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re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture
Posted by: Chazwaza 12:39 pm EST 02/19/19
In reply to: re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture - Ann 09:26 am EST 02/19/19

But again, that doesn't ring true to me. The text in the morning would be the explanation, or at least if you're giving an explanation it would be in text message.

Yes, sure, he might be the type who would call to explain something rather than text. But if we're updating for modern culture, that is just not very common among people under 30 especially, which I think Marta (i forget the male version's name - Martin I assume) is meant to be. But even under 35.

And yes young people may call if it's going to take a lot of explaining, but I don't think this scenario would... it's a simple explanation, made less awkward to not have to answer for yourself live on the phone. That's often why people avoid calling.

But again, it's just as much about the logic of the scenario he's laying out to me as it is about the lyric having a chance to represent modern phone culture. And it doesn't.
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