Text Speak

Savman · 12-01-2006 11:20PM

kwinabeeste wrote:

Can the mods lighten up a bit?

Not likely :rolleyes:

slade_x · 12-01-2006 11:24PM

This is a Forum there is more than enough room to type whatever you want to say, you are not charged for every post you make and as far as i know there is no limit to how many characters a post can contain

With that in mind there is no logical purpose for phonetic type spelling on a forum as you are not charged 8c for every 160 characters you send

NoDayBut2Day · 12-01-2006 11:42PM

Canis Lupus wrote:

Text speech is simply childish, I don't even use text speech when I'm texting I hate it that much

Yeah, I can't stand it either. The only time I'll abbreviate a word is from "you" to "u" while I'm texting, and that's only because I'm in a hurry... Otherwise, I just use proper English.

SprostonGreen · 12-01-2006 11:47PM

You dont use crayons to write a letter, so dont use text speak on an internet message board.

senordingdong · 13-01-2006 12:17AM

You people are only making yourselves look bad by 'typing' with that tripe.

13-01-2006 12:59AM

I can't stand text speak. It's annoying and difficult to read.

Savman · 13-01-2006 01:46AM

ur all jst 2 kool 4 skool txt spk iz d way 4wd ne1 agree?

Faith · 13-01-2006 01:46AM

It's also affecting the younger generations because they are not learning english properly. They think txt speak is perfectly acceptable to use in school work and exams.

senordingdong · 13-01-2006 01:48AM

Savman wrote:

ur all jst 2 kool 4 skool txt spk iz d way 4wd ne1 agree?

If that's how you think those words are spelled then I think you'll find that it is you who is too cool for school.

Savman · 13-01-2006 01:50AM

senordingdong wrote:

If that's how you think those words are spelled then I think you'll find that it is you who is too cool for school.

wot u on m8? c u l8r

Capt'n Midnight · 13-01-2006 02:09AM

Maybe ask for a predictive text add on to boards

TXT speak can be hard to read because there are different dialects, and not everyone knows all the same shorthands.

Also txt speakers tend to spell other words incorrectly and take huge liberties with grammer which makes it even harder to read. 1337 etc. aren't too bad this way.

If txt speakers posts were up to average quality apart from the txt speak then there would not be such a big issue, but having to wade through the language and there is still nothing worth looking at , again 1337 aren't as bad this way.

plus it's a lot harder to skim read them, and usually not worth bothering

/IMHO

thelordofcheese · 13-01-2006 10:47AM

i can see the point of it when you are trying to squeeze a message into 160 characters in a mobile phone text message, but you have roughly 64,000 characters or more to play with, there is no point or reason to use shorthand.

God gave you a keyboard with 26 letters, use them dammit!

kwinabeeste · 13-01-2006 10:57AM

Endurance Man wrote:

LOL wertz, the OP is 25 :P, kinda worries me a bit tbh.

Hilarious...

Some mods mightn't like the way you wrote that...I AM against the short hand text speak tho!

Mr Magnolia · 13-01-2006 11:14AM

kwinabeeste wrote:

Posting in "rtrd"
- Using txtspk n ur psts is cnsdrd been rlly stpd cuz u hv qwert kbd n ur pc so xpct 2 b wrnd.

Answer's in the question IMO, hurt me head reading that.

As was said, it takes longer to read and type in text-speak

kwinabeeste · 13-01-2006 11:26AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by kwinabeeste
Posting in "rtrd"
- Using txtspk n ur psts is cnsdrd been rlly stpd cuz u hv qwert kbd n ur pc so xpct 2 b wrnd.

Sparks400 wrote:

Answer's in the question IMO, hurt me head reading that.

As was said, it takes longer to read and type in text-speak

That is from the charter.....I don't agree with that kind of text speak but I use 2moro 2day and things like that when typin emails etc, BUT not for formal things. That was my point which nobody failed to see or I didn't stress it properly.

Short hand text speak is evil, but shortening some words like 2moro, kinda, tho...etc i feel is ok in some contexts (emails and message boards) and that was the original point I was tryin to explain. ....

Beruthiel · 13-01-2006 11:39AM

I detest 'text speak'
it's impossible to read and makes the poster come across as a 14 year old teenager.
If I was ruler of the internet (any day now) I’d ban anyone who used it.
I rarely read a post by someone using it, they are dismissed as having nothing much to say of any interest or more of an effort would have been put into typing english in the first place.

Pighead · 13-01-2006 11:40AM

Brtl is teh sx

Beruthiel · 13-01-2006 11:45AM

pighead banned from the internet

Wertz · 13-01-2006 06:07PM

Beruthiel wrote:

pighead banned from the internet

At least something positive was achieved by this thread - :v:

dundalk cailin · 14-01-2006 03:40PM

i use pred text, use proper english (mostly) only shorten words if im a little over the 160 characters, (13c vodafone so im gonna make savings where i can

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french keyboards are slightly different to irish (?) keyboards so i blame them for any typos i may make

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