Ban text speak on boards

shakaman

All,

I would like to propose a motion to ban all text speak on boards. Text speak is the ruination of irish literacy (and makes posts irritatingly difficult to read), check some of the spelling on boards and it proves my point. So please give a yes or no and feel free to pass on your opinions.

Have a great weekend
Shak

Firewalkwithme

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Nala

Yes.
And ban people from using too many exclamation marks. Typically from female posters below the age of 16.
E.g:

"Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I reeeeeealllllllllly like this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't kno if he likes me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

type of thing.

whacker4fun

are u tlkn irish budz??

Dave!

nein

Endurance Man

Nala wrote:

Yes.
And ban people from using too many exclamation marks. Typically from female posters below the age of 16.
E.g:

"Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I reeeeeealllllllllly like this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't kno if he likes me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

type of thing.

Hahah, yes, this drives me dilly.

danniemcq

Nala wrote:

Yes.
And ban people from using too many exclamation marks. Typically from female posters below the age of 16.
E.g:

"Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I reeeeeealllllllllly like this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't kno if he likes me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

type of thing.

i'd vote to ban that before banning text speak so annoying

Laguna

Nala wrote:

Yes.
And ban people from using too many exclamation marks. Typically from female posters below the age of 16.
E.g:

"Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I reeeeeealllllllllly like this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't kno if he likes me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

type of thing.

GOD DAMN I AGREE, I hate those stupid threads on Personal Issues with the girls who are 14 saying

"I RLY L1KE dis lad in my school. He neva notices me tho, wat shld I do?"

Don't ****ing post on here for a start!

shakaman

Laguna wrote:

GOD DAMN I AGREE, I hate those stupid threads on Personal Issues with the girls who are 14 saying

"I RLY L1KE dis lad in my school. He neva notices me tho, wat shld I do?"

Don't ****ing post on here for a start!

Well I ain't against 14 yrs old using boards, hey it's for all but just don't write in ****in text speak!!!

Spunog UIE

hello and welcome to the inTARnets

Sparky

Gideon wrote:

hello and welcome to the inTARnets

wlcme 2 brds, wht will u b doin on it 2nite

dundalk cailin

i have to say im an abuser of txt speak, but im getting better thanks to plenty of warnings!!

Spunog UIE

lol, okay I do actually dislike the text speak way to send it home.

I don't mind the odd little word tho or a few misspellings. Ye'd want to be a bit nazi to try enforce every post to be perfecked.

Mossy Monk

so the nazis were all against text speak too

couldnt blame them

Alvis

Reminds me of Pussycat_doll (from the junior cert forum)

I wonder where she went?

airetam_storm

Mildly annoying but it shouldnt be a bannable offence. A addition to the boards charters would remedy a lot of it.

Rabies

Some boards already implement this.

nesf

It's already not allowed on this forum. Then again people should know this because everyone has read the charter of course....

SpAcEd OuT

i tink txt spk iz k cus its quikr n i dnt ave alot of time

unless its that severe it doesnt bother me.

Gordon

nesf wrote:

Then again people should know this because everyone has read the charter of course....

:pac:

Alvis

What charter?

Piste

Nala wrote:

Yes.
And ban people from using too many exclamation marks. Typically from female posters below the age of 16.
E.g:

"Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I reeeeeealllllllllly like this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't kno if he likes me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

type of thing.

Yeah those ones give the rest of us a bad name

Alvis wrote:

Reminds me of Pussycat_doll (from the junior cert forum)

I wonder where she went?

Oh she's [strike]long dead[/strike] Banned

shakaman wrote:

Well I ain't against 14 yrs old using boards, hey it's for all but just don't write in ****in text speak!!!

Good, we need more people like you.



Text speak is damn annoying, and I'm pretty sure there's something in the AH charter about not posting in text speak. I don't think it should merit a boards-wide ban though, just a warning or two, then maybe a banning.

scuba steve

SpAcEd OuT wrote:

i tink txt spk iz k cus its quikr n i dnt ave alot of time

unless its that severe it doesnt bother me.

same with me

NineMoons

HATE it. Really hate it. It makes me instantly assume the speaker is a gob****e who has no place discussing anything with anyone. And should probably be shot. Or stabbed. Maybe just a little maimed. :mad:

And I don't understand why text speak is so popular anyway, when surely to God every phone should have a decent predictive text thingy on it. I only use text speak for frequently used words that are too long, like tomorrow. But then I actually use colons and semi-colons in my texts so I just may be bit crazy, Eats Shoots and Leaves stylee. :rolleyes:

Rb

Oh you think coming across txtspk on boards is annoying?Try having a marketing lecturer who writes notes on the board in it :mad:

But yes, I think if a few warnings have been given and the user continues to do so, then ban 'em.

Stompbox

I think the worst thing about text speak is that when a thread like this is started everyone replies in text speak. It might be funny the first time but not the next 100 times! Why aren't they being banned?

canker

Ban the use of "tbh" and "imo", everytime I see them I go a little bit more insane :v:

ghostchant

Also I'd imagine it would take longer to write in text-speak than in plain english on a keyboard. It certainly does on phones.

Remember people, vowels are your friends - use them

Piste

canker wrote:

Ban the use of "tbh" and "imo", everytime I see them I go a little bit more insane

But they're acronyms, not common text speak. There's a difference in IMHO and C U TMRW


tbh.

Waltons

canker wrote:

Ban the use of "tbh" and "imo", everytime I see them I go a little bit more insane :v:

Don't even joke about that :eek:

billy the squid

brds.ie nw ur txtin :v:

You will find that it is banned on several fora. Actually I was mulling over adding a list of fora where it is banned to the biki entry on [wiki]Txt spk[/wiki]

billy the squid

canker wrote:

Ban the use of "tbh" and "imo", everytime I see them I go a little bit more insane :v:

I dont think that would be very popular tbh.

Binomate

I only ever use tbh, imo, lol and lmao. I never ever use any other form of text speak, not even in text messages. Yay for me.

Jimi-Spandex

Ban text speak, in fairness it's used to save money, it doesn't really matter here.

As for banning net speak, acronyms and the like, no chance ffs. n00b. This is where it belongs.

Ray777

Unless the poster can prove that they have genuinely laughed out loud, I suggest banning the use of 'lol'. Lies make baby Jesus cry.

RuggieBear

lol

tbh stfu.:)


lol

Gone West

Its mildly amusing to see this thread.
Ive seen most of the posters here use text speak before.

billy the squid

RuggieBear wrote:

lol

tbh stfu.:)


lol

its stfu tbh

sheesh