SunnySideUp

.... will this be the new language we are all using in about 10 years time when the current crop of kids grow up?

SUM ... instead of SOME, for example?

I understand it when texting, but not when full English could be used .....

OH, yes, on another point I HATE ..... when you BUY something you have BOUGHT it .. you have NOT, repeat NOT, BROUGHT it!!!

Torquemada

Pete, I think this topic has been done to death. Would it not be easier to just link to one of the hundreds of other threads that bitches about it. For posting here it's been covered in the T&C's as far as I know as well.

So...it's a degradation/*******isation of the English language.
It shows ignorance and lazyness etc. can be handy when sending texts for obvious reasons, although I can't force myself to do it even then.
Some hate it, some love it, some just deal with it...blah...blah...blah.

Peoples English (including mine, probably) is getting worse, teachers can't even spell now....blah blah blah....reflection of society as a whole...blah blah blah

SunnySideUp

You're quite right .... it has been done to death .... but I make no apology for bringing it up again - needed to have a rant about it

Torquemada

Fair enough, no apology requested

I like a good rant as much as the next man

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

I hope this thread is not going to decend into a war of text words.... this subject is getting as bad as Ken Block in general, if it decends it's going

Torquemada

It's descend

SunnySideUp

Sorry Boss, not my intention to cause a war ....... I just read a post on here and I popped!!

Chuck it in the bin by all means if it becomes a battle ... I doubt it will, no-one would defend bad English.

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

It's an honest spelling mistake you can't shoot me for that

SunnySideUp

Step away from the gun ................

Torquemada

I just had to, sorry!
Doesn't bother me if people spell things wrong tbh anyway, my brother is quite dyslexic and he's always relied on me to help him with it when we were younger, plus most of my mates can't spell, so I hope ya take it as a joke

Torquemada

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

No probs Pete, I have noted a few myself just lately as well.

mykp

I work part time at manchester airport, taking kids round the airport and concorde and we sometimes get sheets of questions to answer from kids and I have had lots of sheets with text speak/text on them and everytime I have asked teachers if its acceptable I get the same answer.

"We accept it because its better than nothing!"

I also refuse to answer any questions written like this, and always make a point that as an employer I would throw this straight in the bin.

Torquemada

Good stuff, hopefully the message gets through to some of them!

It's good to hear some positive stuff rather than the usual

SunnySideUp

messga egets ............. I cannot find those two words, are they Latin?

Torquemada

swine!

SunnySideUp

Too slow on the edit, my friend!!

Torquemada

Just found this as well, made me chuckle Txt Speak Translator - Madhouse Beyond

Bubba po

Can someone answer me this - why do people type "ov" instead of "of"? It's no more difficult to write it properly whatever system you're using.

Torquemada

Good question. Hopefully it's not genetic, at the rate they breed!

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

ITS BCAUS THY R ILLTRT FOOLS

^^ Converted by that site above

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

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Torquemada

lol, you nutter Scoobychick!
What manner of monster have I unleashed!!!

FLAT ERIC

iTrader: (1)

Freudian slip perchance?

davegtt

Never had a problem with it when people are using a numeric pad to write a message, what annoyed me yesterday was I logged into Facebook and noticed that someone's status' read something or other 1nce... Short for Once. WTF. youve not shortened it, if anything writing 1nce on a numeric pad is harder. Maybe the dumb twonk couldnt spell Once

Simon K

Text speaking is bad enough, but its the youth of todays trend towards spitting I hate. I drive past a school going to and from work and have noticed how my kids spit for no reason. Disgusting !

At a rip old age of 37, I cant help but feel / believe that rap videos, gansta rubbish, pretend singers that protray a life from the `hooooooood` but were infact from wealthy familes, that have reduced our children to yobs with attitudes !

My son is 10 weeks old, spitting, talking jive will not be allowed and speaking / spelling correctly will be rigiously taught and hit home !

Keep it real people, peace !

SBK

davegtt

Id actually be quite proud of my son if he was talking jive speak at 10 weeks old

dpb

I know someone who uses 'brought' in place of bought - hes also a useless texter


as a point of fact when you've bought something from a shop/else youve also brought it ...


he also persists in saying something/anything is rotten - when its reached the end of its usefullness ..

Torquemada

Don't be so silly. Ya, is just writing like people speak and is in the dictionary as far as I know. Easy to understand, write and read. So ner

TBH is well known and commonly used on the internet. It's not text speak. And bleeding ner again

Now go bait someone else

Coffin Dodger

You know what really annoys me is these people who post stuff on the Internet and insist on trying to insert some sort of perceived silence into the text as if it were speech and not written text. All this ....... this ....... and that ..... nonsense, it's completely pointless and very annoying.

Also when people CAPITALISE stuff effort to get their point across. Clearly they have to do this as in real life that's how they operate, they just get really shouty (sic) when trying to express a strong opinion as they are not very eloquent so can't use language to do so. Therefore they just shout you down instead.

Finally the thing that really annoys me is the over use of exclamation marks (!), if you need to use them because grammar dictates one will suffice. Sticking three or four of them on the end of a sentence is really unnecessary and what's this !?!?!! malarkey all about, it's not some sort of secret code you know, only a question mark, exclamation mark, or full stop is required depending on the form of the sentence. We are not thirteen year old girls you know