Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hey sara is not mad at me
Babe no babe

from a 425 phone number, Friday, November 13, 8:40 PM

I'm glad to hear that. But is Sara mad at Leila?
did u find the field ok. we looked for u. Bill got lost. Nan xo
from a 207 phone number, Friday, November 13, 8:18 PM

I'm just picturing Nan, Bill, Leila, and maybe others wandering around some vast outdoor arena, unable to find huge fields, or each other, or their home. Trapped outside for days, with only their cell phones linking them to safety. Seriously, what is going on here?
are you almost here
from a 915 phone number, Thursday, November 12, 10:01 PM

what do you want for dinner!
from a 915 phone number, Friday, November 13, 7:31 PM

I'm easy. Bread would be great. Water, if you have it. Don't panic.
FWD: Salam Ghada. Alhamdulilah we're doing well. Just sleep deprived. :-) address is 10797 garden ridge ct., davie, fl 33328
from a 937 phone number, Thursday, November 12, 2:25 PM

Apparently, this is the address for a doctor. Not sure what the words at the beginning mean, though a variation on "Leila" appears to be in there...
still in our dog park. More kids than I have ever seen here. Dad will call or text when ready to leave.
from a 323 phone number, Wednesday, November 11, 5:49 PM

Why are there so many kids there on a Wednesday? Shouldn't they be doing homework? Why, in my day...
what's your menu choice for your birthday & when do you want to have it?
from a 562 phone number, Wednesday, November 11, 2:23 PM

My menu choice is chocolate. And I want to have it on my birthday. And EVERY DAY!
Are your girls coming home for your dads party
from a 219 phone number, Tuesday, November 10, 2:24 PM

Courtney is pregnant
Shelli

from a 219 phone number, Wednesday, November 11, 7:53 AM

Lots o' family drama going on here. I think once you and your friends start having kids, the content of your texts changes dramatically.
Hi We are on a seceret mishin so we can not see echuther but we talk to echuther
-MaYa-

from a 425 phone number, Monday, November 9, 10:14 PM

This is the longest text I have ever received from MaYa, and I have to say, it is so much more engaging than her usual messages! There's actually something to WORK with here!
I was txtn her like 10 mins ago but then I just txt her bout she didnt txt u lik u tld me
from a 917 phone number, Monday, November 9, 7:59 PM

Maybe she didn't text Leila like Leila told 917 because 917's messages are COMPLETELY INCOMPREHENSIBLE and she didn't even understand that she was supposed to respond?
leila bring me my ipod! pleaseeeee
from a 425 phone number, Monday, November 9, 10:37 AM

Never lend out your iPod. It only ends in situations like this.
whats yr plan? we will b gone till abt 230.
Prema to most, mom to 3

from a 740 phone number, Sunday, November 8, 10:26 AM

r u awake? txt me what u need from store i will drop it off to u
Prema to most, mom to 3

from a 740 phone number, Friday, November 13, 11:10 AM

I do not get this woman's sig line. She has three kids and... her nickname is Prema? What kind of nickname is that?
Leilach
from a 301 phone number, Saturday, November 7, 12:12 PM

When in the course of human events. Four score and sevenyears ago:-) :-)
from a 301 phone number, Saturday, November 7, 5:28 PM

301 seems perhaps to be conflating two different speeches... Or, more likely, she's giving examples of classic opening lines.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

FWD: Im home r u coming over? I haue to work tomorro and julie is taking sats
from a 774 phone number, Friday, November 6, 9:19 PM

Good luck on the SATs, Julie! You can do it!

Monday, November 9, 2009

^0^ FWD: (2/2) ppl in 53 mins some 1 will say i love u lflip2volleybal
from a 919 phone number, Friday, November 6, 8:58 PM

^0^ hey gurly what r u doing
VoLLeYbALL LOVeR! <3

from a 919 phone number, Friday, November 6, 9:02 PM

919 hasn't quite yet mastered the consistency of sig lines, but one thing remains clear throughout the various iterations: She really loves volleyball.
25 to 20 us :) makell had another good serving run
from an 801 phone number, Friday, November 6, 4:44 PM

This is obviously about a sports match, and Makell is clearly an athlete on "our" team. But what team is that? The most common Makell to come up on Google (at least with a sports affiliation) is this guy. Except he is a high school football player in Maryland, so why would some kids in Salt Lake City be texting about him? So then I googled "Makell Utah" and came up with this girl, and I cannot even tell from this webpage what sport she plays, but it appears to be soccer, which does not involve "serving runs" so far as I know.

I love when the Leila Texts give me key pieces of athletic knowledge that I can then naturally work into conversation and come off as more well-informed than I actually am. But this one is not helping.
mi amigo no me creia "L@ Tr0ch@" "L.T."
from an 860 phone number, Wednesday, November 4, 11:40 AM

This person appears to be named La Trocha, which means "The Trail"-- very common nickname among Spanish-speakers, The Trail. The rest of it means "my friend did not believe me," but on what, and why, remains unclear. Perhaps The Trail is known as a habitual liar.
we over on mins by 20 mins only have one more day so you know what that mean.
from a 205 phone number, Tuesday, November 3, 9:44 PM

No, actually; I have no earthly idea what that mean. Enlighten me.
Happy early birthday machky and i hope you have the greatest birthday ever44'":=
from an 850 phone number, Tuesday, November 3, 7:49 PM

No idea what the emoticon on the end there signifies, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was supposed to look like, I don't know, birthday cake and balloons.