Speaking the Text Lingo

'Twas a fun afternoon. It has been an hour since we started walking and loitering around the village streets consuming that chocolate bar and fish crackers we bought on that store just around the corner of my friend's house. We finally decided its time to quench our thirsts and finally close our snack session with a good, cold drink.

After having passed through several sari-sari stores (one of which was oddly named "Anything Goes" Store), we eventually found ourselves cruising the merchandise of this store not far from the exit which has a payphone on top of its glass shelf. We weren't so particular about that phone until this girl came and asked if she could use it. Well, the salesgirl didn't hesitate as it was a pay phone after all.

We were on our way back to the street with tetra packs already punched with straws when the girl using the phone started out her conversation. We werent really so attentive until her first greeting.

"Hello Ma'am...", she started in a loud and very serious tone. Perhaps she was talking to someone very important. Then the words she blurted after that became the reason why the next few blocks on my way out of their village became one of the longest and most memorable laugh trips we had..."Ay Ma'am, Good P-M!"

Well, to match that, let me put it this way...The only most appropriate thing to describe what we did on our way out is "LOL!"

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Postscript: A perfect situation that definitely showcases the deep crevice that SMS and chat lingo has created into our lingua franca. Makes me wonder how "robot-like" humans are...*winks*

First published in Friendster blog February 1, 2006 2:16 AM