Txt Speak

[micknick]

What are peoples view on it?

Personally I hate it, i think its lazy and annoying. Am I too old, what do the over 25's think of it?

Poll I reckon.

m8 is my personal blood boiler.

 

[bluebastardo]

There's a reason for text speak when only so many words could be sent via text, or the phone companies would charge for two messages, but it has no place on forums where there is no charge, and no particular urgency.

 

[Hayee]

I hate it, i'll send two messages as revert to that. Oh, and i'm under 25

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The thing that baffles me is when people write words with the same number of characters as the correct spelling but in obsurd text speak language.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Doesn't really bother me to be honest.

I dont use it myself but dont care if people do as long as i can understand what is being said.

Unless its completly indecipherable, but even if i have to take a few seconds to read it i will.

Annoys me when people say its lazy then wont take 30 seconds to to understand what is being said when if they do they will understand it.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

Tbh, if I received such a message, I probably wouldn't even bother reading it

 

[Cena]

I like to mix between the two options

 

[bluebastardo]

Blame secretaries.

 

[padefc]

my kids txt me all the time in it just to pi.. me off am sure!!!! i dont realy get it should be banned i dont mind abbreveasions ie lol,imho and so on but i dont like ds r d 1s da i wud ......and so on

 

[bluebastardo]

my kids txt me all the time in it just to pi.. me off am sure!!!! i dont realy get it should be banned i dont mind abbreveasions ie lol,imho and so on but i dont like ds r d 1s da i wud ......and so on

What is your stance on commas and full stops?

 

[Hayee]

Its causing laziness and i'd put money on it affecting gcse english results. It also makes the sender appear thick. In my opinion

 

[padefc]

What is your stance on commas and full stops?

what are they????

 

[bluebastardo]

Most of us use it all the time though with no concern.

Lol? Lmao? Wtf? Mgiam?

 

[micknick]

Doesn't really bother me to be honest.

I dont use it myself but dont care if people do as long as i can understand what is being said.

Unless its completly indecipherable, but even if i have to take a few seconds to read it i will.

Annoys me when people say its lazy then wont take 30 seconds to to understand what is being said when if they do they will understand it.

That is brilliantly ironic- I had to look up to check your spelling of indecipherable- people that use text speak wouldnt even know what it meant!

Its lazy not to use the English language that most of us went to school to use. Or am I completely wrong? Is this just a new wave of language that will over take the traditional words?

Like Shakespearean words we dont ever use anymore?! We may not see words like would- wud, love, luv etc etc

 

[AdamTheGreatOneB]

Some idiot tried to get a job at our place and used text speak on his application form!! Unbelievable.