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Dec 17th, 2008, 13:22
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| Sair Kar Duniya Ki Galib , Jindagani Fir Kahan ...  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India
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| Once again, off topic but I could use this thread to demonstrate to my students how to look at a problem from various angles!  |
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Dec 17th, 2008, 13:24
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| This is just a cameo appearance  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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Dec 17th, 2008, 13:26
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| We am what we am Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India
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.How do you type SMS Chinese characters?
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Dec 17th, 2008, 13:28
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Delhi & Himachal Pradesh (Shimla)
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| i dont like using it on my mobile either...i find that its faster to type using full words ...the only time i may use them is to avoid extending a message into 2 parts... |
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Dec 17th, 2008, 21:47
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You could be Dutch  .Hans
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Dec 17th, 2008, 22:29
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| Survivor  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Here & there
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Dec 17th, 2008, 22:33
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| This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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Any answers on this from our Chinese members? The Japanese probably just invented a new alphabet for it, even though most people would think that three is enough for anyone! | |
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Dec 18th, 2008, 06:14
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| Guru  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hollywood
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Dec 18th, 2008, 06:56
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes.
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| Get a Blackberry storm Crvlvr, splurge on your own Christmas present  .. |
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Dec 18th, 2008, 10:46
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| A-sitting-on-a-gate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: India
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. My Rs. 1500 phone has a predict text function, so the Blackberry Storm (Rs.30000!) can probably wait for another Christmas. | |
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Dec 18th, 2008, 13:15
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| This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| I have seldom met anyone else who actually likes Predictive text. The non-SMS users that I know do, like Peak, type 7777336633 for 'send' --- but they would still have to type 7777 to get to 's' anyway, so SMS-lingo users probably make as many keystrokes, maybe more sometimes, than predictive-text users who spell out words. Predictive text is great: a lot of SMS-lingo users are just against modern technology!  |
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Dec 18th, 2008, 18:24
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| Just a big girl with a small dream  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: A little town you've probably never heard of
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| Comprehensibility aside, the problem with SMS speak on a forum is that it makes the poster look like an idiot. The name kind of gives it away- SMS/text speak. It evolved on a totally different medium where brevity and speed were important. IndiaMike is a website, not a tiny character-limited Nokia screen, and it is best savoured slowly (accompanied by a glass of good Port).
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Dec 18th, 2008, 19:19
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Dec 19th, 2008, 12:46
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Dec 19th, 2008, 13:05
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