I am sure the old BBS boards were awash with people asking the same questions regarding the fact that email changed the way people communicate in business.

social networking is also changing the way people work, we have just had Salesforce.com rolled out internally and also sell it as a CRM tool, if used as intended it behaves in much the same way as Facebook. Moreover the advertising/creative industries have seen Facebook as a core business app for years

language and communication change and evolve -- you just have to accept it imo

I think that textspeak is fair enough when used in its original context on the 'phone.

To use it in normal conversation is lazy and unnecessary. I think the English language is worth preserving and its use will ultimately degrade the language.

I also find the use of words such as "proven" instead of proved and "issue" instead of "problem" irritating.

Les

do the scottish still not have this as a quirk of their legal system?

I refuse to sent texts unless I can use a full size keyboard. My kids have mastered the knack of using phone buttons - I haven't and do not intend to try!! In the very rare event of needing to send a text I can type one out on Skype.

My old mum used a version of text speak 50 years ago - it was called shorthand :)

dl

sial stuck in a liquid ??

Close, very close indeed. :lol1:

I think i need to change stuck then :lol1:

You ned to change stuck and liquid, but your very close indeed ;)

So, what you're saying is that you're a miserable, unsociable old s*d with no money ... :thumb: :D :D

Dave

:thumb: :notworthy

I see the OP from the dump valve thread has not contributed yet, neither have some of the others. I would like to know their opinions and will check when I get in from work as they were pretty quick to spout off and throw the bully card around in that thread when there were a few of them glorifying text speak.

AWWWWW....... close but no cigar chum ;)

[roy walker catchphrase voice]

just say what you seen son, go ahead

[/roy walker catchphrase voice]

choccy, calm down dear, calm down ;)

Subaru in a lake ?:lol1:

I was rubbish as catchphrase but subaru in a lake :wonder: Thats why beaten again :brickwall

yea!!!!! well done. that picture was posted so many times it became synonymous with the dreaded REPOST action. any reposted subjects in any forum were immediately subjected to SIAL. funny at the time but now anachronistic

:thumb:

Yes Big S you are right. "Proven" is an ancient Scottish legal term.

Les

My wife tries to use text speak with me, and I refuse to understand. She also has "conversations" on text a lot with her mates, again I don't take part in that if she tries it on.

It annoys her a lot when I simply ignore them, so now she writes proper consise texts or calls me.

I remember a lot of the shortening (things like LOL, and IMHO) came from old vareities of social media - forums, emails, and particlarly gaming where it was easier to laugh and particularly abuse someone when when playing old school games like Quake or Unreal and you only had seconds before another rocket was flying at you again. This was long before text/SMS was popular in the early 90's. And I don't mind using these because basically they are acronyms. But only sparingly and not as part of a "conversation". Just dropping letters because it's easier or quicker to send a message is lazy and just reminds me of doublespeak in 1984.

While I'm not great english scolar, I really do think a proper sentance should be constructed as such.

you're telling me!!! ;)

:)

Les

He's still trying to decipher what those words with vowels are. :rolleyes:

Incidentally, I happen to think that "txt spk" is the language of cretins. Anyone who uses it in anything other than a character space limited environment is nothing more than a lazy pleb.

This thread is about text speak, but let's not forget about capital letters and punctuation.

As I learned from a post in here not so long ago punctuation and capitalisation are the differences between helping your Uncle, Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse and there's a big difference there :thumb:

The problem is even at school, kids can hand in home work in text talk... this is a massive problem and will only make things worse

Not sure if this is only a london ting ;)

I don't think it's just a "london ting" ;), I believe it's now generally accepted across the board; I heard, although I can't remember the source and therefore the validity of this comment, that they are no longer able to mark down use of text speak in exams. Although this may be (and I sincerely hope that it is!) completely b*ll*cks :lol1:

I heard it on the news and a friends a teacher in Croydon, i looked at some of the work she had from pupils at home and couldn't work out which way up to read it

:wall: considerably less results than "shot on site" ! :rolleyes: :cuckoo:

Fecking window licking text spk neds...... :D

The comma after uncle isn't really necessary ;)

Swiss will be furious. Les getting a corner :lol1: