In Which I Rant About WMT
Okay, I use the text messaging on my phone a lot. It sure beats having to keep a phone to my ear and hold a conversation when I'm trying to do other things! I can't multi task if someone is talking to me; it just can't be done (probably the same mental issue I have that keeps me from watching anything with subtitles).
What's the best thing about my text messaging? T9 input, that's what! For those of you unfamiliar with T9 input, it basically means you hit the buttons that would spell out a word, and it will automatically put in the closest word that can be spelled with those keys. For example, 4-3-5-5-6 will spit out "hello". Simple!
As anybody who's talked to me for more than 5 minutes knows, I abhor the great majority of abbreviations and web-slang. Shorthand is just NOT my thing. This even applies when I text people; therefore, I do not use phrases like "idk my bff jill?" I don't use 4 instead of "for", I don't use 2 instead of "to" or "too", and most importantly... I do not use U instead of "you!"
Recently, I got the Sync (a nice Samsung phone). Everything about this phone is pretty nice... except the T9 input. The T9 works just fine... until I try to say "you". Whenever I press in 9-6-8 to spell "you"... it automatically gives me "Wmt".
What in the everloving FUCK is a "Wmt?!" Why would THIS be a more common match than "you?" I text pretty fast, so it's not unusual for someone to get a message from me that says "What are Wmt doing, tonight?" Naturally, they text me back with something like "What is Wmt?"
This is the DEFAULT for the T9 on this phone, and it royally pisses me off! If there is a way to remove that word from my dictionary, I sure as hell can't find it! I looked for any justification for this abbreviation to exist, and have found none! The only thing I could find is that WMT is the Stock Symbol for Wal-Mart! Even if that were the reason for being in T9 input, would it really be used more than the word "you?"
Yes, this really does piss me off THAT much.
What's the best thing about my text messaging? T9 input, that's what! For those of you unfamiliar with T9 input, it basically means you hit the buttons that would spell out a word, and it will automatically put in the closest word that can be spelled with those keys. For example, 4-3-5-5-6 will spit out "hello". Simple!
As anybody who's talked to me for more than 5 minutes knows, I abhor the great majority of abbreviations and web-slang. Shorthand is just NOT my thing. This even applies when I text people; therefore, I do not use phrases like "idk my bff jill?" I don't use 4 instead of "for", I don't use 2 instead of "to" or "too", and most importantly... I do not use U instead of "you!"
Recently, I got the Sync (a nice Samsung phone). Everything about this phone is pretty nice... except the T9 input. The T9 works just fine... until I try to say "you". Whenever I press in 9-6-8 to spell "you"... it automatically gives me "Wmt".
What in the everloving FUCK is a "Wmt?!" Why would THIS be a more common match than "you?" I text pretty fast, so it's not unusual for someone to get a message from me that says "What are Wmt doing, tonight?" Naturally, they text me back with something like "What is Wmt?"
This is the DEFAULT for the T9 on this phone, and it royally pisses me off! If there is a way to remove that word from my dictionary, I sure as hell can't find it! I looked for any justification for this abbreviation to exist, and have found none! The only thing I could find is that WMT is the Stock Symbol for Wal-Mart! Even if that were the reason for being in T9 input, would it really be used more than the word "you?"
Yes, this really does piss me off THAT much.