The other day a friend texted me to meet at Puppy Hills. The message ended abruptly there. I thought for a moment and realised what had happened. Puppy is a textonym of Surry in T9 predictive text. My friend had tried to correct it and had hit the send key instead.
That gave me an idea for a crime thriller premise. The murder victim manages to send off a last SMS mentioning Puppy Hills. The savvy PI works out that Surry Hills was meant and this clue moves the story forwards. If any crime fiction author is reading this, you're welcome to this idea. <grin>
PS: There is another textonym for puppy which is not a word you use in polite company. If you can't figure it out, don't worry, stay innocent.
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