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Txt Spk police

The Bollox

I'm not sure if this was tried before, but here goes.

I was thinking it may be useful to appoint a few boardsies to police people using txt spk in the same way the sig police look out for bad or offensive signatures. The reason I think this could be useful is because I know for a fact that I am not the only Boardsie who has txt spk under his/her list of pet peeves, and it can be very frustrating trying to read some of the garbage some posters put up... especially when it's in txt spk :pac:.

The problem is most common with new users who are used to posting comments on Bebo and Facebook where this... language is tolerated. I don't mean we should make posting in txt spk a bannable offence, but if the selected boardsies warn the offenders about how the use of txt spk is not generally accepted here it could help a lot.

anyone agree?

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Jemmy

Hold on the abbrievations are just as hard to bloody get if your new enough to boards.

Lockstep

Dudess wrote: »

I really think posts in textspeak should warrant a site banning.

My old man got an assignment from a 2nd year history student....in text speak....

copacetic

kickoutthejams wrote: »

My old man got an assignment from a 2nd year history student....in text speak....

does he teach history?

Well, ffs and omg are TLA's, which in itself is a TLA, not text speak really.

Bob the Builder

copacetic wrote: »

does he teach history?

No. He gets paid to talk to his class about it.

randylonghorn

The Bollox wrote: »

I was thinking it may be useful to appoint a few boardsies to police people using txt spk in the same way the sig police look out for bad or offensive signatures.

No. SIGPO can be annoying enough, though I know they provide a useful function

The Bollox wrote: »

The reason I think this could be useful is because I know for a fact that I am not the only Boardsie who has txt spk under his/her list of pet peeves

Oh, I can't stand it either ... I'd find it easier to read posts in pig-Latin or binary ... but proliferation of thematically focussed quasi-obsessive groups of vigilantes on boards not a good idea.

Mods seem to deal with it fine as it is ...

Oryx wrote: »

Id offer, but Id be afraid someone would then set up a separate division to pull me up on the use of the apostrophe.

... and Americanisms ...

Bob the Builder

Whoever doesnt use apostrophes should be ashamed of themselves.

corkproducers

Cat Speakz FTW!
Txt spk FTL (For the lose that is)

Lockstep

copacetic wrote: »

does he teach history?

Woops, that makes it sound like he teaches in school.

He's a university lecturer.

Hence the shock that a second year uni student would so such a thing.

randylonghorn

kickoutthejams wrote: »

He's a university lecturer.

In Galway? In history?

/curious now

copacetic

kickoutthejams wrote: »

Woops, that makes it sound like he teaches in school.

He's a university lecturer.

Hence the shock that a second year uni student would so such a thing.

well thats not too bad, I though history students were doing txt spk essay drive bys on members of the public..

Gordon

I have to back the opposition due to the simple fact that the users wanting to ban "txtspk" are actually using text speak to do so, hence finding such use of the English language an acceptable one. (what Maximillian said)

biko

Even the bible come in txt spk these days
http://www.biblesociety.com.au/smsbible/index.html

copacetic

Gordon wrote: »

I have to back the opposition due to the simple fact that the users wanting to ban "txtspk" are actually using text speak to do so, hence finding such use of the English language an acceptable one. (what Maximillian said)

thats crazy talk Gordon, say I want to add the word mamafecker to the swear filter, I can't because I just used it therefore making its use acceptable? that is some backwards logic

Gordon

copacetic wrote: »

thats crazy talk Gordon, say I want to add the word mamafecker to the swear filter, I can't because I just used it therefore making its use acceptable? that is some backwards logic

well at least you are trying to understand it by trying to break it down into something else, creativity is always a good thing.

Yo boards.ie mamafeckers, ban the word mamafeckers or you're all mamafeckers.

copacetic

Gordon wrote: »

well at least you are trying to understand it by trying to break it down into something else, creativity is always a good thing.

Yo boards.ie mamafeckers, ban the word mamafeckers or you're all mamafeckers.

you are some condescending mamafecker!

Gordon

Only on Saturdays, and the 16th of mamafecker every year (not sure why).

Dave!

No. It's easy to read.