Would txt spk in a text put you off?

Miss Olenska · 04-09-2011 12:33PM

hondasam wrote: »

I know but you are on here taking the piss out of him, not on in my book.

I hope he stands you up.

Hardly taking the piss!

Lady Chatterton · 04-09-2011 12:34PM

Is there anyone out there who remembers having to take a guy/girl's call on a landline in the hallway of the family home, while your parents and siblings had their ears glued to the living room door listening to every word that was being said.

Thank God for mobile phones and text messaging I say!

Miss Olenska · 04-09-2011 12:36PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Is there anyone out there who remembers having to take a guy/girl's call on a landline in the hallway of the family home, while your parents and siblings had their ears glued to the living room door listening to every word that was being said.

Good God, yes!!!

LeeHoffmann · 04-09-2011 12:38PM

I am, we're meeting this afternoon!

Good luck

tallaghtmick · 04-09-2011 12:38PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I'ts fine in a txt because your typing with a numberpad. People who use it on the internet when they have a full keyboard available to them however are idiots.

lol wut u tlkn bout

Asphyxia · 04-09-2011 12:38PM

I don't like text speak but I can't tolerate it to an extent, if I can read it then it's grand but if it's a load of letters then fnuk off! I don't want to sit and waste time trying to decipher it.

FlutterinBantam · 04-09-2011 12:39PM

Unless he texted " I hv a bg ck al jucd up an rdy fr yr hngry 0"

I'd cut him a bit of slack:cool:

kfallon · 04-09-2011 12:39PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Is there anyone out there who remembers having to take a guy/girl's call on a landline in the hallway of the family home, while your parents and siblings had their ears glued to the living room door listening to every word that was being said.

Thank God for mobile phones and text messaging I say!

Yeah it's much easier these days to organise your illicit affair with the Tesco Delivery Man when you don't have to use the landline :pac: :pac:

Sonics2k · 04-09-2011 12:41PM

I can deal with it in a text as long as I can actually read it, and not one of those messages where I have to read it 3 or 4 times.

If it's on an email/skype/FB etc then it's incredibly off-putting.

Typing isn't hard.

booboo88 · 04-09-2011 12:42PM

James Forde wrote: »

Txt spk was appropriate when everyone was going around with Nokia 3210's, not in this day and age when most mobiles have full keyboards!

or if you're texting from the web, and you have limited character space, I have free text so dont matter if it runs into two texts, not everyone does though

Miss Olenska · 04-09-2011 12:42PM

Asphyxia wrote: »

I don't like text speak but I can't tolerate it to an extent, if I can read it then it's grand but if it's a load of letters then fnuk off! I don't want to sit and waste time trying to decipher it.

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Unless he texted " I hv a bg ck al jucd up an rdy fr yr hngry 0"

I'd cut him a bit of slack:cool:

Sonics2k wrote: »

I can deal with it in a text as long as I can actually read it, and not one of those messages where I have to read it 3 or 4 times.

If it's on an email/skype/FB etc then it's incredibly off-putting.

Typing isn't hard.

Yes, ye all talk sense!

Lady Chatterton · 04-09-2011 12:44PM

Miss Olenska wrote: »

Good God, yes!!!

You will remember this so

Her: "You hang up"
Him: "No you hang up first"
Her: "I can't, you hang up"
Him: "Ok, bye so"
Her: "Bye"
Him: "You didn't hang up"
Her: "I couldn't"

Her father enters the hallway - "I'll hang up, this f**king call is going to cost a fortune".

Aishae · 04-09-2011 12:47PM

There's txt speak sand there's this modern TEXT sok. 4 ur etc or even taking out some vowels to shorten a long message is one thing.

But if they start "I luff onlii yhiu" or the like - hell no!

Sonics2k · 04-09-2011 12:47PM

Miss Olenska wrote: »

Yes, ye all talk sense!

I actually recently stopped talking to a girl because her damn messages were always in text speak.

That and people who put lol in every fúcking sentence.
"hi how r u? i had a gd nite LOL" etc

STOP IT NOTHING IS FUNNY HERE! :mad:

krudler · 04-09-2011 12:47PM

acceptable text speak:

"ok, c u later"
"are u coming?"
"be there l8r so"

ect, timesaving 1 word replacements are fine, but this:

"hi how ru, nt seen u in ages r u cmg to da party sat nite?lol xxxx"

instant putoff, learn how to spell! and if you can spell you're just lazy, and thats just as bad.

Lady Chatterton · 04-09-2011 12:49PM

kfallon wrote: »

Yeah it's much easier these days to organise your illicit affair with the Tesco Delivery Man when you don't have to use the landline :pac: :pac:

Removed libelous statement

Haven't you got a horse to take to France or something :pac: :pac: :pac:

Snowie · 04-09-2011 12:53PM

I don't do text speak have an I phone best thing I ever bought spells words for me

..
If they only could do grammar and punctuation for me I'd be sorted

text speak make my eyes wonkey

so thats a yes.... a big yes

ilovesleep · 04-09-2011 12:55PM

It's the people that sign their messages off with anything to do with love after a week or so that you should worry about or quite simply just ignore. Hang on here fcukface, you hardly know me and you're saying you love me. FCUK OFF

The King of Moo · 04-09-2011 12:56PM

I think if I'd met the person first and liked them it wouldn't be such a problem (though I'd subtly try to steer them towards writing properly).

But if it was my first impression of a person, they'd have a lot of work to do to make up for it!

Miss Olenska · 04-09-2011 12:57PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

You will remember this so

Her: "You hang up"
Him: "No you hang up first"
Her: "I can't, you hang up"
Him: "Ok, bye so"
Her: "Bye"
Him: "You didn't hang up"
Her: "I couldn't"

Her father enters the hallway - "I'll hang up, this f**king call is going to cost a fortune".

Worst thing that happened to me, my Dad for some reason thought I loved Mr. Bean when I was a teenager. I was on the phone to my very first boyfriend one night when Dad yells in the background:

"MISS OLENSKA, MR. BEAN IS ON!!!"

I got SUCH a slagging over that. Bleedin' morto, I was! :pac:

kfallon · 04-09-2011 12:57PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Removed libelous statement

Haven't you got a horse to take to France or something :pac: :pac: :pac:

I'm in Turkey today actually

Lady Chatterton · 04-09-2011 01:25PM

kfallon wrote: »

I'm in Turkey today actually

Hey, we all have our problems, I'm in Iceland

kfallon · 04-09-2011 01:36PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Hey, we all have our problems, I'm in Iceland

The Tesco man might dump you when he finds out you are fraternising with the enemy :pac:

04-09-2011 02:14PM

I think it's childish to object to the use of text speak in a text. Online, yes, in e-mail, yes, but who wants to write full words using a fiddly little number pad and a character limit?

johnmcdnl · 04-09-2011 02:19PM

I find it faster to text with predictive text than to use txt speak

maybe it's just me

Miss Olenska · 04-09-2011 02:24PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

I find it faster to text with predictive text than to use txt speak

maybe it's just me

Agreed!

Flyer1 · 04-09-2011 02:32PM

Miss Olenska wrote: »

Ah jaysus, I know I'm not perfect. He has probably made judgements on me too.

Maybe. :pac:

Hard to kick habits if its something he's done all his life. Don't read in to the little things so much. People need to switch off a little more

Randomer. · 04-09-2011 02:38PM

I don't mind the odd ur instead of your or you're and u instead of you etc but full on text speak would be a little off putting alright and just sounds really unintelligent.

Kanoe wrote: »

in a word yes, instantly puts me off and it makes me feel like I'm dating a school kid it's just weird. On the other hand I know someone I have no interest in any other way but in texts or chat it's like a different person entirely and I find myself longing for a message. I don't get it. She comes across as smart and sensitive in writing but is seems totally removed from reality and up her own hole in the flesh.

Shes shy. Irish people are terrible and spotting shyness. If people are not chatty , they must be stuck up cunts. They couldn't possibly be self-conscious , nooooooo. In text form its easier for them to say what they would love to say in person.

newmug · 04-09-2011 02:40PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

I think if I'd met the person first and liked them it wouldn't be such a problem (though I'd subtly try to steer them towards writing properly).

But if it was my first impression of a person, they'd have a lot of work to do to make up for it!

What is it with yous wimmin and hints? Thats like verbal text speak:mad: Just tell him it wrecks your head, and he'll stop!

Jesus Wept · 04-09-2011 02:44PM

Yes, it would wreck my head. There is no excuse for it unless possibly if you have fallen into a tiger enclosure.

Would txt spk in a text put you off?

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