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

This is something I really don't like. I can't even put my finger on why exactly. How do you guys feel about it?

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By *onygirlTV/TS
over a year ago

Huntingdon

I'm the same. It feels like they don't care enough to put the effort in to type properly

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

We hate text speak. We just delete the messages if that's the best they can do.

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By *SPrincessWoman
over a year ago

Nowhere near you

I don't mind it when I get to know someone, I can put up with more from someone I've been chatting to for a while. But if the first message is wuu2? Then I'm out.

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

Not a fan.

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By * SCARED x STIFF xCouple
over a year ago

west midlands

Not checking spelling is another pet hate , haha

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Not keen here either

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By *hekaiserMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London

I have teenagers so I am used to it

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

we are fine with bad spelling as most of us are guilty of that at time and sone cant help it but text/rap talk is a insant turn off

rap talk = yo dude hows you hangin or yo man let me smack your bitch up ?? getting alot more of these messages lately

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By *he girl with dreadlocksWoman
over a year ago

need to know basis in Wolverhampton


"I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!"

I use lol all the time what should I use instead?

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


"I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!

I use lol all the time what should I use instead? "

Does LOL out some people off on here?

#whenspellcheckbite

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


"I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!"

Yeh but they R more likely strapped with a ratchet ??

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

How about pmsl or lmao is that bad too?

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

I told some one to STFU and they asked what it meant

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

Not a fan, but I do have an obsessional loathing of "lol" and "haha" chucked into messages and profiles where clearly there is nothing hilarious being said. Maybe a slight eyebrow raise, but not laughing out loud.

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


"Not checking spelling is another pet hate , haha "

Haha that was an autocorrect moment.

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By *loppsyWoman
over a year ago

marlow


"I'm the same. It feels like they don't care enough to put the effort in to type properly"

This

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By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots


"This is something I really don't like. I can't even put my finger on why exactly. How do you guys feel about it?"

Irrit8s the crap out of me

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

Not one of my favourites

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By *osieWoman
over a year ago

Wembley

Y

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

Fkin 8 it innit?

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

Hate it! It takes me longer to decipher it to try and understand what they are saying. It hurts my brain lol xxx

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

Hate it, really hurts my eyes, instant delete and unread in our inbox. If the sender can't be bothered to send a proper message, I can only assume that they would put very little effort into a meet with us. Mrs

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

It took me months to work out what 'wuu2' meant

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By *ndigo40Woman
over a year ago

secret town


"This is something I really don't like. I can't even put my finger on why exactly. How do you guys feel about it?"

My family and friends know not to text speak me because they know they will get ignored.

Big pet hate of mine

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By *ngel_screwballCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Wtf lol

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By *hekaiserMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Not a fan, but I do have an obsessional loathing of "lol" and "haha" chucked into messages and profiles where clearly there is nothing hilarious being said. Maybe a slight eyebrow raise, but not laughing out loud. "

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

I still use a bit of it from when it was just a gamer/chatroom thing, but generally dislike it when it is the whole bloody sentence There is no need for it if you haven't got to be typing quickly to stay in the conversation, so why do it?

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By *andi_shopWoman
over a year ago

rotherham

Depends how bad the text talk is, I hate things like wuu2 however u instead of you is fine by me

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By *aynelionWoman
over a year ago

Fakenham


"I don't mind it when I get to know someone, I can put up with more from someone I've been chatting to for a while. But if the first message is wuu2? Then I'm out. "

I had to ask what Wuu2 meant! Lol

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By *onnor999Man
over a year ago

Wrexham

another pete hat?

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

Yes it does but mainly because I need it deciphered most of the time

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


"I don't mind it when I get to know someone, I can put up with more from someone I've been chatting to for a while. But if the first message is wuu2? Then I'm out.

I had to ask what Wuu2 meant! Lol"
was going to ask the same I Google it is what you up 2

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

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


"I told some one to STFU and they asked what it meant

I have no idea what that means either. I'm off to google it.

Doll x"

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By *eavenscentitCouple
over a year ago

barnstaple

Lol ha ha lol ha ha

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By *arksidesubCouple
over a year ago

not far from you..

Hate it

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


"I told some one to STFU and they asked what it meant

I have no idea what that means either. I'm off to google it.

Doll x

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Just Google stfu it is shut the fuck up how rude

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


"I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!"

I hate 'lol' I am tempted to delete

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By *tmmCouple
over a year ago

harlow

I don't mind some like lol, wtf, atm etc. But when the whole thing is text speak then no chance!

Also another spelling nazi but can forgive the odd autocorrect error as it happens to us all.

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By *picyminxWoman
over a year ago

Huntingdon

I dont mind lol, haha , simple stuff but if I get a message that looks like my sons conversations in group chat I just delete them.

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

we don't like it , we can never understand what the message is meant to say,

it only takes a minuet to type a full message

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

Can't bear it. Anyone who sends me a message featuring textspeak is automatically deleted and blocked as I would have nothing in common with them.

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

What do you classify as text talk? I would say both my texts and messages on here are sloppy... i dont use proper grammar ... over punctuate everything and frequently use lol or haha as endings to sentences (to show something as being lighthearted usually ... it can be hard to get tone across in messages)

I would say this is text talk but thats exactly what i am doing ... talking to someone through text / message ... i am not writing an essay to be graded or a cv to apply for a job ... if someone thinks that makes me lazy on a meet and would avoid me because of it then i dont think its the kind of person i want to be meeting anyway

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

I classify textspeak as that weird non-language with vowels cut out. I would also include abbreviations like "lol" but not "ha ha" as that term existed pre-mobile phone.

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


"This is something I really don't like. I can't even put my finger on why exactly. How do you guys feel about it?"

Yes puts the wife off totally!

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

Yes I hate it! I can't cope with text talk at all. I struggle with messages that have poor grammar and spelling too, it really puts me off but I try and make allowances as I understand some people may have dyslexia or something similar.

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By *urvymamaWoman
over a year ago

Doncaster

Im dyslexic so I really struggle reading text talk, over the years I've trained my brain to recognised words when they're spelt correctly, so Ines that aren't or are text talk can be hard for me to decipher. I really have to take my time when I type to make sure it's right and I have more trouble when I'm tired or ill so my brains to at full function. I have learnt what certain ones mean but every so often I get thrown a curveball. Was only last week I learnt AFK means away from keyboard

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


"Not checking spelling is another pet hate , haha "

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

Without a doubt one of my biggest pet hates.

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By *p4funCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

Hate it not chucking spellin is a nuvver won ......

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

Loathe it completely. Would never expect it from mature adults - especially when we're looking to gain the interest of others on here. It's a bit of a no-brainer to just reject - although we may on occasion miss out on someone great, but our gut instinct is that we're unlikely to be compatible socially.

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By *heaspieswingerMan
over a year ago

Peak District


"I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!"

*shoots you*

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By *heaspieswingerMan
over a year ago

Peak District

It's shocking to us that anyone still uses text speak. When my OH was young, and mobile phones had only just started being able to text properly, he hated text speak.

We just don't understand how anybody can be so lazy!

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

Can't stand it! When spelling 3-letter and 4-letter correctly is too much effort in a one line message... it's too much effort for me to reply. I either think the person really can't be asked or isn't well educated. And all the spelling mistakes, when there's spell check? Just don't understand it?

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

Lol noty

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF)
over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

Text speak and bad spelling, just no excuse.

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

We ignore messages from people who write in text speak, spell badly or use very poor grammar

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

its an instant delete and block for us.

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

Ironically the op has a spelling mistake in the thread title

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

Some text speak yeah. But spelling and grammer isnt an issue some people struggle with that

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area

Its just laziness .... so if they cannot be bothered to speak to me properly and politly then I wont be interested ....manners maketh the man

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

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I don't like it at all. I don't do it and my children don't.

On here I just wouldn't read the message.

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By *lowercandyWoman
over a year ago

Lancashire


"I don't mind some like lol, wtf, atm etc. But when the whole thing is text speak then no chance!

Also another spelling nazi but can forgive the odd autocorrect error as it happens to us all. "

I think is an acceptable level.

There's (or should I put there are) some things which are ok but I agree if the whole message is in it then no.

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By *unPeteMan
over a year ago

Near Bristol

I never use it but don't really mind it so long as I can understand the sentence.

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By *exyangietgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

edinburgh

It absolutely puts me off. That's why I've got something about it on my profile but, even though it's IN UPPER CASE, far too many people seem to ignore it. They get binned.

XX

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By *ortland51Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

It's an utterly depressing bastardisation of the written form. I disapprove of it with a great amount of sadness.

Call me old fashioned, but there's a far greater reward in the effort of formulaic prose.

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By *andomfodCouple
over a year ago

walsall

We don't mind the occasional "lol" or that kind of thing, as that has become a little more acceptable over years, but if "u tlk lyk dis" it's an instant delete from us. That hurt to even type

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

Written communication is not good with poor grammar.

Add text talk?

Stick end wrong, comes to mind before you even add projection and sermantics .

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

I think I prefer poor spelling to text speak. As far as I'm concerned, poor spelling can't really be helped in some cases, and I think that someone being judged negatively for trying to spell isn't really right. Text talk, however, is a choice. You're choosing to cut corners and therefore being lazy with your words. Obviously things like "brb", "atm" or "tbh" are just standards in this culture but sometimes it's genuinely just as quick to add an extra "h" into "what", isn't it? Unfortunately it's the way things are going?

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"It took me months to work out what 'wuu2' meant "

I had to ask

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


"It took me months to work out what 'wuu2' meant

I had to ask "

What does it mean?

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By *hekaiserMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"It took me months to work out what 'wuu2' meant

I had to ask

What does it mean? "

Wuu2.."what you upto?"..

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

Yes it does

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

Yes it does.

I don't reply to anyone who uses text talk. Just make the effort!

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

We don't like text talk... Personally I don't even like it in texts. It was a necessity in the 80's/90's when there was a 128/160 character limit. Now though, you have no excuse for not using proper spelling, grammar and punctuation.

I work in a school, and it saddens me to see that the kids often use "txt" talk in all of their written/typed work... including assignments and EXAMS.

Cal

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

Huge turn off - just make the sender appear uneducated and unlikely to be able to engage in proper conversation, and hence less attractive.

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

I hate text talk, seriously I don't even understand half the abbreviations so they take me ages to work out, who can be arsed with that

Another one of my pet hates are black guys who type how they take using words like wid, ting, dem, dat etc, it really grinds me, I mean I live in Tipton but I don't messages people saying, alrite mush aw am ya You went to school use it

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

If I receive a message with text speak, I delete it and block the sender!

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By *nterracial2Couple
over a year ago

Ribble Valley

We agree with the general consensus that it's definitely off-putting.

I'd tend to delete such messages, whereas the male half does toy around with profiles who are inclined to send such messages.

I mean we're in an era of using smartphones or internet browsers that have spellcheckers included, is it really so difficult to attempt typing properly?

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By *haneleviMan
over a year ago

Kidderminster

Yeah. Unless it's done intentionally

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By *he Hobbit And MeCouple
over a year ago

southampton

Never reply to these type of messages!

Maybe they are too lazy to type the whole correct message as it should be written...grrr

Rant over

Have a great weekend

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By *candiumWoman
over a year ago

oban

Yup. Text talk apart from things like LOL really puts me off. As does more than a couple bad spellings or grammar errors.

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


"I hate text talk...adults who use 'lol' should be shot on the spot!"

LOL

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I defend anyone's right to use text speak but I don't like it. I'm also a bit funny about 'should/could of' and 'are' instead of 'our'.

I don't think it makes people wrong or bad though.

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

Doesn't bother me in the slightest, being able to write and spell isn't necessarily a sign of intelligence or being a nice person.

Language changes over time and use , I constantly use I'm, they're , doesn't etc , like the vast majority of the population, where as less than a hundered years ago, I'd have been given the same scorn some on here have shown to the use of text speak.

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By *ubSirVient-DefinitionCouple
over a year ago

dukinfield

YES!!!

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I don't use it but its not a deal breaker for me. It definitely doesn't stop me finding out more about a person. Cant really tell a person until you have chatted a bit regardless of the written protocol used.

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