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over a year ago
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I don't mind the odd word here and there, but when the whole thing is unreadable its not exactly making me horny trying to decipher what is being said.. and makes people come across as alot less intelligent than they often are. |
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To be fair it's just the way the younger generation communicate nowadays.The abbreviations allow you to get as much info into a 160 character sms message. We don't exactly embrace "text speak" but am pretty sure it's here to stay. |
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"To be fair it's just the way the younger generation communicate nowadays.The abbreviations allow you to get as much info into a 160 character sms message. We don't exactly embrace "text speak" but am pretty sure it's here to stay."
as a part of the "younger generation" can i just say its not how i communicate... and alot of the messages we get are from 40+ men when they are in text speak... perhaps they think its how we speak and are trying to comunicate on "our level" |
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I've noticed on here that people in the age range of 40-49 are the most illiterate generation, every time I see a message on the forums or receive a message that looks like a child wrote it, I think to myself "I bet they're in their mid 40's" and I'm always right ... what happened? |
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over a year ago
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"I've noticed on here that people in the age range of 40-49 are the most illiterate generation, every time I see a message on the forums or receive a message that looks like a child wrote it, I think to myself "I bet they're in their mid 40's" and I'm always right ... what happened? "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Whenever I read text speak(or attempt to as it gives me a headache trying to work out what is being said) I always imagine that person talking in the same manner as Tim Westwood.. |
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over a year ago
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While i do use the odd abbriviation or smily lol i do find it annoying lol when someone lol puts "lol" between practically every word lol regardless of what the context of the conversation or message is lol
I end imagining them having a big booming Brian Blessed type laugh every time I see "lol" in a sentence.
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over a year ago
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"I've noticed on here that people in the age range of 40-49 are the most illiterate generation, every time I see a message on the forums or receive a message that looks like a child wrote it, I think to myself "I bet they're in their mid 40's" and I'm always right ... what happened? "
We do it simply to make ourselves appear younger |
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it."
u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it.
u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx "
yet it makes you look like you got your degree at the school of hard knocks...(on the head)
its amazing how you (someone clearly of intelligence if you have a degree in physics) can make yourself look so stupid and fyi - mebbe/maybe,,, same amount of letters same amount of typing time... yet you choose to type it in a stupid way... and there are lots of other text talk things that are exactly the same.. do yourself a favour and start putting yourself across like the intelligent person you are instead of some uneducated chav that never even finished secondary school!
I'm not perfect, i miss out punctuation (or add too much alot of the time) and i sometimes say u and i say LOL alot but that's just taking it to another level... can you not see how that looks? if you don't have time to type out a proper sentence then how the hell do you have time to meet people? |
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"To be fair it's just the way the younger generation communicate nowadays.The abbreviations allow you to get as much info into a 160 character sms message. We don't exactly embrace "text speak" but am pretty sure it's here to stay."
Not sure you're right about that. We get messages from lots of people in their 20s which are not in 'text speak' and we know several people of that age who not only don't use it but disapprove of people who do. Conversely, we get messages from older people who do use it.
We simply delete messages in text speak . |
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it. u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx "
It does mean they are thick, sorry. |
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it. u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx
It does mean they are thick, sorry."
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"I've noticed on here that people in the age range of 40-49 are the most illiterate generation, every time I see a message on the forums or receive a message that looks like a child wrote it, I think to myself "I bet they're in their mid 40's" and I'm always right ... what happened?
Thatcher took their free milk away so they lost concentration and vital calcium "
Hey that's me and I can assure you I am not illiterate!! I am dairy intolerant though!! |
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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
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"To be fair it's just the way the younger generation communicate nowadays. The abbreviations allow you to get as much info into a 160 character sms message. We don't exactly embrace "text speak" but am pretty sure it's here to stay."
I think you are way off target with that post! We have lots of younger people around us from the ages of 14 to 30 and only one insists on text speak! Most of the others are always telling her that she should grow up and "txt spk" is for kids! (she is the 14 year old!)
I think the myth has grown up because of trendy people on television shows and news items have tried to be in with the crowd and state that kids use it "man"! 
In reality, in my life, we don't see the wholesale use of text speak anywhere.. Maybe I am just lucky, but the kids mentioned have much better comprehension and grammar that a lot of 30+ posters on here! The difference is they see written English as important, whereas some on here think that it is not!
Oh and I know I am not perfect, but at least I try... |
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it.
u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx
yet it makes you look like you got your degree at the school of hard knocks...(on the head)
its amazing how you (someone clearly of intelligence if you have a degree in physics) can make yourself look so stupid and fyi - mebbe/maybe,,, same amount of letters same amount of typing time... yet you choose to type it in a stupid way... and there are lots of other text talk things that are exactly the same.. do yourself a favour and start putting yourself across like the intelligent person you are instead of some uneducated chav that never even finished secondary school!
I'm not perfect, i miss out punctuation (or add too much alot of the time) and i sometimes say u and i say LOL alot but that's just taking it to another level... can you not see how that looks? if you don't have time to type out a proper sentence then how the hell do you have time to meet people? "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maybe they are using a phone to log in, so use txt spk to send/reply to messages...
Why should that make a difference?"
and a fine case in point it shouldn't make a difference.. people who use text speak are stupid lol |
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"Why do people message us as if they were txting, apart from not putting the effort in, i can't understand a fecking word!!!"
Because they either cant spell, cant be bothered to spell..or a combination of both...
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By (user no longer on site)
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Another case of snobbery, but one which I do subscribe to. I kind of feel self satisfied that I don’t understand some of the messages from my 10 and 11 year old sons:-
me: what are you doing tonight son
him: jc wbu
when explained it reads … just chillin wha’ ‘bout you
My 16 yo son laughs at txt spk
Possibly think differently in chat room scenario when the pace sometimes dictates some form of shorthand 
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it.
u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx
yet it makes you look like you got your degree at the school of hard knocks...(on the head)
its amazing how you (someone clearly of intelligence if you have a degree in physics) can make yourself look so stupid and fyi - mebbe/maybe,,, same amount of letters same amount of typing time... yet you choose to type it in a stupid way... and there are lots of other text talk things that are exactly the same.. do yourself a favour and start putting yourself across like the intelligent person you are instead of some uneducated chav that never even finished secondary school!
I'm not perfect, i miss out punctuation (or add too much alot of the time) and i sometimes say u and i say LOL alot but that's just taking it to another level... can you not see how that looks? if you don't have time to type out a proper sentence then how the hell do you have time to meet people? "
I had to delete my post because I was unaware of your thread. I don't use text speak but I will defend people who do.
Fact is (as it has been shown here) people from all walks of life use it.
I've seen "educated" people here in the forums make horrific mistakes in spelling and grammar. Occasionally, others will highlight this. Not me because nine times out of ten they've written something that's made me think or made me smile. It's about expression and that's part of what makes the site fun. |
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"My pet hate. I delete messages if they arrive in text speak!! It makes people come across as planks! I really really don't get it.
u shud not be so judgemental guys nt everyone got loads of time to write or mebbe they r not that good at writin, but that don mean they r thick! I do it but i got a physics degree lol (1st class xx
yet it makes you look like you got your degree at the school of hard knocks...(on the head)
its amazing how you (someone clearly of intelligence if you have a degree in physics) can make yourself look so stupid and fyi - mebbe/maybe,,, same amount of letters same amount of typing time... yet you choose to type it in a stupid way... and there are lots of other text talk things that are exactly the same.. do yourself a favour and start putting yourself across like the intelligent person you are instead of some uneducated chav that never even finished secondary school!
I'm not perfect, i miss out punctuation (or add too much alot of the time) and i sometimes say u and i say LOL alot but that's just taking it to another level... can you not see how that looks? if you don't have time to type out a proper sentence then how the hell do you have time to meet people?
I had to delete my post because I was unaware of your thread. I don't use text speak but I will defend people who do.
Fact is (as it has been shown here) people from all walks of life use it.
I've seen "educated" people here in the forums make horrific mistakes in spelling and grammar. Occasionally, others will highlight this. Not me because nine times out of ten they've written something that's made me think or made me smile. It's about expression and that's part of what makes the site fun."
but I think spelling mistakes are not such a problem, the fact remains that text speak is destroying the english language. I know very intelligent people who can't spell for toffee, they are somewhat dyslexic I suspect, but I would rather see someone trying to write correctly than the laziness of text speak, which I genuinely cannot fathom. |
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but I think spelling mistakes are not such a problem, the fact remains that text speak is destroying the english language. I know very intelligent people who can't spell for toffee, they are somewhat dyslexic I suspect, but I would rather see someone trying to write correctly than the laziness of text speak, which I genuinely cannot fathom."
I wouldn't go as far as saying Text-speak is destroying the English language. Besides, there are words in our language that are not even English! Only a small group of people in this country "speak properly" and dialects and slang combined with different cultures that have emigrated here over the years have contributed just as much to the way we speak and write. Not to mention technology itself has forced us to adapt the way we communicate. For example, Twitter allows you to use only 140 characters. That's 20 characters less than a text from most dated mobiles.
I don't use Text-speak but for those who do, it's fun. I don't feel it shows a lack of intelligence or laziness. Such claims are based on assumptions, which make an ASS of U and ME. |
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i dont even read then if they are written in text talk, you cant tell a lot about people buy their message and first impressions count as they say and if i open a message thats written in text talk all i picture is some 19 year old chav in a trakkie |
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By (user no longer on site)
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soz i txt spk all the time and sometimes my punctuation mkes it read wrong ..... habit spose .... i do 3000 texts a mth and akways need more!!! lol lmao |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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C u l8er m8ties  LMFAO
I am a little textist myself but do feel you have to read a little more into the message - if a profile looks interesting I can forgive a little chavy text speak |
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some of its just unreadable tho, ive just gotten a message about 10 mins ago and there wasnt a single word in it spent correctly, i just cant be arsed working it out |
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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
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"I don't use Text-speak but for those who do, it's fun. I don't feel it shows a lack of intelligence or laziness. Such claims are based on assumptions, which make an ASS of U and ME. "
Well, I think you are also making assumptions! You are assuming that people find it "fun" when in fact they know no better! It is just language to them and not some funky way of communicating!
On a phone, perhaps it is not laziness, but certainly in email messages and letters it show a gross lack of respect for those recieving the messages.
As for intelligence? Well, if you feel you have to use "txt spk"in your normal, everyday life, it seems to indicate that you have no respect for either the English language or the message recipent.. Definate lack of intelligence |
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I dont believe it shows lack of intelligence, just a choice to use a different form of communication - embrace the diversity I say!Nobody is forcing you to answer "text speak messages" but no need to make such sweeping statements surely?? |
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"I don't use Text-speak but for those who do, it's fun. I don't feel it shows a lack of intelligence or laziness. Such claims are based on assumptions, which make an ASS of U and ME.
Well, I think you are also making assumptions! You are assuming that people find it "fun" when in fact they know no better! It is just language to them and not some funky way of communicating!
On a phone, perhaps it is not laziness, but certainly in email messages and letters it show a gross lack of respect for those recieving the messages.
As for intelligence? Well, if you feel you have to use "txt spk"in your normal, everyday life, it seems to indicate that you have no respect for either the English language or the message recipent.. Definate lack of intelligence"
It's not a lack of intelligence. Such a statement is inconclusive because you can't be 100% sure, the same way I don't know 100% a person's reasons for using it.
The only lack of respect I see is insulting someone for the way they choose to be communicate. Unless it's intended to cause offence, there's no harm caused.
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"I don't mind the odd word here and there, but when the whole thing is unreadable its not exactly making me horny trying to decipher what is being said.. and makes people come across as alot less intelligent than they often are."
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