My Nephew’s First Few Texts
Feb 26, 2007
My nephew recently got his own smartphone, an old hand-me-down from my mom. Apparently, numeric keypads don't limit his expressiveness one bit. Here's just a few of the texts he's sent today:
- lola can you tell mang ernie [our driver] to bring my lighsabver
- Momy can you tell when me and tito [term of endearment for uncles] rico can go to seven eleven
- Momy if you are not tired maby we can go to seven eleven
- Hi regina wen are you going to the park [she answered "wed"]
- Yes momy i m finished
- Me and the ulam [viand] is fish and monggo
- Hi dad can you take me 711 i wan more slam cards
For some reason, he always adds two spaces after each word. And yes, he'll be burning through his prepaid credit like a hot knife cuts butter, even if it costs just PHP 1.00 ($0.02!) per SMS over here. And to think mobiles used to be the province of the really rich!
Sasha
February 26th, 2007 at 7:54 pm #
Did you, at least, ask his permission before publishing his text messages? LOL. What’s the model of the phone he’s using?
Gloria
February 26th, 2007 at 9:06 pm #
he he. impressive! why do i have the feeling that he’s as “naughty” as you. LOL!
Rico
February 27th, 2007 at 4:12 am #
@Sasha: Nope, but I don’t think he’ll mind.
I forgot what’s the model called…lemme get back to you on that.
@Gloria: My nephew’s just like me indeed, but we aren’t naughty!