Polonius3 994 | 12,367 22 Sep 2008 / #1An American told me he was unfamiliar with the term SMS and said in the States it was called texting, not SMS-ing. What about the UK? Any comments?
osiol 55 | 3,921 22 Sep 2008 / #4SMS... -- ...To textTextingOne textTwo texts (or, as I often hear: textes)I can't say that I've heard much use of the term SMSing.I sometimes find a really long-winded way of saying it, like:To send a mobile telephone message in a text format.To type a letter by means of a portable communications device commonly known as a mobile telephone, mobile phone, mobile or just phone, with the feature "short message service" which sends a series of characters to another one of these portable communications devices (which often works also as a camera, sound recorder, global positioning system, teasmade and hair-dryer)... blah blah blah I've now lost the will to go on.
Misty 5 | 144 22 Sep 2008 / #5An American told me he was unfamiliar with the term SMS and said in the States it was called textingThat's odd. I know a couple of Americans and a couple of Canadians and they say "SMS". Although maybe they're using "texting" more now.
Bondi 4 | 142 24 Sep 2008 / #6Yeah, they say “text message” and “to text someone” here. And they say “cash machine”, not ATM. They invent abbreviations, then use something else. Does me head in.