soz? fook off... just say sorry

Third_Echelon

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soz... soz... soz... i see this sh1t everywhere... here on boards.. in text messages, and it really fooking pisses me off... why not just say SORRY???

how the hell does soz sound or look like sorry!!!!

I know there has been many 'i hate txt language' threads, but this really pisses me off...

sorry had to get that one out there...
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see i used sorry... its easy

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ChipZilla

English slang :rolleyes: It is pretty lazy though. You only need to hit two more keys to make 'sorry' as opposed to 'soz'.

Kone

Originally posted by Third_Echelon
<rant>
soz... soz... soz... i see this sh1t everywhere... here on boards.. in text messages, and it really fooking pisses me off... why not just say SORRY???

how the hell does soz sound or look like sorry!!!!

I know there has been many 'i hate txt language' threads, but this really pisses me off...

sorry had to get that one out there...
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see i used sorry... its easy

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Give that man a spliff!

Sleipnir

I hate that.

Also when people use "canx" instead of cancel. It's so lazy.

tman

"fook"???

what's wrong with "fuck"?

Sleipnir

(t)man has a point!

seamus

Originally posted by Sleipnir
I hate that.

Also when people use "canx" instead of cancel. It's so lazy.

Never heard that one.
Don't mind soz so much unless someone says it in real life™. Then it annoys me. It's a British slang thing like Baz = Barry, DAz = Darren. Doesn't make sense, but hey.

Agent Smith

cant stand txt talk......


onlz use it to save space when i have verry verry little credit...

dahamsta

I don't like txt tlk either, unless I'm writing a long text. "Soz" is one of those ones that doesn't make me want to shoot someone in the head though. "Ure" does. Only a simian could come up with "ure".

adam

Blisterman

r ppl tht txt wth n vwls

alleepally

The phrase I can't bear is "yo yo's" when describing Euros. Who came up with that one.

woosaysdan

or tnx for thanks or cnt for can't i hate when people do that or ppl for people:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Cake Fiend

Ure a cnt.

Blisterman

Fook's annoying too. If you're gonna swear, swear right.

azezil

I'd tend to use soz if i was apologising for something trivial its like "i'm sorry, lets not make a big deal of it" kinda thing.

subway_ie

Originally posted by alleepally
The phrase I can't bear is "yo yo's" when describing Euros. Who came up with that one.

What's worse is that ringtone ad in MTV that keeps on repeating "for just six yo-yos". Arghhhhhhhhhhh that's annoying.

vgar

I use "soz" in text messages to save on space so I can fit more in, but I don't use it in emails or when I'm talking.

I hate when people write emails using text talk. That gets on my nevers. It sustifiable in texts but not in emails. Have to say it's actually harder to type out an email in text talk than proper language. As your trying it your brain kicks in and makes your fingers move to the right keys even though your trying not too. You end up getting some pretty messy results! :-)

lodgepole

Originally posted by vgar
Have to say it's actually harder to type out an email in text talk than proper language.

As it is on a phone. Predictive text does not have the likes of soz (which is one of the more ridiculous abbreviations i've heard of...) in it's memory, so you'd have to save a whole other language into it. I know that my phone would soon run out of additional space in its dictionary and start erasing from the start. Pain in the hole if you ask me, i'd rather spend the extra few cent on a second message to save me the hassle and ensure that the person i'm texting knows what i'm on about.

jesus_thats_gre

If anything, predictive text has improved my spelling... In that the word I want wont be displayed unless i spell in correctly...

radiospan

Originally posted by subway_ie
What's worse is that ringtone ad in MTV that keeps on repeating "for just six yo-yos". Arghhhhhhhhhhh that's annoying.

Thank God I haven't heard that one yet. *shudder*

Puck

I really hate "fook". Who the Hell decided that that it sounded or looked like fuck? "Book" doesn't rhyme with "buck", "fook" doesn't rhyme with "fuck", they don't sound anything like each other. I really can't stand to read the word.

billy the squid

I hate text speak. It is bad enough the the print in text messages is so damn small on the new phones but when you get mesages like

tnx 4 da m8 cu l8r

There is no need for it as you could fit loads into 160 letters. then if you have more to say send the message "call me when you get a chance" or ring them yourself

grumpytrousers

I really hate "fook". Who the Hell decided that that it sounded or looked like ****?

At a guess, people from manchester, or journalists covering bands from manchester. The rise in use of the word 'fook' written down has tended to be in articles covering..er...Oasis. A lot of mags will have guidelines on a swearing quota - in otherwords, you're allowed three bastards, a prick and an arsehole, but no **** and a **** is also out of the question.

However, journos could get around the rules by using approximations based on how the accent sounded...

OLDYELLAR

yea soz is really annoying , took me ages to even work out what that was shorthand / text slang for , i text slang a lot even at college , but thank god i never use that yoke!

Matfinn

how did you manage to swear in that last post ?


one thing i hare is geek talk like

l33t

pwned

stfu

lmao

the things you hear twelve year old americans say playing battlefield 1942. really would get on my nerves if i allowed it to

OLDYELLAR

me did i swear ? my bad whats pwned?pooey ned

Matfinn

was talking about the post by grumpytrousers

OLDYELLAR

wots pooey ned slang for anyway ?

neXus9

I hate when people type pr0n instead of porn. It's not abbreviated, just a re-arrangement of letters. Why?????

grumpytrousers

I hate when people type pr0n instead of porn. It's not abbreviated, just a re-arrangement of letters. Why?????

erm - it's not a word so that if an IT admin person is looking thru the logs of the drones he's meant to monitor and searches for the word porn, it won't show up. dunno why the zero goes in, to be honest

how did you manage to swear in that last post ?

Dunno mate, I'm just good, i guess

seamus

Originally posted by neXus9
I hate when people type pr0n instead of porn. It's not abbreviated, just a re-arrangement of letters. Why?????

azezil

Originally posted by Puck
"Book" doesn't rhyme with "buck"

It does if you pronouce it correctly :P

Third_Echelon

Originally posted by Puck
I really hate "fook". Who the Hell decided that that it sounded or looked like fuck? "Book" doesn't rhyme with "buck", "fook" doesn't rhyme with "fuck", they don't sound anything like each other. I really can't stand to read the word.

i used to make sure that you knew i was saying the word F.U.C.K rather than 4 stars appering on the screen. also the manchunian thing should be well know at this stage or was everyone here only 10 around 1995?

neXus9

Originally posted by grumpytrousers
dunno why the zero goes in, to be honest

I Suppose to be a "l33t".:rolleyes: