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Gregory Scott

9 Years Ago

Tagging Idea: Do You Speak Txt?

Maybe the old fogies and grammarians among us should consider embracing the "new literacy" of our brave new world.
It has already been suggested that we should include tags for our images that are common misspellings...
I wonder if the TXT dialect of the electronic age would also be a useful source of keywords.
I can't seem to think of any good examples, but can you?
TXT write the names of famous paintings, or useful keywords.
Here is my lame attempt:
blu ylo grn...
mlisa (Mona Lisa?)
of course, many TXT words contain punctu8ion, which might not work.
Help me out. There ought to be SOME useful TXT keywords out there!

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Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

no. i think that's finally a dying art form. you can try it. in my day that was called BBS talk L8R and so on. before that it was license plate speak.

hard to say if the valley kids of the 2005 generation still type that way. and if they appreciate the thought of typing like they do.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Greg Jackson

9 Years Ago

"...hard to say if the valley kids of the 2005 generation still type that way. and if they appreciate the thought of typing like they do. "


My last year of working at the high school was 2012. Trust me, they were still using that lingo two (almost three) years ago when doing their assigned, written papers.

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

I tend to doubt that anyone seeking serious high dollar art or photography would use text to look up potential art. On the other hand, I do put it common mispellings into the tags. (Sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident)

 

Edward Fielding

9 Years Ago

Its not like the buyers work in the fast food industry and can only click on icons. Maybe that's what the collections are for - people who can type.

 

Gregory Scott

9 Years Ago

Guys! Get your snark-meters recalibrated. This is just a whimsey. A sort of current culture word puzzle, if you will.
Maybe I should award some sort of prize for the best suggestion. There's got to be some creativity possible, here.
After all, art can by almost anything, right? Stretch your literary art! Power to ee cummings, and his people!

 

Marlene Burns

9 Years Ago

The only important one you need is WTF ("why the face"___Phil Dunphy, Modern Family)

 

Valerie Reeves

9 Years Ago

"License plate speak." LOL, Mike! So true, but had never realized it before.

 

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