Wednesday 18 July 2012

Txt me, 2 bizi 2 chat

Look, I'm a tolerant driver. If you drive pink and vintage, you have to be. But that doesn't mean I'm a patsy. Doesn't mean because some pushy female in a black people carrier overtakes on my side that I'm going to back uphill so she can get by. Ain't happenin' lady. Luckily, not only is my car eccentric, but I'm good at assuming a ''mad oldie with unsuitable hair who might have attack zimmer frame in boot'' expression. Good. Got that out of my system. We move on.

If you are reading this, it is entirely courtesy of BlogTec Man. Yesterday, I lost all my toolbar widgets, not a nice thing to happen to a pensioner with a bad cake habit. So, in some trepidation, I went into the Blogger forum and asked for help. Which I got. And this morning, I downloaded something called Chrome. Slightly tense moment when I clicked on 'apply', and the screen went completely blank. Wondered fleetingly if that's what God felt when He installed the 'Create World App' on the eternal computer in the sky, and pressed the 'download now' button.

So to the title of this blog. It appears that we are now sending more texts than we are making calls. We are Tweeting more than actually talking face to face.We prefer to do short and vowel-less rather than long and chatty. I am appalled. What is civilization reducing itself to? Long chatty conversations are the lifeblood of friendship. You can't get to know someone unless you spend time talking. Texting is not talking. (Unless you're one of my students, when it sooo is). How long will it be before we get 'txtd bks'? Save us having to read the whole thing, we can just flick through the reduced version. P&P bi Jn Astn. 

The next step will be the losing of all vocal communication. We will just grunt at each other in a primal manner. And move into caves. Until that occurs, though, I will continue to chat on buses  and in the street. I will also talk to complete strangers, and to the elderly.You have been warned!






11 comments:

  1. LOL, Carol, carry on chatting! Glad your toolbar was safely reincarnated. No wonder teenagers invented texting - they already frunt in a primal manner - texting is progress!

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  2. Glad you got your blog sorted out, Carol! So frustrating when things like that happen.

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  3. Thanks Juliet - we know all about teenagers. Talli, you are a supportive friend - not sure whether the same can be said for technology!

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  4. Haw, haw. Love the 'Create World App'. I'm picturing a muttered profanity. Love Juliet's comment, too. Texting is progress!! It requires teenagers to move something, if only their thumbs. Great blog! :) xx

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  5. Thanks Sheryl. I tutored Juliet's son, which is how we met, and my connection with the RNA.
    Hope she will be blogging on this site soon. How about you?

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  6. Even my 91 year old mother texts these days, so it's not just the young. As soon as she worked out it was cheaper than a phone call, she was sold on it!

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  7. I look forward to meeting your guest! Thanks to your chance comment on my blog post today, I have friended many British authors. Thanks so much for the interaction.

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  8. Cara, delighted your mum can text - guess it keeps the fingers supple! I'm not anti-texting, |I'm anti thinking it's a substitute for real chatting (you knew this...)

    Annie: welcome to the blog! I also blog on She Writes, but with a health warning: British sense of humour. Can you cope? Really hope so!

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  9. I love your car,you do have to be a good driver to drive a car like that. Have you looked at a young person's Facebook page? They even speak on text there and I have no idea what they're trying to say.

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  10. Thanks for joining this blog,Anne. My GCSE and A level students txt so fast it is amazing! BUT ... as I keep telling them, it isn't the same as finding time for a good long chat (with a nice slice of cake) is it? ( and they occasionally txt in their essays.. tut...tut..
    : )

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  11. Enjoyed your Blog and also your "Honour & Obey", so will hope to get to one of your others SOON.

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