FabSwingers.com forum: txt spk

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

Ok...

I officially hate text speak.

1. I cant comprehend it

2. Its the chavlands way of saying fuck you English language.

Ben

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

I completely agree.

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By *pecifically1Woman
over a year ago

Hull

It should be reserved for texts and nothing more...

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

Its what some like personally we don't but using it doesn't make anybody anything as people who use eloquent grammar aren't professionals either no matter how much they think they are

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By *anfiona2Couple
over a year ago

ramsgate

There has to be a direct correlation between the emergence of text speak and the general downturn in basic spelling

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

I just don't understand it I'm a 41 yr old male and sometimes my 31 yr old sister texts me an I don't have a clue what's she has said to me

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By *ulfilthmentMan
over a year ago

Just around the corner

"There has to be a direct correlation between the emergence of text speak and the general downturn in basic spelling"

Yes and no. It's origin is in the fact that typing words on an old-style alphanumeric mobile keypad takes ages and so abbreviations or shorthand were devised. However, using it when you have access to a qwerty keyboard seems a bit lazy.

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By *radleyandRavenCouple
over a year ago

Herts

The thing is, I don't look down on people who use it, but I won't bother reading it... - Trying to decipher it gives me a headache (and I'm 24!).

- Amy. x

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

"I just don't understand it I'm a 41 yr old male and sometimes my 31 yr old sister texts me an I don't have a clue what's she has said to me "

Besides the words "lol" etc...etc..

Im like "pardon?"

Ben

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

I send text messages with semi colons in! I really struggle to decipher text speak. I've given children "lectures" before about spelling OK as okaii!

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814

There is no need for it on here...

Understandable on mobiles where people are paying for the tx (do they still pay) not sure....

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

Same here cant stand it , it doesn't make sense to me my oh mum thought lol meant lots of love made me giggle for days

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

I dislike text speak intensely and tbh it does put me off when it is used in a message on here. I don't even like it on text messages!

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By *uncpl2015Couple
over a year ago

Bridgend Area

"Same here cant stand it , it doesn't make sense to me my oh mum thought lol meant lots of love made me giggle for days

A friend of ours thought the same, but he sent a text to his sister in law whose partner had recently died, saying, 'Sorry to hear of your loss, lol.' oops

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

It wasn't as bad as that just a telling off to her granddaughter about her behaviour on a night out then signed off lol from nan

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

"I dislike text speak intensely and tbh it does put me off when it is used in a message on here. I don't even like it on text messages!

Ironic "tbh"

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"I dislike text speak intensely and tbh it does put me off when it is used in a message on here. I don't even like it on text messages!

Ironic "tbh"

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I was wondering who would spot it;-)

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

U luk gud wud u like 2 get wiv me

That is what I got in my inbox

I couldn't wait to reply !!!!!

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"U luk gud wud u like 2 get wiv me

That is what I got in my inbox

I couldn't wait to reply !!!!!"

Wot I wud giv to get yur inbox. Bet it's gr8

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

"U luk gud wud u like 2 get wiv me

That is what I got in my inbox

I couldn't wait to reply !!!!!

Wot I wud giv to get yur inbox. Bet it's gr8"

My inbox is supremely wonderful at the moment

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By *hérieWoman
over a year ago

North Wales

My profile speaks for itself.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"My profile speaks for itself.

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By *lassic1Man
over a year ago

bellshill

"It should be reserved for texts and nothing more..."

No I dont agree with that....every phone now has a built in keypad that allows words to be written as normal....if you were on a qwerty keyboard would you use text speak....I dont think so.....the delicate nuances of the E nglish language escpecially in an intimate and erotic context cannot be conveyed via text speak shit.....end of rant..

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"It should be reserved for texts and nothing more...

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Could not agree more

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

i cant stand text speck .dont have a clue what half people are saying, i end up texting back can you ring me and tell me lol

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

I'm 34 and do not understand it. Generally I will ignore text messages sent to me on here. Also makes me feel old as.

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

what hacks me off too is why people miss out vowels and add z'z

What is this all about BBZ ?? That is supposed to be - BABES

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

"i cant stand text speck .dont have a clue what half people are saying, i end up texting back can you ring me and tell me lol "

Ha ha

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

I text using long hand myself, and can't stand text speak.

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

It used to piss me off no end in mails on here but I'm not that bothered by it anymore. Depends more on the overall content.

Think I'm mellowing in my old age.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

I find it maddening in two regards:

that people actually communicate with it (given you can write a small essay in the free space available in a text message) and, that people over the age of 40 years, readily use it!

It reminds me of shiny purple tracksuits for some reason

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By *ingleguy1973Man
over a year ago

peterborough

3 fings i cnt stnd

1 txt spk

2 irony

3 listz

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

"Ok...

I officially hate text speak.

1. I cant comprehend it

2. Its the chavlands way of saying fuck you English language.

Ben"

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By *lanwoodMan
over a year ago

Alton

I h8 it 2.

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By *lanwoodMan
over a year ago

Alton

"3 fings i cnt stnd

1 txt spk

2 irony

3 listz"

He wasn't my favourite composer either.

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By *ewantmmfCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

There is no need for it what-so-ever! Five to ten years ago when we didn't have qwerty keyboards on our phones and texts were charged individually at 10p per text, it may have been excused (only in text messages though)

However these days we all have unlimited texts and we all have qwerty keyboards on our phones, so as such, "txt spk" should be consigned to the history books (not that it warrants any place there!)

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

Init! Jst wot she sed m8!

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

Lot of snobbery here if someone chooses to write in text style for example on here it does not make that person any less fuckable as long as they do not lol whilst at it

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

I think its quicker and is an effective way to communicate when sending messages. People only dislike it because they don't understand it. Have you guys seriously never used 'lol' 'brb' '2day'in a message?

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By *uxtapositionMan
over a year ago

CARDIFF

I 8ate it

lol

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"... does not make that person any less fuckable as long as they do not lol whilst at it

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Perhaps not "lol"

But "tbh" it would so put me off

"BRB"

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By *lanwoodMan
over a year ago

Alton

"I find it maddening in two regards:

that people actually communicate with it (given you can write a small essay in the free space available in a text message) and, that people over the age of 40 years, readily use it!

It reminds me of shiny purple tracksuits for some reason

I thought something else was coming after the words "shiny" and "purple"!

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By *inful_coupleCouple
over a year ago

Frimley

Bad grammar is just as awful ... and using your all the time ... It's YOU'RE!!! :D haha. Seriously, that kind of lazy typing on a forum, which is all type, is just terrible

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By *ewantmmfCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

How can you say it's an effective way of communicating when people have already stated they don't understand it? If you then have to type it in full, it has become inefficient and ineffective. If you take it a step further and say people should learn it, that too is ineffective, as, by extension, we should all learn every single language - again ineffective and inefficient.

I understand the majority of text abbreviations and used them quite frequently in my teenage years in text messages. There's absolutely no reason to use them in messages, or on forums, or any other place where there is plenty of space to type words in full.

I used to mark GCSE science papers and there was an abundance of kids, clever kids at that, who still scored A's and A*s that used text speak. No wonder our 18-24 year olds are unemployable, if they can't write in English without using text speak. This is why it needs to be wiped out.

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

"How can you say it's an effective way of communicating when people have already stated they don't understand it? "

Well not everyone understands French buy it is still an effective way to communicate. For text speakers, its quicker and easier to use text language

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

indifferent to it.

but I find the haters laughable when they type pmsl, lol, lmfao in their post decrying others for using it.

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester

Just like handing someone a turd on a cardboard tray.... there is a time and a place when it is the done thing and other times when it will be frowned upon.

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

I can't stand it, when ever I get a message in text speak I either delete it or reply with 'what did you say' lol

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

My brother recently advertised a vacancy for an IT specialist for his company.

One applicant, with lots of exact expertise and in his early 40's, submitted his CV. In his covering letter, the text was predominantly text speak.

My brother decided, on the level of technical experience shown, to get him in anyway for inter_iew, part of which included an exercise in which a report had to be compiled detailing how to fix a software fault, specific to the role being advertised.

The applicant still littered his report with text speak; he seemingly couldn't communicate in any other format.

Needless to say, he didn't get the job and when given feedback as to why, was surprised that he'd been turned down for failing to use everyday English!

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

"Just like handing someone a turd on a cardboard tray.... there is a time and a place when it is the done thing and other times when it will be frowned upon."

When is it the done thing?

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

thats what i thought

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By *coobyroo218Couple
over a year ago

Guernsey

I can't abide text speak and ok, may use lol in a text but more likely to be ha ha!

If we chat to anyone either by email or skype and they use it, it just turns me off totally.....there is no need to do it either in a text or email.

Bad grammar or spelling don't bother me - because they've made the effort to write properly.

The people who use it may be intelligent and very fuckable but they don't do themselves any favours by being lazy on a keyboard

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Text speak is a total turn off for me. When used in an actual text message it is forgiveable if it can be understood but it belongs nowhere else with the exception of the odd LOL which seems to have crossed over into other formats like chat and forums. The clue is in the name. It is TEXT speak.

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

Txt spk don't bov me - cos sumtimes sum1 ain't got much time or gotta lota txtin 2 do

I can't read complica txt spk if ya know wot mean -

I thunk it just a generic way communicatin

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By *coobyroo218Couple
over a year ago

Guernsey

"Txt spk don't bov me - cos sumtimes sum1 ain't got much time or gotta lota txtin 2 do

I can't read complica txt spk if ya know wot mean -

I thunk it just a generic way communicatin

lazy lazy lazy

Why did you miss the g off communicatin? Was it to save time and if so, how much time did not putting in one letter save you?????

Yet you put a ' in can't.....which I would have thought was more time consuming to find it either on your keyboard or phone!

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

"Txt spk don't bov me - cos sumtimes sum1 ain't got much time or gotta lota txtin 2 do

I can't read complica txt spk if ya know wot mean -

I thunk it just a generic way communicatin

lazy lazy lazy

Why did you miss the g off communicatin? Was it to save time and if so, how much time did not putting in one letter save you?????

Yet you put a ' in can't.....which I would have thought was more time consuming to find it either on your keyboard or phone!

Yeah well dat me 4 u innit. I'm not fust how folk txt/mail me - I like c but individualism

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