Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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txt talkI don't see the point anymore. The original idea was to cut down the number of keys pressed. But with predictive text that's no longer an issue. For example,
Where are you is fewer keypresses than were r u
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:10,
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160 character limits might have something to do with it.
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:13,
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That matters notas it will send as more than one message if it goes over, which is hardly a problem in the days of getting umpteen free texts when you top up.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:15,
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Right, but that's the main reason. And not everyone does.
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Agreed.There is also the EMS protocol that most modern phones have, which does away with the character limit altogether.
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