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CheekyPixie

PLEASE help me and my family and pals to solve a bit of an argument LOL.

You know when you have sent someone a TEXT, you have TEXTED them right??? So how does one pronounce that word? (TEXTED) Is it pronounced like 'blazed' or 'gorged' (ie; ONE SYLLABLE?) OR is it pronounced like the word 'seated?' ie; a TWO syllable word? (so; is it pronounced as TEXT-ED?)

Your views and opinions would be appreciated dear forum members.

I say the one syllable version, but sometimes think I am saying it wrong, but then again, it makes me cringe when someone says text-ed.

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Former Member

i say it in one syllable

7/9/099:54 AM

DoraMember

Me too 1 syllable that is

7/9/099:54 AM

shakesMember

One when am sober.

and one when am no.

7/9/099:55 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

I say "I sent a text message".

7/9/099:58 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
I say "I sent a text message".

But if you 'were' to say 'texted,' would you say it one or two syllables?

7/9/099:59 AM

*yogi Bear*Member

offically 2 but usually said in 1

7/9/099:59 AM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

I would say "I sent a text" one syllable

"I texted" him/her,two syllables.

7/9/0910:00 AM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
I say "I sent a text message".

Me too "sent a text".........not sure how to say the past tense of "text", or whether it even has a past tense

7/9/0910:01 AM

DanceSetteeMember

two syllables surely

-ed is the usual ending for most non-irregulat verbs, and i've never heard the verb "text" described as irregular

got me thinking though

7/9/0910:01 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
I say "I sent a text message".

But if you 'were' to say 'texted,' would you say it one or two syllables?

I would sooner shoot myself!!

I do, however, prefer it when others say it with one syllabub.

7/9/0910:02 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by DanceSettee:
two syllables surely

-ed is the usual ending for most non-irregulat verbs, and i've never heard the verb "text" described as irregular

got me thinking though

Is it actually a verb yet?

7/9/0910:03 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by DanceSettee:
two syllables surely

-ed is the usual ending for most non-irregulat verbs, and i've never heard the verb "text" described as irregular

got me thinking though

You would think wouldn't you? But then the word blazed (my example word) also has 6 letters and an 'ed' at the end, but we don't say
'blaz-ed' do we? (ie a 2 syllable word) Funny one isn't it?

7/9/0910:06 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
I say "I sent a text message".

But if you 'were' to say 'texted,' would you say it one or two syllables?

I would sooner shoot myself!!

I do, however, prefer it when others say it with one syllabub.

Thanks chuck

7/9/0910:07 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
You would think wouldn't you? But then the word blazed (my example word) also has 6 letters and an 'ed' at the end, but we don't say
'blaz-ed' do we? (ie a 2 syllable word) Funny one isn't it?

What about 'farted'?
Maybe the 't' makes all the difference.

7/9/0910:08 AM

CheekyPixieMember

Ooooh, the poll is virtually polarised at the mo

Must sign off now and have mah tea. Will return later. Thank you so much you lovely people.

See you in several hours.

KEEP VOTING!

7/9/0910:08 AM

old hippy guyMember

wots a text? wots a mobile phone.....it IS still 1979?

7/9/0910:09 AM

DanceSetteeMember

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
You would think wouldn't you? But then the word blazed (my example word) also has 6 letters and an 'ed' at the end, but we don't say
'blaz-ed' do we? (ie a 2 syllable word) Funny one isn't it?

I say blazed as a two syllable word

7/9/0910:09 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
You would think wouldn't you? But then the word blazed (my example word) also has 6 letters and an 'ed' at the end, but we don't say
'blaz-ed' do we? (ie a 2 syllable word) Funny one isn't it?

What about 'farted'?
Maybe the 't' makes all the difference.

Good point, good point, keep 'em comin' folks and see ya later

7/9/0910:09 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by old hippy guy:
wots a text? wots a mobile phone.....it IS still 1979?

Bless you sweet hippy guy .. Giz a hug

7/9/0910:10 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by DanceSettee:
I say blazed as a two syllable word

Like Brian Blessed?

7/9/0910:10 AM

CheekyPixieMember

See ya laterz

7/9/0910:10 AM

Garage JoeMember

Tex-tid.

7/9/0910:10 AM

DanceSetteeMember

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
quote:
Originally posted by DanceSettee:
I say blazed as a two syllable word

Like Brian Blessed?

no...like blay - zd

7/9/0910:12 AM

old hippy guyMember

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
Originally posted by old hippy guy:
wots a text? wots a mobile phone.....it IS still 1979?
Bless you sweet hippy guy .. Giz a hug

haha I say that cause I think I am probably the LAST person in the world to get his FIRST mobile phone,...about 3 years ago, at the tender age of 53

7/9/0910:13 AM

mary_beeMember

Hmmm...I think I say it with one syllable, but the two syllable one sounds likely too

7/9/0910:34 AM

SunnieMember

One syllable.

Text-ed just doesn't sound right to me.

7/9/0910:37 AM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

So, we are agreed?

Texted sounds like Text?

7/9/0910:55 AM

charlisockMember

I say it txt-ed

7/9/0910:56 AM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
Tex-tid.

7/9/0910:58 AM

madgeyMember

I'll never sleep tonight

7/9/0910:58 AM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by madgey:
I'll never sleep tonight

Love you sig Madgey
The mister pointee bit

7/9/0910:58 AM

aliMember

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
I say "I sent a text message".

me too, but texted would be 2 syllables

7/9/0910:58 AM

Little Miss SpursMember

I always say someone text me. People on JEREMY KYLE ALWAYS say "texted"!!

Does my head in... Must be down to their teeth... or lack of them!

7/9/0911:05 AM

CanicantMember

quote:
Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
I always say someone text me. People on JEREMY KYLE ALWAYS say "texted"!! Does my head in... Must be down to their teeth... or lack of them!

breeding or lack of it

7/9/091:16 PM

MoonbeamsMember

Oh I say SMS me or I sent him a SMS.

Text. I sent a text, he sent a text, we text each other, I received your text.

7/9/091:24 PM

LoriAdministrator 10 yearsModerator

I keep trying, and I CAN'T say it as one syllable (and I swear, my teeth are normal). How do you DO that??

7/9/091:28 PM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
You would think wouldn't you? But then the word blazed (my example word) also has 6 letters and an 'ed' at the end, but we don't say
'blaz-ed' do we? (ie a 2 syllable word) Funny one isn't it?

What about 'farted'?
Maybe the 't' makes all the difference.

Not the 't' as such, but the fact that blaze ends in a vowel and text in a consonant.

7/9/091:28 PM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

quote:
Originally posted by Lori Hope:
I keep trying, and I CAN'T say it as one syllable (and I swear, my teeth are normal). How do you DO that??

When you say it as 2 sylable you stress both vowels, if you say it as what appears to be one sylable it is infact still 2 sylables just that the 2nd vowel is unstressed and so hardly noticible.

7/9/091:33 PM

CaptVimesMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzie:
quote:
Originally posted by DanceSettee:
two syllables surely

-ed is the usual ending for most non-irregulat verbs, and i've never heard the verb "text" described as irregular

got me thinking though

Is it actually a verb yet?

Well it is now in the new mobile phone and computer world. It also makes sense that any new verbs are not irregular. I think there is still a natural reluctance to use it as a verb still hence the stumbling over it

7/9/091:34 PM

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