Text speak - ttul

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:

GLaDOS

Talk to you later I would guess

3hn2givr7mx1sc

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

cml387

ta ta you langer ???

mr.jingle

Wah yi n abou?

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!

KeithM89_old

From urban dictionary:

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

admiralofthefleet

anyone who uses text speak should be ethnically cleansed

SteelyDanJalapeno

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

L0ui5e

cml387 wrote: »

ta ta you langer ???

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

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.

Princess Peach

KeithM89 wrote: »

From urban dictionary:

Hahaha

ROTFLYSST!!

MickySticks

CSB

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

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.

L0ui5e

www.slang.ie

saa

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

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

Dudess

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

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.

L0ui5e

The Clown Man wrote: »

What the **** is an SN??

Jesus.

Social networks

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?

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.

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

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...

hondasam

L0ui5e wrote: »

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

Where did I say I don't understand abbreviations?

hondasam

Snowie wrote: »

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...

I know and what dMaN24 posted is a good example of txt speak.
I would not consider tbh txt speak, it's used all the time.

Snowie

hondasam wrote: »

I know and what dMaN24 posted is a good example of txt speak.
I would not consider tbh txt speak, it's used all the time.

in my mind if you can't be assed to spell words properly, and have no excuse other then a, your stupid b, your lysdonksick.....

sunflower27

One of my friends was giving out about a guy who always ended his texts to her with lol. She said "it is really annoying, I don't even fancy him and he keeps saying 'lots of love' at the end of every text".

She was very embarassed when I told her what lol means We still haven't let her live it down