Txt spek. dos it noy?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:40 am

Simply question, does txt talk annoy you? Does it piss you off when folk come on to forums an' abbreviate words? Do folks not realise that it came about because back in the early days of mobiles you were charged by the letter but is superfluous now as that isnt the case anymore.

Are the youths of today doin' themselves a disservice by only writin' in txt talk? Are they becomin' illiterate cretins as a result? (ok, Byron i aint but...)

Furthermore, bein' an international site isnt it more difficult for folks whose first language aint English to understand what the hell they are talkin' about?

Is it just laziness?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:59 am

SoDaSeeD wrote:

Simpl[e] question, does txt talk annoy you?

Depends on the person - only one person I know pisses me off when they do it (no one on this board), but that's only because they only *try* to mimic my own use (which I am not guilty of having done for quite a while now, mostly because of this). Most others don't bother me so long as it's legible.

SoDaSeeD wrote:

back in the early days of mobiles you were charged by the letter but is superfluous now as that isnt the case anymore.

Indeed, necessity is the mother of invention, and no one will ever love [it] like [it's] mom does Laughing

SoDaSeeD wrote:

(ok, Byron i aint but...)

SoDaSeeD wrote:

Is it just laziness?

That, or thinking it's "cool" or "cute". I only ever still do it to deliberately annoy or add flourish to some point when I happen to be being sarcastic ( Twisted Evil

).

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:43 am

I don't text! Laughing

No seriously I don't I'll always phone the person. Main reasons are that my eye sight isn't that great and I find the whole texting thing tedious and impersonal.

I wouldn't dream of using text talk on a forum!

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:28 am

i do sometimes abreviate the odd word Embarassed

sorry to be honnest its just lazyness why i do it i know its bad its only saving[savin] the effort of pressing[pressin] a couple of keys.most of what i write is understandable though [thou]isnt it?
also im a sod for replacing words with numbers that sound the same
im a lazy sod
im a lazy sod
im a lazy sod
im so lazy

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:07 am

I like to use good grammer, so my txts read like a letter, I have pickd up txt spek and use it wen I can to reduce the size of my txt as it costs me more money.

As for the poor kids, well as a teacher, when they use txt spek, sorry text speech in their GCSE's is very sad, because they lose marks for grammer and spelling, also the examiner cannot understand what they are trying to say...shame really...cos they are really bright kids but the habit is hard to break Crying or Very sad

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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:13 am

It is mostly laziness. I never text on my phone. So I never learned all the text cheats. I think to text on the phone is just to leave a quick message for someone. Some people have whole conversation. To me that is just dumb when you can just call them. I don't mind when others use text talk here as long as it is understandable.

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:19 am

Yeah, I have a full keyboard on my cell so I text in real sentences. My plan allows me 5,000 a month...I usually use around 2, 500 or so..most are incoming from work.

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:35 am

yes i've told my nieces and nephews not to email me unless they use english,they laugh but they don't send me gibbrish

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:04 am

iamnephilim wrote:

yes i've told my nieces and nephews not to email me unless they use english,they laugh but they don't send me gibbrish

Sorry, should that read gibberish... (couldn't resist) Embarassed

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:07 am

that happens when i try to go fast .gets really bad when i get the wireless keyboard too far away

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:23 am

I don't understand how people can try/want to make a short word shorter.

Are you really THAT lazy ?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:31 am

It's not always about laziness, where I live they don't have contracts or so many messages for £5 or $5. Its by the character, you know so many = 1 text message, so if your texting overseas, the less you use the more meassages you can send Smile

P.s Thank you iamnephilim for your sense of humour Very Happy

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:04 pm

I hate mobile Phones

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:38 pm

I dont mind the odd word here and there abbreviated but sometimes its like going back and forth with a mental patient. Worse than this though is when people send you emails in text speak. Nobody over 10 years old should be using text speak (dislexics excluded) especially if you have a QWERTY keyboard in front of you.

Prefer to just make a call to be honest though.

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:41 am

Mentioning QWERTY keyboards just reminded me, do you guys know the longest word you can make only using the top row of letters? (QWER...)?

TYPEWRITER Laughing

(Strange that!)