1. A text entry system, comprising: a direction selector to individually point in a direction of letters to collectively form an intended linguistic object, where each letter comprises a linguistic object subcomponent; a collection of linguistic objects; an output device with a text display area; a processor, comprising: a difference calculation module configured to output, for each act of pointing, various letters based upon factors including at least the difference between an actual direction indicated by the directional selector and pre-assigned directions of said letters; an object search engine configured to identify at least one linguistic object based on the output letters; and a selection component to facilitate user selection of a desired linguistic object.