"Text" is a noun, not a verb.

( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:11, 12 replies)

can't agree with that
language evolves. Text is now a verb. If you disagree then you aren't allowed to say you are going to phone someone ever.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:11, closed)

Nicely!

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:13, closed)

Laziness is not the same as evolution.

( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:15, closed)

unfortunately it is

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:16, closed)

Tell that to a sloth.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:16, closed)

Well, as Vipros has said
it has now become a verb, sadly.

But worse still is that it seems to have lost its final t. So the past tense has become 'texed', rather than 'texted'.

That gets right on my tits.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:15, closed)

Well, quite.
Is it too much to ask that, if these morons are going to mangle the English language, they at least pay some attention to the grammatical structures while they do it?
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:17, closed)

now that I can agree with

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:18, closed)

And, even more annoying
"Texes", as in "I never read his texes, Jeremy. You can do a lie-detector test if you want"

For fuck's sake, it's 'Texts'. I understand that language evolves, but why in god's name would you want to extend a one-syllable word to two? (And anyway, everyone knows that 'Texes' are those things the Queen takes from us to spend on roast swan.)
(costas, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:32, closed)

Is this true?
I've never heard "texed". It's an especially fuckwitted past participle as "text" and "texed" sound almost exactly the same.
( .Yeti., Thu 8 Apr 2010, 15:44, closed)

Yup
Definitely true. I've heard lots of people saying it, and not just kids.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 9:11, closed)

So what do you say instead?
Is it really so bad to say 'I texted him' or 'I'll text you' rather than 'I wrote a text to him' or 'I'll send you a text'?
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:30, closed)