Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 09, 2023

Janis, don’t forget the little extra effort Arlo adds. His punctuation and capitalization are also spot on. I know it drives the kids crazy!

Great. Just as when I take effort to choose the right birthday card, the media is significant to the message.

What’s wrong with being grammatically correct?

I bet that Arlo did well in spelling bee!

Heh.. I hear the same thing about my texts. However, that did help a friend I texted verify it was me, since I was the only one she knew who created grammatically correct texts. I spent too many years learning correct grammar to throw it away now.

Text “speak” looks like it should be written in crayon. It is sad to see that more and more young adults don’t know how to write any other way.

That stop at the hardware store is going to cost him his ice cream.

Predictive text makes that pretty common these days.

makes sense to me

Your criticism is incorrect. Arlo has a dangling participle in that sentence. He should say : “then I’ll be (heading for) home.”

unless “home” IS the hardware store. haha

Janice, just admitting she has a fondness for the bad boys who break the rules

I’m that way also

I was horrible with English class when in school so I really worked hard to improve myself because of the job I had at the time. Now when I text or email I’ll review at least twice before sending.

Considering how often lack of communication adds to breakup of marriages, Janice should feel lucky he communicates at all.

I have the attitude that text messages are more akin to being ’’coded’’ messages that have to be resolved.

Mine are also.

SOME of us learned spelling and grammar in school, instead of Social Justice.

Janis: “k thx by”

Yes, my texts even use semicolons. Wanna make somethin’ of it?

R U Bin Silly?

I was late to the party in getting a phone that supported texting (mine was company issued). When I got one with texting capability I texted my daughter to let her know. At first I was concerned she might think it was an imposter, but then I realized it would be obvious from my style.

Never had to worry about that, even prior to texting…

And then there’s Emojis, and Avatars, and L33t, and Memes… Who’s got time for Grammar? ㋛

I resemble that remark.

Me too.

And why does she have a problem with that?

I’m with Arlo. Spell everything out.

I’m guilty of the same when texting.

Nothing wrong with that, Janis. Helps to reduce the chance of misunderstandings and the “20 questions” that follow.

I do this. Arlo and I will resist the downfall of civilization together.

This is SOOOOOO me! My spelling and grammar are correct on nearly all of my texts. However, on the receiving end, I’ve learned to decipher many a text.

I briefly engaged in an email correspondence with my uncle’s wife. I use full sentences and proper grammar if I do say so myself, but my aunt (in law?) complained that I didn’t end my letters properly. I didn’t feel emails were formal enough to warrant such treatment, so I experimented with ending my letters “END TRANSMISSION”. I don’t think she got the joke.

WHOA! One of them left the house, and even did it without the other. It’s a red letter day.

As it should be for a smart person.

A man to be admired and emulated.

just wait til Arlo finds out about voice-to-text

Arlo must have had the same English teachers I had.

I’m with Arlo. If you’re going to do it, do it right.

Pore thang.

As I wrote in my much longer response to Lyrack (far above), I think that at the very least, sending a message that is grammatically correct is just simple, common courtesy! Otherwise it’s saying that “You’re not important enough for me to write this more clearly!”.

As it should be

I hate texting, but, that is exactly how I do it. I have never used “text speak,” even to include “lol.”

Someone else might have already mentioned this. If so, I apologize.

Arlo was not completely perfect, at least in terms of old-school punctuation. It should have been “…and, then, I’ll…”

Husband never has to text me from the car or when away from the house – he doesn’t go anywhere unless I go with him.

However, he does use contractions.

I am that man too. Every time I send any text, it is always grammatically correct.

Even if you correctly spell things, auto correct has different ideas.