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Can you SMS me?
Hi all,
British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 years ago and I notice that I am starting to use many local expressions in normal speech, just as if it were English.
For example: "The beer only costs 6 crowns, plus pant." or
"I need to buy some new lists for the wall."
Ok, I can live with that, it was my own choice to live here. But today I hear new terminology that we never had in the 80's, when I left England.
What about "SMS"? Can someone "send me an SMS."? I thought SMS was an abbreviation for "Short Message Service", so I wonder if it is possible to "send someone a short message service", instead of "a short message"? Can you really SMS me? If so, was I SMSed? I recently heard a song where the lyrics were "I'm sending you an S.M.S.".
Another point: I write scripts for "Multimedia Based Learning", and over the past 4 years my voice has been attached to about 450 video clips, and in many clips I am also the video editor. These video clips are now commonly refered to a "MBLs". So, do I really create multimedia based learnings?
Just a few thought.
BR Harry Lippitz
harryvpo (at) hotmail (dot) com
British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 years ago and I notice that I am starting to use many local expressions in normal speech, just as if it were English.
For example: "The beer only costs 6 crowns, plus pant." or
"I need to buy some new lists for the wall."
Ok, I can live with that, it was my own choice to live here. But today I hear new terminology that we never had in the 80's, when I left England.
What about "SMS"? Can someone "send me an SMS."? I thought SMS was an abbreviation for "Short Message Service", so I wonder if it is possible to "send someone a short message service", instead of "a short message"? Can you really SMS me? If so, was I SMSed? I recently heard a song where the lyrics were "I'm sending you an S.M.S.".
Another point: I write scripts for "Multimedia Based Learning", and over the past 4 years my voice has been attached to about 450 video clips, and in many clips I am also the video editor. These video clips are now commonly refered to a "MBLs". So, do I really create multimedia based learnings?
Just a few thought.
BR Harry Lippitz
harryvpo (at) hotmail (dot) com
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[nq:1]Hi all, British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 ... me?
- [nq:1]Hi all, British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden).
- I left the UK some 20 ...
- me?
- If so, was I SMSed?
- [/nq] Yabbut .
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[nq:1]Hi all, British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 ... me? If so, was I SMSed? I recently heard a song where the lyrics were "I'm sending you an S.M.S.".[/nq]
Yabbut . . . the current word of choice for SMS is "text message" (4 THIS SRT OF THG) and "text" as the verb so, in your examples it'd be: "Can you text me?", "Was I tex
Yabbut . . . the current word of choice for SMS is "text message" (4 THIS SRT OF THG) and "text" as the verb so, in your examples it'd be: "Can you text me?", "Was I tex
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[nq:1]Hi all, British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 ... me? If so, was I SMSed? I recently heard a song where the lyrics were "I'm sending you an S.M.S.".[/nq]
Can I telephone you?
Mike
M.J.Powell
Can I telephone you?
Mike
M.J.Powell
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[nq:1]Yabbut . . . the current word of choice for SMS is "text message" (4 THIS SRT OF THG) and "text" as the verb so, in your examples it'd be: "Can you text me?", "Was I texted?" and "I'm sending you a text message."[/nq]
In these parts, "a text message" has reduced to "a text".
Send me a text when you arrive.
David
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In these parts, "a text message" has reduced to "a text".
Send me a text when you arrive.
David
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[nq:2]Yabbut . . . the current word of choice for ... "Was I texted?" and "I'm sending you a text message."[/nq]
[nq:1]In these parts, "a text message" has reduced to "a text". Send me a text when you arrive.[/nq]
I hear "Text me when you arrive" even more. I should perhaps have made clear that I think I only hear"text message" to distinguish it from other types of document: "Send me an e-
[nq:1]In these parts, "a text message" has reduced to "a text". Send me a text when you arrive.[/nq]
I hear "Text me when you arrive" even more. I should perhaps have made clear that I think I only hear"text message" to distinguish it from other types of document: "Send me an e-
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[nq:2]Yabbut . . . the current word of choice for ... "Was I texted?" and "I'm sending you a text message."[/nq]
[nq:1]In these parts, "a text message" has reduced to "a text". Send me a text when you arrive.[/nq]
Around here, SMS has become a noun and a verb as well as an acronym.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
[nq:1]In these parts, "a text message" has reduced to "a text". Send me a text when you arrive.[/nq]
Around here, SMS has become a noun and a verb as well as an acronym.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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While it was 1/12/03 7:51 am throughout the UK, Master of the universe and supreme ruler of all living beings (and I have permission from my wife to be so) sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus:
[nq:1]Hi all, British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 ... expressions in normal speech, just as if it were E
[nq:1]Hi all, British technical writer working abroad and trying to learn Swenglish (in Sweden). I left the UK some 20 ... expressions in normal speech, just as if it were E
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[nq:1]While it was 1/12/03 7:51 am throughout the UK, Master of the universe and supreme ruler of all living beings (and I have permission from my wife to be so) sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus:[/nq]
This is what happens when an extravagant header meets an extravagant nick. Microsoft literals should fit together so well.
Ross Howard
This is what happens when an extravagant header meets an extravagant nick. Microsoft literals should fit together so well.
Ross Howard
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