[Sinfonia]

Originally Posted by Dudess

And what the f*ck does "one you" mean?!

Nothing, out of context. She said "the one you got" or something.

Anyways, that teenage bebo speak these days (with all THiS kinDa StUfF!!!! lol xxXXxx), is just the same as 1337 5p34k or when Snoop Dogg says "shizzle", it really doesn't matter.
We should probably be getting angry about more important things. Like foreign policy or sumtin i duno lol x

[Mossy Monk]

I hate it. Have trouble understanding most of it. How hard is it to use predictive text which by all accounts is quicker.

[The Bollox]

Originally Posted by SumGuy

Anyways, that teenage bebo speak these days (with all THiS kinDa StUfF!!!! lol xxXXxx)

that shíte really grinds my gears! I mean píss off with your caps addiction, I don't want to know!

[Max_Damage]

I often wonder what the English language will be like in 50 years time, or even 20 years. Text speak is like Newspeak (from Nineteen Eighty-Four) in a different form.

*Doubleplusungood*

[GhostInTheRuins]

If I was to try to use textspeak, it would take me longer to text/type because I'd be constantly thinking "How the hell can I make this word shorter".

[CaptainNegative]

Originally Posted by D.T. Jesus

If I was to try to use textspeak, it would take me longer to text/type because I'd be constantly thinking "How the hell can I make this word shorter".

I'd be in exactly the same boat, but it seems so pointless texting like that. I have often text back to my friends asking why they couldn't text back with full words and punctuation and the answer I got from most of them is that they didn't know how to use predictive text and that txt speak was easier. Now I'm no phone expert myself, but predictive text is fairly simple stuff, isn't it? You'd have to be pretty thick not to be able to figure it out.

[Dudess]

Originally Posted by CaptainNegative

You'd have to be pretty thick not to be able to figure it out.

You'd think that, wouldn't you? Yet my brother, a partner in a law firm and only in his early 30s, nope, can't do it for the life of him.

My best friend: one of the most intelligent people I know. Again, can't get his head around the auld predictive texting.

Originally Posted by SumGuy

it really doesn't matter.

It kinda does though. As Max_Damage says:

I often wonder what the English language will be like in 50 years time, or even 20 years. Text speak is like Newspeak (from Nineteen Eighty-Four) in a different form.

*Doubleplusungood*

The point of Newspeak was to reduce the English vocabulary to the bare minimum, thus future generations would not have enough scope for committing thoughtcrime - there wouldn't be enough words for them to do so. God, yet another of Orwell's predictions coming true!
Language being f*cked around with - not good. I'm not saying text-speak is part of some conspiracy for world domination (although I might run that by tunaman!) but the eradication of words and phrases is quite a horrible thought.

Originally Posted by D.T. Jesus

If I was to try to use textspeak, it would take me longer to text/type because I'd be constantly thinking "How the hell can I make this word shorter".

Heh, me too. That's exactly the point Terry was making earlier about it being more difficult to type text-speak than proper English.
I wonder if other languages are being similarly raped?