Text Speak

Jax Teller · 10-11-2009 01:30AM #1

Has anyone got a problem with text speak being used on boards ?

Abi · 10-11-2009 01:31AM

Yes. Big time.

Creamy Goodness · 10-11-2009 01:32AM

nope it's just in the charter of every forum for the lulz.

Vain · 10-11-2009 01:32AM

Hi m8, cud som1 please tell me wat txt spk is? thx

mahamageehad · 10-11-2009 01:32AM

I don't because i use it daily in text messages......but I can see how many many people will!!!! It would be a nightmare in longer posts!!!

GLaDOS · 10-11-2009 01:32AM

Nah it's fine, go for it

Professey Chin · 10-11-2009 01:32AM

Abigayle wrote: »

Yes. Big time.

Listen to the crazy straight jacket lady

You know I love ya abi

zuroph · 10-11-2009 01:33AM

yes. In my opinion, we should have a thread where every "txt spk" type post is dumped, as a reserve of spare letters for others to use. "The spare letters thread".

I_am_Jebus · 10-11-2009 01:35AM

i can handle it in a short post, less than 10 or 15 words. after that It drives me mental and I usually don't bother reading the post

Jax Teller · 10-11-2009 01:35AM

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

nope it's just in the charter of every forum for the lulz.

would tbh and wtf not fall under text speak ?

Hank Scorpio · 10-11-2009 01:37AM

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

would tbh and wtf not fall under text speak ?

They are Internet slang words and didnt originate from text speak and plus they are generally used as part of a sentence, where as the entire txt speak sentence is abbreviated

Havermeyer · 10-11-2009 01:39AM

Not only boards, ideally it wouldn't be used anywhere.

Creamy Goodness · 10-11-2009 01:39AM

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

would tbh and wtf not fall under text speak ?

there's a huge difference between an abbreviation and text speak. wat is not an abbreviation of what. how much time does it save not typing h?

i don't even use text speak in text messages, and if i get a text message in text speak i ignore it, or if i'm feeling generous i'll tell them to cop the **** on, stop being a 12 year old and text me properly.

Pygmalion · 10-11-2009 01:40AM

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

would tbh and wtf not fall under text speak ?

They're acronyms. "wat da fuk" and "2 b onest" are text speak.

mcmoustache · 10-11-2009 01:42AM

There's only one cure for it. Anvil, fingers, hammer.

Neamhshuntasach · 10-11-2009 01:43AM

yeah it's a load of bollix

Jax Teller · 10-11-2009 01:44AM

Very well , i rarely use it anyways .
lesson learned .

Professey Chin · 10-11-2009 01:45AM

mcmoustache wrote: »

There's only one cure for it. Anvil, fingers, hammer.

Avril,2 fingers and a jackhammer motion you say?

Sheeps · 10-11-2009 01:49AM

Sometimes I use "txt spk" ironically, but I'd be more in favor of banning terrible 4chan memes instead of text speak. They are infinitely more annoying.

Abi · 10-11-2009 01:54AM

Vain wrote: »

Hi m8, cud som1 please tell me wat txt spk is? thx

Wd ban u if I cudz kthxbye.

rainbowdrop · 10-11-2009 02:12AM

Oh God, txt spk drives me mad!! My 12yr old daughters texts and Bebo page read something like this:
"hi wher u? u goin 2 da match lata? omg did u watch x factor, d twinz are brutal!! luv ya babz xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx

Mind you, she IS only 12, so I'l make allowances, but if she's still communicating like this when she's 16, I'l be chopping her fingers off myself!!!* Text speak is ok for children, NOT adults!!!

*Disclaimer - If anyone from the NSPCC is reading this, I won't really chop her fingers off;)

The_B_Man · 10-11-2009 02:16AM

meh, its a style of language used for communication. as long as i understand it, i dont care who uses it.

10-11-2009 02:16AM

Aw man it does my head in. Even in actual text messages.

geckotime · 10-11-2009 02:28AM

The problem with text speak is there is no universal dictionary; so different people text different abbreviations leading to confusion and time wasting. Sometimes a sentence can mean three or four different things :-(

Takk · 10-11-2009 03:06AM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Oh God, txt spk drives me mad!! My 12yr old daughters texts and Bebo page read something like this:
"hi wher u? u goin 2 da match lata? omg did u watch x factor, d twinz are brutal!! luv ya babz xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx

Mind you, she IS only 12, so I'l make allowances, but if she's still communicating like this when she's 16, I'l be chopping her fingers off myself!!!* Text speak is ok for children, NOT adults!!!

*Disclaimer - If anyone from the NSPCC is reading this, I won't really chop her fingers off;)

If you don't get her to stop it now, then there may be no chance to save her later. You don't need to cut off all or a lot of her fingers, just threaten her a bit so she knows you're annoyed with it and then maybe one finger to show her you mean business.

Liam Byrne · 10-11-2009 03:37AM

If someone sends me this gibberish I'll text them back and ask them for it in English....

OK, if I'm feeling charitable I'll let them away with one "u" or "2", but other than that - NO WAY!

While the mobile phone companies do actually charge "per 160-character part of text", rather than per text (and they don't highlight this) there's still no excuse.

Imagine if your favourite author said "well, those extra pages cost money to print, so I'll just type in gibberish and hope for the best"

* assuming, that is, that text-speak people have a high enough IQ and attention span to actually read a whole book

dan719 · 10-11-2009 03:46AM

I haz masve prob wit txt spk bbs. Lk so hrd 2 rd u no. Lolz

Seriously who the **** speaks like this? T9 ftw.

Nebit · 10-11-2009 05:06AM

ah jaysus people! do we really need another thread about text language???

Complaining about it is not going to stop people using it. instead it just makes you seem like 80 year olds, that sit in a rocking chair all day whinging about 'those darn youths':pac:

The_B_Man · 10-11-2009 06:34AM

txt spk is easier to read than some of them "i kan haz cheezburgurz"!

KTRIC · 10-11-2009 08:25AM

My 36 year old sister uses this in emails, texts and on facebook. Then she wonders why I don't reply.

Not ignoring her its just I haven't a f*cking clue what she's talking about. :rolleyes:

Pherekydes · 10-11-2009 08:36AM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

"hi wher u? u goin 2 da match lata? omg did u watch x factor, d twinz are brutal!! luv ya babz xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx

Wow, she uses lots of punctuation! She's still missing 25 question marks and 50 exclamation marks, though.

An adult who uses der in place of there, or l8r in place of later, for any reason whatsoever, should be committed.

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