Text speak - a good thing or the devil's work?
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Text speak - a good thing or the devil's work?
Following on from the end of this thread in General:
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...lve-sound.html
Is text speak now socially acceptable or is it still considered a lazy form of communication?
A poster in that thread claims it is now used in various education and training establishments as an accepted form of written communication. If that is true (and I so hope it isn't) it is a sad day for the English language in my opinion.
Then again I am probably just old fashioned so what do people think? It is interesting to note that the SN terms and conditions ban the use of text speak. Is that a good thing or not?
Over to you.
Oh and the first person who replies in text speak gets a bloody nose
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...lve-sound.html
Is text speak now socially acceptable or is it still considered a lazy form of communication?
A poster in that thread claims it is now used in various education and training establishments as an accepted form of written communication. If that is true (and I so hope it isn't) it is a sad day for the English language in my opinion.
Then again I am probably just old fashioned so what do people think? It is interesting to note that the SN terms and conditions ban the use of text speak. Is that a good thing or not?
Over to you.
Oh and the first person who replies in text speak gets a bloody nose
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Woz jst about to.... oh **** it
I was just about to post a thread myself, but you have beaten me to it.
(It took more effort to attempt to put that into text speak, than just writing properly...I must be getting old )
I think it is the work of the Devil, but to get in early, I don't think people should be so readily criticised for spelling mistakes etc. Not everyone is perfect, but I think to use text speak on an open forum is simply lazy.
I was just about to post a thread myself, but you have beaten me to it.
(It took more effort to attempt to put that into text speak, than just writing properly...I must be getting old )
I think it is the work of the Devil, but to get in early, I don't think people should be so readily criticised for spelling mistakes etc. Not everyone is perfect, but I think to use text speak on an open forum is simply lazy.
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Genuine dyslexia is not laziness, but I am guessing you know that given the at the end of your post... however just for others reading the thread I thought it best to make that clear.
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Woz jst about to.... oh **** it
I was just about to post a thread myself, but you have beaten me to it.
(It took more effort to attempt to put that into text speak, than just writing properly...I must be getting old )
I think it is the work of the Devil, but to get in early, I don't think people should be so readily criticised for spelling mistakes etc. Not everyone is perfect, but I think to use text speak on an open forum is simply lazy.
I was just about to post a thread myself, but you have beaten me to it.
(It took more effort to attempt to put that into text speak, than just writing properly...I must be getting old )
I think it is the work of the Devil, but to get in early, I don't think people should be so readily criticised for spelling mistakes etc. Not everyone is perfect, but I think to use text speak on an open forum is simply lazy.
Agree on the spelling issue even though I will have a dig at people's spelling if they are trying to be a smart **** ....
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Not only is it lazy, but it's unnecessary too.
Gone are the days (or should be as it isn't 1995) of old phones, limited text sizes and number pads to write messages on.
Gone are the days (or should be as it isn't 1995) of old phones, limited text sizes and number pads to write messages on.
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As Lisa said earlier the terms and conditons of the site allow for some abbreviations, but not for fuill on text speak.
Outside of the forum rules I would broadly agree with that as, for instance, asap was a widely accepted abbreviation before text messages even existed.
Outside of the forum rules I would broadly agree with that as, for instance, asap was a widely accepted abbreviation before text messages even existed.
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I dont do text speak as i dont know what the hell half of it means,it was before my time but as you point out ive had to google some of the abbreviations on here to see what they mean as even the kids dont know anyway back to the dv debate its more fun
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my spelling is **** i spend most of my time copy and pasting from post that i am reading and it gets up my nose when i get mond at for my spelling mistakes as i am dyslexia and do my best so sum times text speak as this has takon me 5 mins to post
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It's the status messages that really used to boil my pi*s, some of the crap was just pathetic, 'amy is now going to bed', who gives a Fu*k !!!
Sorry, off topic but that Facebook not only boils my pi*s but my blood too.
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As I said in the other thread maybe I am picking on the wrong thing as it isn't text speak per se that annoys me, but the people who use it because they are too lazy to write properly.
Obviously that doesn't apply in your case and maybe text speak is actually a bonus to you so that is an interesting perspective on it.
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LOL
Don't even get me going on 'facebook'. There's not enough hours in the day for that sh*te.. Before we had our daughter she would spend hours and hours on it, going through people's pictures and poking people. (poking people, what the Fu*k !!!!).
It's the status messages that really used to boil my pi*s, some of the crap was just pathetic, 'amy is now going to bed', who gives a Fu*k !!!
Sorry, off topic but that Facebook not only boils my pi*s but my blood too.
Don't even get me going on 'facebook'. There's not enough hours in the day for that sh*te.. Before we had our daughter she would spend hours and hours on it, going through people's pictures and poking people. (poking people, what the Fu*k !!!!).
It's the status messages that really used to boil my pi*s, some of the crap was just pathetic, 'amy is now going to bed', who gives a Fu*k !!!
Sorry, off topic but that Facebook not only boils my pi*s but my blood too.