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

Hi all...

Are we the only ones who find an initial mail sent full of text speak a put off??

Things like gawjus etc.. Especially from people in their mid 40's Ooerr... I'm turning into Victor Meldrew... help me lol....

Mike and Ju xx

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

No its not just you.Its just down to bone idleness, illiteracy or both.

Trace & Ric

XXXX

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

Can't stand it, especially from an older person , seems odd

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

Not convinced it's always txt speak, more often than not it's simple spelling mistakes which, when you consider the myriad of spoolchuckers out there is inexcusable........

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I hate it and wouldnt entertain a message that consisted of text speak

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

If someone used text speak to contact us then to my mind they only qualify themselves for the three-minute shag instead of the usual hour-ish full foreplay version - if they can cut corners - so can we!

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By *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

lol wishy !

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

You know what... when you feel down just reading in here never fails to raise a smile .....

I said a smile lol....

Mike and Ju x

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

Is that a full three minutes 'Wishy'?

Jeez! I wish.

_rummps x

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

We never answer email on any site or on our vanilla mail that is text speak! When looking for playmates, if they can't be bothered to write properly why should we bother to consider them as playmates?

We do tend to go a bit easier on people who make spelling mistakes, can happen to anyone, but if they are consistant.. Use a feckin spellchecker

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

Three minutes is a bloody marathon for me you know - I am 43!

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

Like everything else in this world, text speak has its place,...in a text.

...and even then I dont use it, cant understand it half the time, and certainly wouldnt try to gain fair maidens with it...lol

S&A

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

I only use text speak when texting,have noticed some of the younger students on the same course as me have huge problems with spelling and writing assignments because they only communicate by text on phones,msn and facebook xx

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

By wishyNsiren Couple (MF) 2 hours ago

Three minutes is a bloody marathon for me you know - I am 43!

Just a lad then?

_rummps x

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

I can't stand text speak from pretty much any age group, save that kind of typing and language for text messages.

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

i fink it well bad 2 txt spk 2 ppl u r hoping 2 meet but they must no u spk like that all the time neway so its gr8 wen u treat them normal int it

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

eh?

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By *evin5050Man
over a year ago

wolverhampton

One of my pet hates is text speak, so I agree with most of what's been said before - I find it lazy, illiterate and ugly. I had thought it was just me being a grumpy old man so I'm glad that others (younger too!) are of a similar mind! As sugarxspice said - I don't even use text speak when I'm texting! It may have a place in a text - but anywhere else or on a profile I find it quite unacceptable. OK - just call me Victor.....!!!

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

I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with text speak per se, if used approrpriately. Each generation latches onto their own way of identifying themselves from preceding generations, and although txt spk is not exclusive to the younger generation, I do feel that for them they have adopted it as a means of conveying the message: 'this is us' - (pun intended)

Personally, one or two lines of txt spk is about all I can handle, anymore than that and I simply give up and stop reading.

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

hey ric, u dont like text talk, but u put lol which is text talk, i know u still love me weather i text talk or not!!! pinx xxxx

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

Cheeky little fart,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL.

Thats only because they don't have the emoticons up and running yet

Ric

XXXX

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By *enchWoman
over a year ago

wirral

I am so glad it is not just me. I may be a bit anal when it comes to spelling and the correct use of grammar but that is my choice. My thinking is that if you cannot construct a sentence correctly, then chances are you will not be able to stimulate my mind! If you cannot stimulate my mind then you have no chance with my body.

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

Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but to my mind, spelling and punctuation are essential to correct communication. We read so many profiles that don't even use a full stop, in what aught to have been a piece of about fifteen paragraphs.

The text speak phenomenon shows a cultural shift which I don't believe will aid communication in any way. So many have already said they don't understand it

What is inportant here though, is that without the use of spelling, grammar and syntax, nobody can really understand what a writer is trying to convey. There is far too much room for misinterpretation.

Christ! How bloody boring do I sound?

I believe every word I say though.

Enigmatist xx

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

hi

with reference to honey pot couple

i am the same at college and all the assignments are full of this text crap

does no one rememebr what we did before phones come along we all wrote properley then

why waste your time on a text wrote message cannot understand them half the time and it makes the sender sound as mad as a box of frogs

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

lol... is in the dictionary as a word.. Its an acronym for many things.. Apparantly lol....

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