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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )

Posted about this before.... But what are peoples thoughts....?

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By *ofistimacatedMan
over a year ago

cavan town

Personally I think overuse is lazy and childish. A few words here and there is grand with a few emojis but to read a whole paragraph written in text speak just gives me a headache. Quicker to write but sometimes can take forever to decipher what the hell they are talking about. Maybe I'm just getting old.

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By *arry and AnnCouple
over a year ago

Louth

Not sure if it counts as text speak, but the word 'Bae' does my nut in

Most of the time text speak doesnt phase me but in certain cases its just too much.. cant remember it off the top of my head but theres some 5 letter word ive seen abbreviated to.. a 5 letter word just written arseways. Why?!

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

I thnk theyr gr8 m8. Thx.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A few words here and there is fine but not whole sentences or paragraphs! There’s soneone I know and she does it AND she’s a teacher!

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By *adame BWoman
over a year ago

C'est moi Boudoir

Does my head in!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Text speak goes back to when you had 3 letters per key and typing long messages was a pain in the rear.

Now it's just lazy and immature.

Even the kids seem to be past it!

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By *eebawMan
over a year ago

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I try not to use it maby some times in a conversation its ok in small amounts but with a full keyboard its not hard to write . In saying that im not the best at writeing or putting words together .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

PERSONALLY IM NOT A FAN OF TEXT SPEAK

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By *anKinkyMan
over a year ago

Carrick on Shannon

Hate it

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By *inkywife1981Couple
over a year ago

A town near you

Wotz dis tred ab

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By *andsomeman100Man
over a year ago

Ah sure now...

Aggghhhh - the one thing that gets me worked up.

Abbreviations and text speak are two different things.'Accom.' means accommodate / accommodation depending n the context, and to me is an acceptable abbreviation... but Gr8, and w8, and....aaaggghhh.

That said, we had S.W.A.L.K back in the day when we just had handwritten letters.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I too absolutely detest text speak . I love a good conversation where I don't have to decipher what someone is saying.

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"I too absolutely detest text speak . I love a good conversation where I don't have to decipher what someone is saying. "

My sentiments exactly, don't mind occasional emojis or the odd abbreviation, but use language as its meant to be used, its a tool to communicate, not a morse code

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Wotz dis tred ab"

Well played

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Aggghhhh - the one thing that gets me worked up.

Abbreviations and text speak are two different things.'Accom.' means accommodate / accommodation depending n the context, and to me is an acceptable abbreviation... but Gr8, and w8, and....aaaggghhh.

That said, we had S.W.A.L.K back in the day when we just had handwritten letters. "

So very true, little did we know what was starting by the use of it

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Does my head in! "

Headache inducing

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"A few words here and there is fine but not whole sentences or paragraphs! There’s soneone I know and she does it AND she’s a teacher!"

She should be banned from teaching in case she passes that onto impressionable minds, (I'm Joking) I'm slow to use even emojis.... smiley face smiley face

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Not sure if it counts as text speak, but the word 'Bae' does my nut in

Most of the time text speak doesnt phase me but in certain cases its just too much.. cant remember it off the top of my head but theres some 5 letter word ive seen abbreviated to.. a 5 letter word just written arseways. Why?! "

That's the worst crime

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Personally I think overuse is lazy and childish. A few words here and there is grand with a few emojis but to read a whole paragraph written in text speak just gives me a headache. Quicker to write but sometimes can take forever to decipher what the hell they are talking about. Maybe I'm just getting old. "

Very very true, but I worry that I have become a grammer Nazi

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Text speak goes back to when you had 3 letters per key and typing long messages was a pain in the rear.

Now it's just lazy and immature.

Even the kids seem to be past it!"

I hope they are, but not sure

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"I try not to use it maby some times in a conversation its ok in small amounts but with a full keyboard its not hard to write . In saying that im not the best at writeing or putting words together . "

I just have a problem with people doing it as a lazy way of communicating, we all have spelling or grammar mistakes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Posted about this before.... But what are peoples thoughts....? "

Doesn’t bother me at all but I probably use it more the fact I’m a dumb blonde and can’t spell

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Posted about this before.... But what are peoples thoughts....?

Doesn’t bother me at all but I probably use it more the fact I’m a dumb blonde and can’t spell "

Blonds just a hair colour not a measure of intelligence... hope that's spelt correctly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Posted about this before.... But what are peoples thoughts....?

Doesn’t bother me at all but I probably use it more the fact I’m a dumb blonde and can’t spell

Blonds just a hair colour not a measure of intelligence... hope that's spelt correctly "

I wouldn’t know ha ha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't stand it

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By *igBlondeDommeWoman
over a year ago

middle of nowhere

I can't abide it.

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Posted about this before.... But what are peoples thoughts....?

Doesn’t bother me at all but I probably use it more the fact I’m a dumb blonde and can’t spell

Blonds just a hair colour not a measure of intelligence... hope that's spelt correctly

I wouldn’t know ha ha "

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Posted about this before.... But what are peoples thoughts....?

Doesn’t bother me at all but I probably use it more the fact I’m a dumb blonde and can’t spell

Blonds just a hair colour not a measure of intelligence... hope that's spelt correctly

I wouldn’t know ha ha "

Hope auto correct hasn't failed me

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Can't stand it "

I certainly wouldn't be a big fan of it either

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"I can't abide it. "

I think my brain just freezes and can't process it

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By *aolMMan
over a year ago

Galway

I don't mind text talk but I never use it because I take pride in my written word. I would have thought/hoped it projects a better impression... although sometimes I do wonder if good English sounds too rigid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Very sore on the mind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I actually hate it. I am dyslexic and I struggle really bad with spelling and grammar but I always try my best. It makes reading a message for me really difficult. I am far from stupid and would have a very high IQ but at times I really can not read text abbreviations ...... and it's also lazy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Predictive text was a great invention, there really is very little logic to using text speak at all anymore not that I ever used it back in the early to mid 00's.

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By *eductively_SweetWoman
over a year ago

wexford

Hbu or wbu I cannot be dealing with it them I had to ask what the hell them ment.. ugh

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"I actually hate it. I am dyslexic and I struggle really bad with spelling and grammar but I always try my best. It makes reading a message for me really difficult. I am far from stupid and would have a very high IQ but at times I really can not read text abbreviations ...... and it's also lazy."

Thank god I'm not the only one who finds it a lazy way to converse

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By *orkdevil OP   Man
over a year ago

Humpytown : )


"Hbu or wbu I cannot be dealing with it them I had to ask what the hell them ment.. ugh "

Sorry but don't know what you mean lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Last time I text speak was the day I became a man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

YOLO really gets on my nerve though...

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By *ORKBWC2025Man
over a year ago

cork

I’m not a fan of using it myself, maybe the odd few words if I’m texting quickly at work. A few emojis here an there .. I don’t mind if people txt me using it as long as it’s only things like ( dya need nything from d shop) Also people that StiL tXt LyK diS do my head in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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That said, we had S.W.A.L.K back in the day when we just had handwritten letters. "

That's an acronym so not quite the same thing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I actually hate it. I am dyslexic and I struggle really bad with spelling and grammar but I always try my best. It makes reading a message for me really difficult. I am far from stupid and would have a very high IQ but at times I really can not read text abbreviations ...... and it's also lazy.

Thank god I'm not the only one who finds it a lazy way to converse "

I use lol is messages here because I am notnotbpaying to use a laughing emoji or any other emoji

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol and lmao I think are acceptable. I wouldnt mind them to be honest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Think it depends on nature of message, audience. Don't mind text speak if it within a brief message, it is not overused within message and it not some obscure text speak that I need to google. Lilred

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan


"Think it depends on nature of message, audience. Don't mind text speak if it within a brief message, it is not overused within message and it not some obscure text speak that I need to google. Lilred "

Sigh...

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Sorry, carry on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Think it depends on nature of message, audience. Don't mind text speak if it within a brief message, it is not overused within message and it not some obscure text speak that I need to google. Lilred

Sigh...

.

Sorry, carry on "

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By *hocko87Man
over a year ago

dublin

I hate people giving out about text speak . We are not writing luv letters are we . We are just texting are we not .

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By *inkygal69Woman
over a year ago

Tralee, macroom

Hate it hate it hate it.

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By *r_mrs_studmuffinCouple
over a year ago

narnia

Don’t mind the odd word thrown In but would prefer proper use of the English language ??

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By *traycats2Couple
over a year ago

Dublin

I don’t particularly like it myself but in saying that I wouldn’t judge anyone as I’ve found in the past a lot of people cannot spell so it’s easier to text speak or are dislexic ... so it’s easier way to communicate

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By *he Kinky KinksCouple
over a year ago

Dublin-Kildare


"I thnk theyr gr8 m8. Thx. "

It’s “dere”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've had the come-on from a few lads today, regarding couples time, and if that's the standard of message ye're getting ladies then my sympathies.

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