FabSwingers.com forum: text speak and 'hun'

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

I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon.

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By *urvy_EmsCouple
over a year ago

Wakefield

learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints.

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By *lackshadow7Man
over a year ago

Toronto

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."

Got to give you massive props for knowing "leet" and actually using 1337 in its place

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By *untimes_2009Couple
over a year ago

Wallasey

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."

Sorry, but we totally agree with Jon. We find text speak very off putting and need to translate, which takes even longer than writing in full. We could understand text speak in a text message, but not when normally written from a PC or laptop, as is the norm.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

That's what the delete button is for, I don't even like text speak in text messages

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By *lle adie 2Woman
over a year ago

newcastle upon tyne

whats 1337?

im totally lost...

and i HATE hun, luv, chick, hen and honey...

And i even hate it when you send a message and all you get as a reply is 'LOL' - pure laziness, so i never reply after that

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

"whats 1337?

im totally lost...

and i HATE hun, luv, chick, hen and honey...

And i even hate it when you send a message and all you get as a reply is 'LOL' - pure laziness, so i never reply after that

It's a nerdy hackers language - mostly used to stop other people from understanding what's being said. Not something you need to learn at all, unless you're very, very bored.

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

Thanks for your replies, I can also see text speak on mobiles but to ask to meet should be in clear english I think, it's much more polite.

Jon x

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

Hate text speak in messages and just delete

Just bugs me that's all

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

Prefer real current day English. Text speak makes me think that people who do it are "chav's"! (My own opinion)

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By *ark Gr8 Teddy BearMan
over a year ago

Wigan

"I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon."

I've made all my friends realise that if they message me in "text gibberish" they won't get a responce, I don't mind "hun" so much as long as its used in a conversation and not once a sentence. Whats worse for me is that they're allowing this text gibberish to be used on exam papers these days. Whats the point of teaching English and then allowing that?.

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

"I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon."

Yeah very often, also people seem to talk in riddles. Call me stupid but just because you say know what I mean, still leaves me clueless?

Annoys the sheet out of me!!

And breathe

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

i do try to not use text speak,but always forget after a few words.

i HATE being called babe,at my age its ridiculous

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

"Prefer real current day English. Text speak makes me think that people who do it are "chav's"! (My own opinion)"

Have to admit the same - but then you discover it's somebody "old"

I work with teenagers and it's funny how many times they spend ages trying to work out messages on their phones.

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By *lackshadow7Man
over a year ago

Toronto

Text speak was popularised in IRC on the internet (for speed type replies more than anything else) as well as when SMS text messages became popular and limited you to 140 charaters per message.

So rather than being one character over and having to pay another 10p on your PAYG for a 2nd message, people would shorten words like "to" to "2" and "text" to "txt".

IRC and forums are still a big part of internet subculture and increased exposure to and reliance on the internet means that more people are exposed to text or 1337 speak a lot earlier now.

Some of the most intelligent people on the planet use it (when necessary) to communicate. Doesn't make them chavs or any less of a person.

That being said, i understand the frustration and disdain many have towards it.

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

"Text speak was popularised in IRC on the internet (for speed type replies more than anything else) as well as when SMS text messages became popular and limited you to 140 charaters per message.

So rather than being one character over and having to pay another 10p on your PAYG for a 2nd message, people would shorten words like "to" to "2" and "text" to "txt".

IRC and forums are still a big part of internet subculture and increased exposure to and reliance on the internet means that more people are exposed to text or 1337 speak a lot earlier now.

Some of the most intelligent people on the planet use it (when necessary) to communicate. Doesn't make them chavs or any less of a person.

That being said, i understand the frustration and disdain many have towards it."

Indeed - same with all communication. You wouldn't address a message on here 'To whom it concerns' or 'Dear Mr Fucksalot esq' (hm although maybe we have had one or two of those

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So it's not about whether people use them, it's about appropriate use - and my gut reaction to somebody using it in messages on here is that we wouldn't get on.

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

text speak and hun,babe or other names that are used = no reply and simply delete it isnt appropiate for this site and is a huge turn off.

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

Text speak is just lazy!

& hun, babe etc just irritate me

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

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."
What a rubbish excuse. How much longer does it take to write a proper message? If we get a message in txt speak it is deleted straight away, as it shows a) they are illiterate b)too lazy to really think about what they say

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

"I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon.

I totally agree with you both. It must be my upbringing and education or the fact that I had to learn English 'the proper way' but I cannot abide by people that are lazy and destroy their own language...I recently received a CV in text speak...went direct to my vertical filing!!!

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

I do find text speak unpleasant. I am not a snob (much) but feel that grammar has a place. I hate the "hun" that is often appended to sentences and would much prefer to receive properly constructed messages. Yeah, hun? Gr8. Makes me shudder.

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

I am with the majority predominantly, however I do occasionally use LOL and WTF!! What gets me also is the way the spoken language is changing and people are becoming lazy and omitting letters in general chat such as twenny instead of twenty and fanks is another one!!!

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

"I am with the majority predominantly, however I do occasionally use LOL and WTF!! What gets me also is the way the spoken language is changing and people are becoming lazy and omitting letters in general chat such as twenny instead of twenty and fanks is another one!!! "

Aren't LOL and WTF acronyms rather than text speak?

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

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."

Learn it? Not a chance! If people have such "time constraints" that they don't have time to compose a mail in English, then they're hardly likely to have the time to make a meet a success for me.

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

Yes, if people can't be bothered to take the time to write nicely, it's a real negative from our perspective. Obviously it's a bit of a generalisation, but it's also a sign of a fake account for us.

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By *coobyroo218Couple
over a year ago

Guernsey

Hate text speak and we will not reply to a message that is written in it.

If you take the time to read a profile (ha ha I know not always) and find that you might have something in common enough to message them then at least take the time to write it out properly.

its not alot to ask, is it????

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

I like being called Hun or any other complimentary comments gives me a warm feeling but I know a lot don't

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

I have no issue with dyslexic people and even poor spellers - anybody referring to me as "hun" or "babe" etc is drastically reducing the chances we could be friends. I would not ignore them but it is a real turnoff for me

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

"i do try to not use text speak,but always forget after a few words.

i HATE being called babe,at my age its ridiculous"

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

I don't mind it when it's used in the right place..... On a mobile phone etc!

But it's not a new thing, it has been used with amateur radio for many years... Mostly with Morse code and data modes.... Our lol is hi hi

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

"That's what the delete button is for, I don't even like text speak in text messages

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

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."

But surely in the time it takes to learn a whole bunch of gibberish, that only a few recipients would understand, you could have sent a load of perfectly legible messages.

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

Apart from lol that is about the only text talk I use. Hate pet names,anything ranging from hun to babe has me hitting delete!

I even use full English in texts

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

"Apart from lol that is about the only text talk I use. Hate pet names,anything ranging from hun to babe has me hitting delete!

I even use full English in texts

Well that's the funny thing, because with smart phones it's usually simpler to write properly than it is to abbreviate.

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

"I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon."

it got so bad at one time i was typing legal documents and using text language so now I try and talk or type properly so I dont make that mistake again

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By *-BelleWoman
over a year ago

Brighton

I have nothing against a reasonable amount of text speak. It's so much easier to add Lol to a message to show you are joking, than to risk being misunderstood. I wouldn't ever consider using it in a first message though.

However, I absolutely detest being called Hun or Babe. Especially by someone I've never met. Instantly makes me think - I'm not going to like you!

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

while not liking heavy text speak..I can look past it all as long as they arent acting like an idiot or being horrible

if they are fun and good shag nothing else matters in my opinion

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield

Just googled leet.....ffs....easier to learn Jedi.....

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

I hate text speech, its not hard to write proper English!

I hate being called babe or baby, WTF is that all about? Can't say I'm keen on hon but its better than the above two!!

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

"while not liking heavy text speak..I can look past it all as long as they arent acting like an idiot or being horrible

if they are fun and good shag nothing else matters in my opinion"

I agree....I wouldn't block any one simply due to their use of text speak and I myself use it when texting sometimes Although depends on whom I am messaging.

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

Hate text speak! i can understand how it developed with older mobiles, number of times you have to press a key and length of message etc, but now most phones have a qwerty keypad and 100@s of free texts. And certainly a profile written on a computer that contains, "coz, l8r,wiv" or such would suggest to me they are definately not my type, so instant delete!

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

I don't like text speak, although I'm O.K with LOL as a quick way to lighten a remark or comment.

As for Hun, Chick, Babe, Love etc, I have no problem with any of them and personally think those that have are a being bit precious.

I'm used to being called a hell of a lot worse!

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

Attila the Hun?

My main issue with 'hun' is that I always suspect it's being used by blokes when they're pretending they're women.

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By *helmercpleCouple
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I hate being called Hun, but Jerry , Keiser and Fritz are pretty bad too.... I'm not even German

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By *helmercpleCouple
over a year ago

Chelmsford

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By *j188Couple
over a year ago

aberdeenshire

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."

or just cannot be bothered ?

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

Cannot imagine ever meeting with someone who insists on writing in text speak.

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By *awkeye and HotlipsCouple
over a year ago

Takeley

use text speak when it is being sent and received on mobile. Everyones different when it comes to how they message. One persons turn on is anothers turn off. For us, we dislike text speak, hate hun, babe, etc, and maybe it's time to bail from this, as we simply hit the snooze button to anyone using the above.

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

i dont use text speak but have no probs reading it

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

feel the same as most it seems...HATE hun and babe from someone i don't know..shows a complete lack of respect for me as an individual.

I also dislike it if a man says things like "yay!!" and "he he" in a message..,or talks about how "naughty" he is..

makes me think of someone camp not the assertive person i want to meet!

I dont really do text speak apart from lol to show i am joking sometimes.

If sent a message in text speak I would be unlikely to respond

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

I've a friend who has an English Language degree and sends me texts totally in text speak and I just can't understand them! So frustrating.

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

It makes me think the person is stupid. And I don't want to meet stupid people.

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

I also get irritated when people write 'alot' or 'abit'. They're not words!!! A lot or a bit. Ffs lol

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

"I also get irritated when people write 'alot' or 'abit'. They're not words!!! A lot or a bit. Ffs lol

lotta ppl say thet a fairbit

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By *uncpl2015Couple
over a year ago

Bridgend Area

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints.

Exactly.. in a text .. text speak is fine. But in a message or email we expect full typing not text speak. Text speak in anything other that a text does give the impression of being lazy and sometimes a bit like a yob in all fairness.

So each to their own but people that message us in text speak will get deleted and blocked. As we cant be bothered to waste our time on the as they are not for us.

Just our opinion.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"learn it. many people like ourselves use 1337 speak due to the time it takes to write messages.

is it really that much of a problem?

most people use it not because they're illiterate just simply down to time constraints."

Likewise is it too much to ask to write in English so I don't need to take out my Rosetta Stone?!!

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

It seems like common sense to us that if you are going to write to someone in the hope that a meet will be agreed you do everything to improve your chances. God knows its hard enough as it is to arrange something!

If not why bother even writing?

Since its clear many people seem to have an issue with text speak on fab then the best idea is to write in proper English.

If you dont then the unavoidable conclusion is either you are too stupid or you simply don't care.

Either way you are reducing your chances of success.

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By *igblackdomTV/TS
over a year ago

West Midlands

"I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon.

And I agree with you!

It drives me crazy when grown adults choose to converse with each other like teenagers..although even my own children don't use text speak!

I hope you informed the unfortunate sender of the CV of yr reasons for rejecting them..the learning curve might be a steep one!

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

To be honest, if a lass chose to mail me asking for a meet, i wouldn't give a fuck what her spelling was like. Just as long as she was coherent enough for me to make the time and place out!

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

I guess the conclusion is....

If you send a message using 'proper' English, you're not going to offend anyone. If you send a message using 'leet-speak', you are risking offending some people.

If you wamt to attract ONLY those people who understand you, then keep on using leet-speak (and don't whinge when your messages are deleted with no reply). If you want to engage with the wider swinging population, then use proper English

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

I think it's just a reflection of the generational gap between some members. While some text speak is clearly atrocious grammer and terrible spelling; it's even more annoying when people say they don't want text speak but their grammer or spelling are equally as bad.

Personally I don't care 1337 speak is a language that emerged from a growing internet as english is considered a bastardization of latin. I'm sure in about 30-50 years everyone will be using text speak or something equally as annoying.

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

"I think it's just a reflection of the generational gap between some members. While some text speak is clearly atrocious grammer and terrible spelling; it's even more annoying when people say they don't want text speak but their grammer or spelling are equally as bad.

I'm sure they won't - it was a temporary solution to a temporary problem.

I usually resist pointing out spelling - but "clearly atrocious grammer and terrible spelling" is too good to miss

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

Grammar?

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

"Grammar?"

I always think its a nightmare to comment on spelling/grammar because inevitably you then let one slip

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

My favourite peeve is 'definately'. FFS it is definitely definitely!

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

If people make mistakes I couldn't give a stuff. When they cannot be arsed to string a coherent sentence together in their own native tongue I have no time for them.

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

"I have had some mail recently

where it's taken me ages to decipher due to text speak, also being called 'hun' every other word is off putting to me as I always reply in plain english. Do others have this thought?

Jon."

SWYP, u thick? I got TIME 4 U. YOYO M8. Get real. AFAIR CHX like TXT speak ATM. dont HMU coz IDC.

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

I must admit I have trouble understanding some of the text speak you get but I don't mind the term Hun or babe and I do use lol but not sure if it means laugh out load or lots of love lol

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

"I must admit I have trouble understanding some of the text speak you get but I don't mind the term Hun or babe and I do use lol but not sure if it means laugh out load or lots of love lol "

You a Conservative posh boy? Lol (laugh out loud)

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