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[Skellig Gra]

According to my research that is the grammatically correct past tense of text but it feels so wrong every time I hear it. I always say something like "I sent him a text earlier"

 

[Wario64]

....yes

 

[Rewrite]

Yes. It sounds right to me.

 

[John Kowalski]

i think so

 

[Oppo]

"sent them a message"

cause it could be iMessage or Twitter DM or w/e

agree it sounds awkward. like corporate speak or something. "grow the business" always got me.

 

[jesu]

I mean I would do if I did but I don't really so...

 

[Dennis]

Yes. Sounds fine to me.

 

[cardinalmind]

yes. everytime. and anecdotally everyone i know also use that word.

SMS is still a viable form of messaging here in the Philippines since the internet speeds here are really crappy and slow so that might factor why we use that word. As a prepaid dominated mobile country, its extremely cheap to subscribe to just a day of unlimited text to all networks + 10 mins of calls to the same network numbers (15php ~ around .22usd) per day when you need them so saying texted isn't usual here.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Yes. It sounds right to me.

I know it technically is right and most people I know use it. Something about it doesn't feel right to me probably the combination of the x and the -ed on the end.

 

[Wedge7]

Yes for sure. At least I use both text and texted.

 

[daviyoung]

I say text instead of texted. Texted just sounds clumsy.

Same as bet or cut, I wouldn't say cutted.

 

[Raonak]

Yeah.

 

[kneePat]

I know it technically is right and most people I know use it. Something about it doesn't feel right to me probably the combination of the x and the -ed on the end.

You are being silly. It is 'not right' for you to feel this way because you're clearly wrong, and you should not feel bad about it. See below:

I say text instead of texted. Texted just sounds clumsy.

Same as bet or cut, I wouldn't say cutted.

"I text him yesterday?"

Talk about clumsy. And you're example is shit because 'bet' and 'cut' carry the past tense. #clumsy

 

[Rymuth]

Yes

 

[Skellig Gra]

You are being silly. It is 'not right' for you to feel this way because you're clearly wrong, and you should not feel bad about it.

It might be because I was born well before texting was a thing. I've always found linguistics very interesting and I recognize texted is correct but it stills feels weird to me.

 

[Rktk]

"I sent [name/him/her/] a text"

 

[ascii42]

Yeah, but sometimes I'll just stick with "messaged" since that covers Facebook and Gchat as well.

 

[StayDead]

"I texted X today". So yeah, I do use it. Although sometimes I'll say "I just sent X a text".

Atleast we can all agree it's not as horrible as people who verb inbox.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I don't. I know it's grammatically correct but it sounds so weird so I avoid using it.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

sure, but I'm pretty hip

 

[daviyoung]

And you're example is shit because 'bet' and 'cut' carry the past tense. #clumsy

I evolve language, you devolve it

 

[Ihyll]

Are you English or something? They love to stick to weird spellings and pronunciations.

Of course "texted" is the correct way to say it .

 

[chrisPjelly]

I evolve language, you devolve it

Their right you know..

 

[CadetMahoney]

"I texted you a sent".

or something.

 

[Rktk]

What about sexted?

 

[Laieon]

Yep.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Are you English or something? They love to stick to weird spellings and pronunciations.

Of course "texted" is the correct way to say it .

No I'm American. I say "I sent him a text". To me that feels a lot more normal.

What about sexted?

Bro, do you even sext?

 

[Sane_Man]

I'm with you, OP. It sounds terrible.

 

[blame space]

I say so many things.

 

[MultiCore]

It's similar to "I messaged you." Just with the added specificity of "I sent you a text(sms or mms) message", and not a Google hangouts message, or a Skype message.

It feels unconventional, but I also think it's a natural evolution of language to meet the new demands of describing technology efficiently.

I use it when I'm trying to keep things short and understandable.

 

[User 479360]

Yes, I hate it when people say things like, "I text you last night."

 

[Skellig Gra]

Yes, I hate it when people say things like, "I text you last night."

I agree with that much. It sounds worse and is grammatically incorrect.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Did you text tom?
Yeah I texted him.

Don't really see how that's odd.

 

[daviyoung]

I agree with that much. It sounds worse and is grammatically incorrect.

you say that, but can you actually think of a word that ends with the letter 't' that appends 'ed' for its past tense version?

 

[Skellig Gra]

you say that, but can you actually think of a word that ends with the letter 't' that appends 'ed' for its past tense version?

Opted,vaunted,daunted,etc. my issue is with the x sound not the t.

 

[pitcairn55]

you say that, but can you actually think of a word that ends with the letter 't' that appends 'ed' for its past tense version?

Shouted, doubted, fasted

 

[daviyoung]

All good shouts, I was trying to think but couldn't really

 

[DiipuSurotu]

At least it's more correct than "I sent you an SMS".

 

[ascii42]

Opted,vaunted,daunted,etc. my issue is with the x sound not the t.

Boxed, faxed, mixed, maxed. Granted, those are all one syllable, not two like texted.

 

[Tcab96]

Yep.

 

[User 479360]

I agree with that much. It sounds worse and is grammatically incorrect.

Agreed 100%

I also hate it when people say, "Inbox me." Why can't they say the word message? It sounds so dumb.

 

[Daingurse]

Yes, it just came about organically.

 

[Not]

No one ever, ever, ever says "sent a text"

 

[OneEightZero]

According to my research that is the grammatically correct past tense of text but it feels so wrong every time I hear it. I always say something like "I sent him a text earlier"

"I texted him."

We don't like it in English when consonants clash. (D and H) ^_^

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Agreed 100%

I also hate it when people say, "Inbox me." Why can't they say the word message? It sounds so dumb.

Making a noun into a verb. Suuuuper common with a lot of websites.

 

[Edwardo]

Ya I use texted all the time.

 

[Nightbird]

not much, but yeah, i did use it

 

[entremet]

Yes. It's correct because technology and its use are changing faster than language is.

It's why the big English dictionaries like the OED still update and it's mostly words that come from Internet culture.

 

[Bossniak]

Didn't know this word existed tbh

 

[Nosgotham]

Yeah

I use it all the time.