Right, with my moderator hat firmly OFF and my member of the human rat hat ON, can I make a request?
I've seen a worrying amount of 'text speak' appearing round these parts.
I cannot BEGIN to tell you how much it winds me up - for some reason, it REALLY bugs me.
So come on, u cn type properly so jst fcking mke the effrt!
End of Moose Rant.
Cheers,
James
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soon there will be no vowels!!
embrace the future
soon there will be no vowels!!
Dble Pls Gd!
nat -x-
[ 19 February 2004: Message edited by: AxeWieldingCuddler ]
No one has a problem with any of the following, right?
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PONED
Hope not.
stuff like 'c u l8r' is just bugging though, why cant you take the extra millisecond to add in a vowel or two? so i agree, down with the txt spkrs
as for grammar and general spelling mistakes, i know i do that a lot, mainly cause im not very good at english in the first place, and tend to bugger up typing when i type fastish (ie all the time) so for that i give my apologys and i shall try my best to type properly.
David
Although I get pulled up for using the , instead of ' ..just an ikkle habit of mine.It relaly incensed one guy on a forum I used to post on
Wolf; )
And as if that testimony wasn't enough:
Never mind David!
Can't stand all this text nonsense. I make a point of spelling all my texts correctly and punctuating them accurately. The sooner we get rid of it the better. Well done Moose for having the guts to come out and say it (made easier by being a mod and stuff).
Never mind David!
Can't stand all this text nonsense. I make a point of spelling all my texts correctly and punctuating them accurately. The sooner we get rid of it the better. Well done Moose for having the guts to come out and say it (made easier by being a mod and stuff).
Me too, I always type emails and posts here properly.....and my text messages are just the same. I once tried to type a sentence in that horrible text speak and it took me less time to type the same thing properly! Then again, I can type pretty fast, but still I vote for the demise of it too, its hard to read and looks messy in my opinion.
Andy
Go care about dying baby seals and stuff... :rolleyes:
You may thing so. i disagree. i find the abbreviations far more annoying than txt speak. so when ppl stop using abrv. ill type every word properly. and ppl only use txt speak in txts to save money.
I'll add my vote to a 'pls stp 1t' movement. If, at the same time, people would like to make the extra effort with grammar and spelling, that would be swell too
Can I add that I'd like to see an improvement in punctuation (no full stop at the end of your post Stick ) and the usage of capital letters(I'm looking at you AWC ).
Never mind David!
Can't stand all this text nonsense. I make a point of spelling all my texts correctly and punctuating them accurately. The sooner we get rid of it the better. Well done Moose for having the guts to come out and say it (made easier by being a mod and stuff).
dammit, though i had that spelled right, looks right to me...
as for texting people, i use the predictive text, so all my words are proper ones, except when i cant remember how to spell something, then i have to type in my version of it the old fashioned way.
Davud
the fact im Scottish not english
David
i have worked out a cunning excuse for my lack of english skills.
the fact im Scottish not english
David
Well i have lived in both scotland and england so i am bout to get confused at times
but as for the grammer thing, i find it much more laid back not to use capitals in my writings so nerrr
so yea
tim
.... and ppl only use txt speak in txts to save money.
Text messages are normally charged per message so no money saving there.
I thought text speak was to save tedious time consuming typing on the rather awkward mobile phone keypads. It makes sense in this context (especially with one without predictive text facility, like mine!)
No need for it using a proper keyboard, even for the most elemantal 2 finger typist.
Tends to be a clique thing as well I think.
but as for the grammer thing, i find it much more laid back not to use capitals in my writings so nerrr
Could you please spell it 'grammar' in future...?
exactly. the more letters u leave out of words the more words u can fit in one message...AKA u can fit into 1 message wat would normally take 2 if u wrote everythingout in full therefore u save 10p(or 12 as the case may be.) so NER
[ 20 February 2004: Message edited by: AxeWieldingCuddler ]
I don't pretend to have perfect spelling or grammar but I try my best and hope that people can read what I write which is definately not the case with text language. Well i can't read it at least :rolleyes:
I try to not let is bother me anymore because there are usually bigger things to worry about but I agree it is rather annoying.
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Originally posted by tgfm:
but as for the grammer thing, i find it much more laid back not to use capitals in my writings so nerrr
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agreed. down with caps!
[ 20 February 2004: Message edited by: The Flyin Squirrel ]
I'll continue my attempts to use good English here, in the (possibly vain) hope that some of it will rub off on the younger generations!
Dave "Role Model" Bass
Will