Link: Can You Spot the Old Fogey by Their Messaging? : Robin Raskin : Yahoo! Tech
My son has a theory. He says that you can tell how old a person is by looking at their text messages. He came up with this theory as I was showing him the comments many of you sent about my piece on the Sidekick iD.
He believes that when grownups make spelling mistakes in their messages it’s because “their fat slow fingers” can’t find the right key (especially when they’re texting on their phones). When kids make spelling mistakes in their messages, it’s on purpose as a form of screen-speech.
Hmm ok. Let’s test this theory, using some examples from the article.
a kid might type “nd 2 talk asap” and an adult would type something more along the lines of “nerd ty talK is siin as passable.”
Really? Ok. I get text messages from ‘grownups’ all the time, and find they’re actually more intelligible than the abbreviated stuff the kids use. Spelling is usually spot on, as is grammar. Maybe it’s cos I is old.. 🙂
I so want to slap that little sh!t
Kids think they are on the cutting edge and with it when it comes to technology. My sister in laws younger brother (16) fell about lauging when he knew I had an online profile (facebook), thinking I was WAY TOO OLD FOR THAT. He just doesn’t quite get the fact that I have been online on newsgroups, chat channels & the rest 😉 from when he was just 4.