The verb to text

[MrsSantos]

Aaargh!

Why doesn't anyone conjugate the verb to text? I am not living in the 18th century and using smoke signals but I send texts all the time. I find it awkward to say texted. I see the use of 'text' as a verb on here all the time and it is rarely conjugated WTF - does it have some special exemption that I don't know about?

This really annoys me, too. It's on a par with people who put apostrophes in verbs; a friend of mine often writes pee'd or see's. I really should stop being so uptight

Nah - being uptight is awright, innit? Thanks for responding, I thought I had reached a new low posting a sad-git pedant post to which no one wanted to respond

Oh yes, MrsSantos. I actually find 'texted' a difficult word to say, regardless of the fact it makes my teeth itch.

Och, it's a fairly newly coined verb. I don't like it, but it was pretty inevitable. many of the verbs that you think nothing about using wwith have started life as auxiliary/otehr verb plus noun. To hoover, for example; to phone someone, etc.

It's not really on a par with apostrophising verbs - that's a mistake, whereas nouns are verbed as part of language development all the time.

And people do conjugate it - I text, you text, he she it texts...

Yes, but they don't use the preterite when they should and that's what bugs me

Why wouldn't we conjugate it? Do you expect people to say 'he sent a text to his friend'? It's definitely not the same as adding in an apostrophe where there shouldn't be one.

I should stay away from this board now. It was in active convos and I stumbled in.

I want people to conjugate it properly or use another verb like 'to send' when they use it. I have simple needs really Must go and make tea and reflect on other things of great moment (like the spelling mistakes typos in the latest letter home from school )

Oh, I see - they say text as past tense rather than texted? I thought you were complaining about its use as a verb full stop. My apologies - there's another thread about exactly the same issue, btw!

On the subject of the verb to text. Why do people on the telly talk about the 'texties' they have sent or received (I'm thinking about jeremy kyle guests here )

It's texts. TEXTS. Doesn't sound anything like 'testes'

Well, if you're asking why Jeremy Kyle guests do anything, I'd start with why they go on Jeremy Kyle, and then work down to their vocabulary... I hate "photies" though.

scrudd i hate it when people refer to the 'textses' they have sent /received.

Maybe they were, in fact, sending or receiving testes?

'I sent a text message' sounds pleasant; it flows.
'I texted' sounds slang, sometimes forced - in fact I would have to force myself to say it. It's in the dictionary as an example of the past tense of the verb 'to text'.

I've also overheard 'I tex-sid him', very bizarre!
I was listening to the radio and heard a lady saying '..I axed him, and axed him again.' She axed him?

hides thread.

Gaahhhh have been saying this for years.

I conjugate it - can't imagine saying 'I text him the other day', which just sounds stupid. Yes 'texted' sounds clumsy - I guess I interchange it sometimes with 'sent him a text'.