Why is everybody so pissy about txt speek on boards

abi2007 · 03-12-2008 06:27PM

beautiation wrote: »

I knew my s-s-s-s-stammer would s-s-sssstart to make itself useful one day.

tease

4zn76tysfajdxp · 03-12-2008 06:27PM

Pighead wrote: »

Soliloquies. Hamlet was a well known wanker.

So what's a haiku?

beautiation · 03-12-2008 06:28PM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Imagine if someone was to start speaking to you, knowingly and deliberately dropping individual syllables or leaving out words entirely. Would you want to talk to them?

Same ****.

Not really, in fairness, as the whole point of textspeak is that it's meant to be identical phonetically.

AnonoBoy · 03-12-2008 06:29PM

Maisie Jolly Victim wrote: »

So what's a haiku?

A quickie?

Pighead · 03-12-2008 06:30PM

Maisie Jolly Victim wrote: »

So what's a haiku?

Making love at night
with a woman who is small
because you like dwarves.

ntlbell · 03-12-2008 06:31PM

beautiation wrote: »

Not really, in fairness, as the whole point of textspeak is that it's meant to be identical phonetically.

what if your tone deaf

aidan_walsh · 03-12-2008 06:34PM

beautiation wrote: »

Not really, in fairness, as the whole point of textspeak is that it's meant to be identical phonetically.

Phonetically does not mean "typed on a phone".

galwayguy22 · 03-12-2008 06:37PM

Overheal wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1cyNigny8

"Potentially dangerous code, to keep parents in the dark?"

What kind of ****ing lowbrow news station is that? Jesus that's worse than Sky News reporting on some animal up a tree somewhere in America, which they do at the end of every hour.

You take the first letter from each word of a phrase and put them together. You maybe replace some of the characters with unusual characters which have a similar appearance. Highly sophisticated.

If the Germans were using L33T Speak instead of enigma machines we'd all be speaking German right now, no doubt.

Turd Ferguson · 03-12-2008 06:37PM

Text speak is just silly and lazy.

Lolspeak or Engrish however is perfectly acceptable.

beautiation · 03-12-2008 06:40PM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Phonetically does not mean "typed on a phone".

Oh hey accidental pun! Sweet!

People do read phonetically. It's how we learn to read, learning what sounds each symbol makes and applying that knowledge whenever we encounter a word. Repeated exposure is what makes us learn the exceptions to these rules (words with silent letters for example) and over time the 2 categories of "straight" and "exception" words fuse in our head as we get very familiar with all of them. But when we encounter new patterns of letters, like textspeak, our first instinct is still to treat them phonetically, which is why the system works.I don't think textspeak is harmful, but I don't like the look of it so I'm glad it's frowned upon here.

abi2007 · 03-12-2008 06:43PM

beautiation wrote: »

Oh hey accidental pun! Sweet!

People do read phonetically. It's how we learn to read, learning what sounds each symbol makes and applying that knowledge whenever we encounter a word. Repeated exposure is what makes us learn the exceptions to these rules (words with silent letters for example) and over time the 2 categories of "straight" and "exception" words fuse in our head as we get very familiar with all of them. But when we encounter new patterns of letters, like textspeak, our first instinct is still to treat them phonetically, which is why the system works.I don't think textspeak is harmful, but I don't like the look of it so I'm glad it's frowned upon here.

that's just to much waffel for me to read!

Pighead · 03-12-2008 06:46PM

abi2007 wrote: »

that's just to much waffel for me to read!

tl;dr

beautiation · 03-12-2008 06:46PM

abi2007 wrote: »

that's just to much waffel for me to read!

Dammit. I wish my blather were waffly versatile.

Carturo · 03-12-2008 06:53PM

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Grammar Nazis...they are everywhere

Because the sad bastards have nothing else.

Professey Chin · 03-12-2008 06:57PM

Cause it touches children

chops1990 · 03-12-2008 06:58PM

its ok in programs which require messeges to be small and to the point. its just being lazy on site like this

aidan_walsh · 03-12-2008 07:03PM

I understand that and thats all well and good. However there comes a time when people need to move above the basics they learned as infants and start using the same methods of communication as the rest of us.

Standard Toaster · 03-12-2008 07:15PM

If your going to use txt speak you may as well type using Morse code.
It would take me as long to understand both.

Useless your 8 years old, have two smashed up hands or have 3 keys on your keyboard you've no excuse not to use English.

hullaballoo · 03-12-2008 10:29PM

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again: nd vwls fr mkng sntncs.

javaboy · 03-12-2008 10:50PM

hullaballú wrote: »

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again: nd vwls fr mkng sntncs.

Spry nymphs cry by my crypt. Cnsnnts ftw!

tony1kenobi · 03-12-2008 10:58PM

Pighead wrote: »

It meeeannnss you're a legend in the bedrooooom and a mmmaaaster of alll thiiingss sexuuualll.

Or epileptic.

Terry · 03-12-2008 11:01PM

sr. kila wrote: »

wel y r dey.
it isnt 2 bad.

We reserve the right to mock you
This does not affect your right to report those posts which mock you, however they may be ignored because you will probably use text speak (yep, the word "speak" has an "A" in it) in the column used to explain why you are reporting a post.

Don't allow this to diminish your enjoyment of boards.ie though.
Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously if you use text speak.

square_igloo wrote: »

Some people find it very difficult to read. And when you have unlimited character limit and a qwerty keyboard, there's really no need for it.

When I started posting on Boards I did use txt spk quite a bit, but when I realised some people get really annoyed by it I stopped doing it. It's not a big deal - just keep the txt spk for texting.

See below.

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

textspeak was a necessity to allow people to write a message without using too many characters, thereby exceeding the character limit for a text message and making your message cost extra.

This is not a problem on computers

kthxbye

With the advent of free texts given by your provider for those on pay as you go phones and free texts available to those on bill pay options, this is no longer a problem.

Most new phones have the capability of sending texts of 918 characters in one go.
This is the equivalent of almost six text messages (and you will be charged for six), so room is no longer an excuse either.

03-12-2008 11:08PM

javaboy wrote: »

Spry nymphs cry by my crypt. Cnsnnts ftw!

That almost looks Welsh!

robinph · 03-12-2008 11:30PM

Deleted User wrote: »

That almost looks Welsh!

Nah, nowhere near enough L's and G's.

Although there do appear to be some vowels in a couple of the words here which is unusual for Welsh.

The_B_Man · 04-12-2008 12:15AM

I dunno, I can read txt speak so it doesnt bother me. I dont care what method of communication is used, as long as i can understand it.

Terry · 04-12-2008 12:18AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

I dunno, I can read txt speak so it doesnt bother me. I dont care what method of communication is used, as long as i can understand it.

Eat me.

Nerin · 04-12-2008 12:20AM

Terry wrote: »

Eat me.

OmnomnomOmnomnom

....what?
Why are you staring!!?

tolosenc · 04-12-2008 12:31AM

square_igloo wrote: »

unlimited character limit

Hold on. What?

sr. kila wrote: »

wel y r dey.
it isnt 2 bad.

Because text speak makes the baby Jesus cry.

beautiation wrote: »

Oh hey accidental pun! Sweet!

People do read phonetically. It's how we learn to read, learning what sounds each symbol makes and applying that knowledge whenever we encounter a word. Repeated exposure is what makes us learn the exceptions to these rules (words with silent letters for example) and over time the 2 categories of "straight" and "exception" words fuse in our head as we get very familiar with all of them. But when we encounter new patterns of letters, like textspeak, our first instinct is still to treat them phonetically, which is why the system works.I don't think textspeak is harmful, but I don't like the look of it so I'm glad it's frowned upon here.

Not quite. Tehre was a sdtuy dnoe in a uvernitsiy abuot how we raed wrods. It's not at all "phonetic".

And when you say phonetic, you mean phonological.

Holsten · 04-12-2008 12:43AM

Pissy would be a huge understatement!

I get full on angry when I see it, hell I don't even use it in text messages themselves.

Zaph · 04-12-2008 01:05AM

I get annoyed when people leave out proper punctuation, never mind whole chunks of words. :mad:

Why is everybody so pissy about txt speek on boards

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