree, OP. Drives me spare.... Gah!

I think I say either version, but would write texted. Can't get too worked about it tbh

Ice? that's supposed to read "like"

Maybe they're not saying text. Maybe they're saying text'.