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Text speak - ttul

  • 19-03-2012 11:36pm
    #1
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    My Corkonian friend sent me two text messages today and signed them off
    'ttul' and then a kiss...

    I'm a bit slow on the ole textual abbreviation..
    Anyone shed any light for me.. :cool:


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  • #2
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Talk to you later I would guess

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #3
    Brendan Deep Teammate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭ Brendan Deep Teammate


    Tell her to get her shít together and that it's "ttyl", not "ttul". Jaysus.


  • #4
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,360 ✭✭✭cml387


    ta ta you langer ???


  • #5
    mr.jingle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭mr.jingle


    Wah yi n abou?


  • #6
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Talk to you later I would guess

    if there was a smilie here with a lightbulb going on i would use it..

    cheers mate!


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  • #7
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    From urban dictionary:
    abbreviation for talk to you later. Used primarily in instant messaging and is only used by retards.


  • #8
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    anyone who uses text speak should be ethnically cleansed


  • #9
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users Posts: 14,234 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mDTLphIVY


  • #10
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    cml387 wrote: »
    ta ta you langer ???

    ah now.. that's assuming all Cork people say langer..
    what you on about boy?? :p


  • #11
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    From urban dictionary:
    :pac:
    Urban dictionary continues to outdo itself.

    Just out of interest, is there a website that has a list of slang words used in Ireland.


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  • #12
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    From urban dictionary:

    Hahaha

    ROTFLYSST!!


  • #13
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    CSB


  • #14
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    :pac:
    Urban dictionary continues to outdo itself.

    Just out of interest, is there a website that has a list of slang words used in Ireland.

    urbandictionary has most


  • #15
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,419 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Why are people so against txt speak? it must have been popular at one time, why has it got to the stage where everyone is against it.


  • #16
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    www.slang.ie


  • #17
    saa
    Registered Users Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    almost as bad as smh
    if you wouldnt type it don't abbreviate it


  • #18
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    hondasam wrote: »
    Why are people so against txt speak? it must have been popular at one time, why has it got to the stage where everyone is against it.

    B'cuz iz retard.


  • #19
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    hondasam wrote: »
    Why are people so against txt speak? it must have been popular at one time, why has it got to the stage where everyone is against it.

    For me, it takes too much effort to understand. You should only have to read a sentence written by a native English-speaker once to understand it, unless it has lots of particular academic/scientific etc jargon.

    For some people it's also become their standard form of communication outside of just text messages, which really limits their communicative abilities. English is an incredibly rich, expressive language, and using txtspk 100% of the time just isn't even coming close to making the most of the language.


  • #20
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,419 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    For me, it takes too much effort to understand. You should only have to read a sentence written by a native English-speaker once to understand it, unless it has lots of particular academic/scientific etc jargon.

    For some people it's also become their standard form of communication outside of just text messages, which really limits their communicative abilities. English is an incredibly rich, expressive language, and using txtspk 100% of the time just isn't even coming close to making the most of the language.

    Same here don't understand half of it, thought that was just me tbh. I don't understand people who use it in Email, that is retarded and unprofessional.


  • #21
    Wetai
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Wetai


    hondasam wrote: »
    Same here don't understand half of it, thought that was just me tbh. I don't understand people who use it in Email, that is retarded and unprofessional.

    And Facebook. But I'd find Twitter and SNs that work in similar ways to it acceptable (char limits).


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  • #22
    The Clown Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭The Clown Man


    Wetai wrote: »
    And Facebook. But I'd find Twitter and SNs that work in similar ways to it acceptable (char limits).

    What the **** is an SN??

    Jesus.


  • #23
    stoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭stoneill


    hondasam wrote: »
    Same here don't understand half of it, thought that was just me tbh. I don't understand people who use it in Email, that is retarded and unprofessional.

    He he he


  • #24
    Jezek
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Jezek


    Text speak is language evolving, so it's natural enough. But to a grumpy fcuker like me it seems to be evolving into some sort of grunting pidgin language that can never be as beautiful as it once was.


  • #25
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    A small bit is grand, but really OTT textspeak with replacement words etc just seems like too much hassle.


  • #26
    Napper Hawkins
    Registered Users Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭Napper Hawkins


    If space is a factor, such as an actual text message, then I couldn't care less really. Also stuff like "Tlk 2u l8r" etc. is fine.

    A Facebook comment or email on the other hand is just taking the piss though to be honest and makes an otherwise intelligent person come off like a 14 year old with learning difficulties.


  • #27
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    The Clown Man wrote: »
    What the **** is an SN??

    Jesus.

    Social networks


  • #28
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    hondasam wrote: »
    Same here don't understand half of it, thought that was just me tbh. I don't understand people who use it in Email, that is retarded and unprofessional.

    You say you don't understand abbreviation yet you use it in your post!
    Is the irony wasted on you? :confused:


  • #29
    dMaN24
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭dMaN24


    Text speak is one thing. Typing like a moron and claiming that you have dyslexia is another thing..
    cuz m lik desleksik an u shud respek it moranz..

    Hmm.


  • #30
    L0ui5e
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭L0ui5e


    dMaN24 wrote: »
    Text speak is one thing. Typing like a moron and claiming that you have dyslexia is another thing..
    cuz m lik desleksik an u shud respek it moranz..

    Hmm.

    I know I shouldn't laugh, but I did :o


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  • #31
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    hondasam wrote: »
    Why are people so against txt speak? it must have been popular at one time, why has it got to the stage where everyone is against it.


    Its hard to read at the best of time, Lol etc is ok , but some of the stuff people say in text messages you need a code breakers manual to understand what they say...

    or i just don't reply.... I do that a lot i hate text...


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