Txt Spk!?!

jester77

Ive noticed quite a bit of DIS so caLd "txt spk" on DIS borD & rownd d web & it's bloody impossible 2 rED. Im suR ther R mNE othRz out ther hu join me n my abhorrence & despisement of DIS lingo.

Eh , so what was all that about then you may ask.... fear not as help is at hand...

http://www.transl8it.com/cgi-win/index.pl

c - 13

Entered this -

Ive noticed quite a bit of DIS so caLd "txt spk" on DIS borD & rownd d web & it's bloody impossible 2 rED. Im suR ther R mNE othRz out ther hu join me n my abhorrence & despisement of DIS lingo.

And it returned -

i have noticed quite a bit of this so called "text speak" on this board and around the web and its bloody impossible to read. I am sure there are many others out there who join me and my abhorrence and despisement of this lingo.

Handy.

Redrocket

i hate txt speak, my parents use it and think they are smart, then they wonder why i always have to ring them back to see what they really said

Peace

Text speak is a bannable offence on many boards here on boards.ie.... i wish it was enforced without prejudice.

Merrick

Yeah it's really annoying to try to read, I don't see why some people feel the need to stick in random numbers and spell things wrong when it would be just as easy to do it proplerly.

ando

usually you will find people that dont really use the net using txt speak in my experiance

pyramuid man

I think text speak derived from the whole 1337 5p33k (leet speak) thing that happened in america when people thought they were hacked if they used words like HaXX0r5(Hackers) or 1 am 1337, (I am elite). As I can see it is probably a little better than txt spk but it all is bull**** to make you seem cool. I personally wish both would burn in hell.

DEmeant0r

I'm scared - I could read what jester said

Anyways, yes I hate txt spk a lot, and I never use it in my text messages, unless I run out of room, then I'll shorten a few words down...

scojones

I also hate text speak. If I ever catch my niece or nephew using it I will kick their ass.

jester77

I always wonder why people use "text speak"! It's actually more difficult to write an SMS this way and takes much longer especially with predictive text and T9 now on most mobiles! If I was running a mobile operator business I would set up a filter to block all SMS with this lingo in it and return a message "Language not recognised, please use a spellchecker!" ... this would earn extra $$ as people would need to write proper SMS, but it would also mean they at least can write grammar properly!

Pigman II

Doesn't bother me but I will discriminate based on it.

Just like bad spelling, bad grammar or bad punctuation I'll automatically assume you are a bit simple if you have an abundance of txt spk in your writings.

MrScruff

If I was running a mobile operator business I would set up a filter to block all SMS with this lingo in it and return a message "Language not recognised, please use a spellchecker!" ... this would earn extra $$ as people would need to write proper SMS, but it would also mean they at least can write grammar properly!

HO HO, you joker!

It doesn't bother me really, and with the speed boards runs at a few bytes shaved off a post can only be a good thing!

Have you joined the spell czech forum. There are many other self-congratulary, pedantic people engaged in all sorts of one up manship and generally taking the whole thing way to seriously. Give it a try!

Aporia

i wz wlkN rownd d park & swans & dey aL spoke 2 me n magical vox sAN katie cum in2 d lite cum w us katie so natRLE I went w dem 2 find myself n a lRg cave fiLD w robotz w magical machinces caLd toasters whch actually turnD bread in2 toast

c - 13

Aporia wrote:

i was walking around the park and swans and they all spoke to me and magical voice saying katie come into the light come with us katie so naturally I went with them to fined myself and a large cave filled with robotz with magical machinces called toasters which actually turned bread into toast

Ah thats much better

Adam

wlel to be peferclty hnoset i tinhk tihs is a mcuh mroe iternesnitg lnuagae to sepak, as it atclualy isn't all taht hrad to raed as lnog as teh frsit adn lsat lteters are in teh smae palce as tehy soluhd be!

thelordofcheese

pyramuid man wrote:

I think text speak derived from the whole 1337 5p33k (leet speak) thing that happened in america when people thought they were hacked if they used words like HaXX0r5(Hackers) or 1 am 1337, (I am elite). As I can see it is probably a little better than txt spk but it all is bull**** to make you seem cool. I personally wish both would burn in hell.

I think Text speak derived from the limit of 160 characters on text messages, back in the early days of mobile phones, not from l33t.
This only makes it more confusing to me, as you aren't limited to 160 characters on a forum, it's somewhere in the region of 60,000 characters [depending on the database and all that, but the point is you have LOADS of space], so why people bother to use it when they have no reason to is beyond me.

Rb

It's harder to read and write than using plain English, so I don't see why people tend to use it.
That said, the only people I've noticed using it have been young adolescents.
You should see some bebo profiles, they're a disgrace, not a word of plain English in it.
What I find f*cking thick though is they've now shortened short words such as "who" to "hu", I mean if you're too lazy to write three letters then there's something very wrong with you.

Though, it doesn't bother me on msn/aim/etc or via mobile texts, just when I come across it on forums/blogs/profile pages etc.

jor el

http://www.transl8it.com/cgi-win/index.pl

That's a handy translator allright, but I don't think I'd be bothered to unscramble someone else's gibberish. If they can't be bothered to write properly then why should you bother to read it?

fade_to_grey wrote:

wlel to be peferclty hnoset i tinhk tihs is a mcuh mroe iternesnitg lnuagae to sepak, as it atclualy isn't all taht hrad to raed as lnog as teh frsit adn lsat lteters are in teh smae palce as tehy soluhd be!

I can read that no bother, but

i wz wlkN rownd d park & swans & dey aL spoke 2 me n magical vox sAN katie cum in2 d lite cum w us katie so natRLE I went w dem 2 find myself n a lRg cave fiLD w robotz w magical machinces caLd toasters whch actually turnD bread in2 toast

Took a while to decipher, and even then I got some words wrong.

rb_ie wrote:

It's harder to read and write than using plain English

For those who use it in daily life, I don't think it is. This is the problem. It's become a (the?) primary written language for them and isn't going to go away any time soon