Why do you use text speak?

Davidius · 10-11-2009 12:14PM

I'm pretty sure my phone has some crappy limit on it. I don't use text speak though, it's too hard.

Jay P · 10-11-2009 01:01PM

Why do you need text speak when there are free texts?

kowloon · 10-11-2009 01:17PM

Why does anyone use phones even, the future is magnets.

Kipperhell · 10-11-2009 01:18PM

Slade used similar in the 70s so you are this cool

JoeFitz89 · 10-11-2009 01:33PM

Where did text speak come from?I dont understand why people use it.

GlasnevinRed · 10-11-2009 02:08PM

Don't use it myself but it doesn't bother me when other people do, other than writing things like "ta" instead of "to" (obviously if you're gonna text speak use "2")???? and one I've noticed aswell is "2mara". Since when did the letter o become replaced with a ???

Kipperhell · 10-11-2009 03:13PM

JoeFitz89 wrote: »

Where did text speak come from?I dont understand why people use it.

It's been around for at least 100 years and then became popular again with the use of text messaging. It was useful to reduce text length, reduced key strokes and reduced cost in some cases.

Predictive text and charges will reduce its use again. If it conveys the message then it is effective and valid as communication. It simply has a time and place to be used.

You also have to understand some people actually are that bad at English spelling. I personally hate talking to people who say "axed" instead of "asked" but that is mostly when in the US and some people say it is just part of the dialect (Ebonics) which seems like nonsense to me.

The Big Red Button · 11-11-2009 12:04AM

I just use free texts to any network (Meteor) and often end up sending a 4-5 message text at a time! Not a fan of text speak, predictive text is so much faster (and it has the added advantage of being legible.)

dotsman · 11-11-2009 12:17AM

A text is an 'SMS' - Short Message Service. It is intended only to transmit a very simple and short message. There is no reason you should ever need to go over 160 chars.

Use the phone for it's primary purpose and have a fuckin normal conversation with your friends.

The Big Red Button · 11-11-2009 12:22AM

dotsman wrote: »

A text is an 'SMS' - Short Message Service. It is intended only to transmit a very simple and short message. There is no reason you should ever need to go over 160 chars.

Use the phone for it's primary purpose and have a fuckin normal conversation with your friends.

I have lots of normal conversations with my friends! But I live in different counties/countries to a lot of them, and phonecalls are expensive, and emails aren't always practical due to lack of internet access.

So we text each other, and its generally not "simple and short" - it's often an in-depth analysis of the state of affairs in each others' lives! But I still would never ever use text speak. Apart from anything else, it's sort of disrespectful - I hate to get messages like that!

pikachucheeks · 11-11-2009 12:29AM

strongr wrote: »

lyk ur rly kwl if u use txt spk cuse lyk its da kwl ting to do lyk

My eyes hurt.

giggsy664 · 11-11-2009 12:37AM

I use predictive typing but I'd my text goes over 160 I'll start looking for ways to get it back under 160

Removing punctuation changing to/too to 2, n gttn rid of as mny vwls as pssble.

I'll stop now

Terry · 11-11-2009 12:55AM

Danny Unsightly Rodeo wrote: »

Because vowels are stupid. My favourite song explains further:

Dude.
"A" is a vowel.
Sometimes Y.

rizzee wrote: »

Because most phones have an average character spacing of 160 characters therefore , while being txt speak it shortens down words and is cheaper!

/thread lol lmao rofl

Web texts.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 11-11-2009 01:14AM

I never got used to using predictive and I'm sure as **** not going to start now, so it's easier/quicker/occasionally cheaper to use some bit of text speak-2 instead of to/too, u instead of you, dropping the g off of -ing etc. Though my little brother does occasionally send me texts that I cannot understand for the life of me! As in, it's not abbreviations, it's just gibberish. And somebody I know just can't use text speak, I get texts off him where it's gone over the 160 limit and he's trying to abbreviate to get it back down, it's so cute

netwhizkid · 11-11-2009 01:14AM

I find T9 predictive text to be great, it is a bugger having to teach it some of the more popular swears and local place names etc.

opinion guy · 11-11-2009 01:22AM

God yeah you'd imagine they'd preload a few good fook works loike.

Again i only use it to reduce the msg length to keep it under the 160 (or under 320). and yes my phone goes over that but then it costs more

Midnight_EG · 11-11-2009 03:17AM

Danny Unsightly Rodeo wrote: »

Because vowels are stupid. My favourite song explains further:

'A' is a vowel Danny Unsightly Rodeo :pac:

kumate_champ07 · 11-11-2009 04:00AM

why do people spell 'the' as 'teh'? is it supposed to be cool? I think its retarded

Liam Byrne · 11-11-2009 04:08AM

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

why do people spell 'the' as 'teh'? is it supposed to be cool? I think its retarded

I'd probably forgive that one, since it could be a straight typo, dyslexia, or a brain-to-hand wiring thing where one hand works faster than intended when touch-typing......

It's courtesy to re-read something before hitting "Submit", but we're all human, after all....

But using "de" or "da" IS "detest-speak" and is unforgiveable!

kumate_champ07 · 11-11-2009 04:26AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I'd probably forgive that one, since it could be a straight typo, dyslexia, or a brain-to-hand wiring thing where one hand works faster than intended when touch-typing......

It's courtesy to re-read something before hitting "Submit", but we're all human, after all....

But using "de" or "da" IS "detest-speak" and is unforgiveable!

i see people do it all the time, more than once in a paragraph. i dont think its from dyslexia

PaulByrne'sBald · 11-11-2009 04:39AM

Another Txt Speak thread!

Why bother? Do i use it? Do you care if i use it? Why must you start these nonsense topics? What do you gain from knowing why do i use it? Why do people use it? Do you need to be told? Why does anybody care about this?

Degag · 11-11-2009 04:45AM

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

I'm proud of the fact that i text using correct grammer and real words! I hate text talk!! Its too hard to understand and not worth the effort!!

:D

AidySevenfold · 11-11-2009 04:58AM

I use it a little bit, but nothing serious. Don't use it on the computer, maybe webtexts. It's just handier texting though, as I suck at the predictive text.

But I never really have credit, so it's okay :P.

Call-me's are the future!

Arcade Panda · 11-11-2009 10:20AM

Aiden Flabby Mosquito wrote: »

I never got used to using predictive and I'm sure as **** not going to start now, so it's easier/quicker/occasionally cheaper to use some bit of text speak-2 instead of to/too, u instead of you, dropping the g off of -ing etc.

Thank you! thats exactly why I use it!:D I don't go over board though...I'll just shorten words like though to tho.

Mossy Monk · 11-11-2009 10:26AM

It annoys me greatly. I was once sent a text message which comprised of gibberish and what really stood out was the use of the word buz instead of bus. I tend to not bother replying to them.

Rowley Birkin QC · 11-11-2009 10:53AM

I've found that there is a direct correlation between usage of text speak and being enthralled and excited by something called the X-Factor.

Why do you use text speak?

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