The Perils of T9

I once had a very old fashioned cell phone (sans QWERTY keyboard), so I relied rather heavily on my T9 dictionary to guide my text-based conversations. Unfortunately, as a former English major, I can’t for the life of me bring myself to use anything but 100% proper English, not unlike that which the rest of the (sane) population uses exclusively on essays (or maybe blogs, for English dorks). That means, of course, not only crossed T’s and dotted I’s, but also proper punctuation, capitalization, and so on and so forth. And for all the time T9 had saved me (if that is in fact the purpose it’s serving) I more than wasted it on proof-reading my texts to insure that I didn't say "home" when I meant "good" or "telecrtese" when I meant "Telecaster."



In a particularly perilous mistep, I once was texting a girl late at night, and just before we were both going to be she said, "see you tomorrow" to which I (thought I) replied "night." However, T9 prioritizes that five character combination quite interestingly. You see, I actually replied, "might," because, apparently T9 believes that people are unsure more often than 50%, or the amount of time that it is night time. An interesting character trait of T9, to be so unconfident, and yet so arrogant, to assume it always knows what you intend to say.



So consider this a warning. If you must utilize T9, do so with caution.



And if you care to blackberry chat, msg me plz. thx.



lulz.