From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:35:44 +0530 From: Martin C.Atkins To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Message-Id: <20041018213544.7adfdca2.martin_ml@parvat.com> In-Reply-To: <024b01c4b516$5a096690$8fd27d50@SOMA> References: <207b70e098020cbe467fafafeb9e7121@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp> <416F2E0C.5040605@ajft.org> <20041018102213.2af428c1.martin_ml@parvat.com> <024b01c4b516$5a096690$8fd27d50@SOMA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] l8r, etc... Topicbox-Message-UUID: f07048b2-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:28:12 +0200 "boyd, rounin" wrote: > > I've always wondered how people type these things? My mobile (and, I > > believe, most current mobile phones) has predictive text entry, and > > it's *easier* to type correctly spelt words than "SMS speak"! > > yeah these T9 input phones do, but the good ones have a dictionary > so you can add 'l8r'. i've used T9 input 3 languages or so. Doesn't adding "l8r" rather defeat the purpose? Like I said, I suspect that people who do such things are not typing l8r out of convenience (or lazyness), not on modern phones, anyway! Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin@parvat.com Parvat Infotech (Private) Limited http://www.parvat.com