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Seriously... the hyjacking and fly fucking is hurting my head.
Fuck a fly is one of my sayings
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:yes:
I used to use text talk when I was about 12/13. At that time I never really knew how annoying it was for other people, to me, it just seemed quicker to use as I was used to typing like that.
I just remember an essay I did in english, I slipped in some text talk and I got given my essay back and got told to write all my words out in full. After that I started to type everything in full.
So if you got used to using text talk, then you can get used to typing words out in full.
I'd like to see that
What... fucking a fly? No way
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I find the majority of text talk is just using "u" instead of you and dropping capital letters. It really does depend on the context.
I do know of organisations where text talk and non proper communication is permitted internally. As long as you know when to use proper english then it can be let slide at other times.
As one of the mods said a while ago, you should judge by outputs not by the way in which its done. If someone could do their job perfectly fine and did it well, for example a warehouse worker, but spoke in horrific slang that you didn't like - would you sack them for their failure to use perfect english?
Anyway, didn't really want to turn this into a wallpost, but I do agree with MoK, there are far far far more important issues than the quality of someones english either through laziness, ignorance, inability or just bad style.
awesome description!
agreed. I think people should be allowed to spell/speak how they want, as long as they understand they may get less replies as well as a few comments asking them to speak properly.
It reminds me of the issues we all had with colours and font sizes!
its OUR saying!!
Pah, there is no our in Niamh
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I can't agree with being 'allowed' to use text talk on the forums, I'm afraid, because even though I see why it is being done, I think it will absolutely detract from the point of the forum because people are less likely to read and respond to a message if they can't understand it. My stance on it is - if you can't be bothered to type it out fully then why should I be bothered to decipher something when at the end of the day I am the one who would be doing you a favour? Why should I go out of my way to help you when you can't even be arsed to write in English?
It might just be the literature student in me but text talk makes me cringe. Even when Rich says 'txt' I just think...how much longer would it have taken you to type that 'e'? It does make you look lazy and it does make you look a bit stupid and while I don't necessarily agree with how harsh everyone was on the original thread, I kind of see where they were coming from. There's no need to use perfect grammar and punctuation and whatever, but at the same time, if I can't understand it, I'm not going to read it and so any advice I would have given stays in my head where it is not useful.
*shrug*.
:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: It's not the literature student I don't think, or just that because I agree completely but hate literature/studying english etc but omg.. yes yes yes on so many levels..
Me too. My parents write in text speak and it's annoying. I hate English and I am rather poor at it; but it does make me cringe.
:yes: If someone does make a typo or can't spell a word properly but I can understand it; I will still reply. On another forum I post on, there's someone who writes "am have" - I have always taken this to be "I have" - because I know that's what they mean.
oh but I love reading
Literature isn't just about writing essays about books, it's about reading them as well
In my defence (if such a thing exists?) it's because reading is rather difficult for me.
oh I read all the time
Hi. Who started this stupid thread. Who ever did must really hate me, well if I only get a little bit of replies, or even non I couldn't care less. I know most of use auready hate me, like really really hate me, I am very sorry for using "txt tlk". As I can see this is all really my fault, and it had started when I had joined so I do apologise, and have many other times in other threads, that I have started. As most of the threads I have started are arguements about my writing structure, and grammer, I have decided not to start new threads on the boards. As all of you are against me I have there decided to run away from home and as far away from this site as possible, but I wont be running away alone I will be doing it with my twin sister, she is great at running away. And you don't have to worry about any more text talk now. I am prepareing the essentials for running away I am packed and will do it 3 o'clock tomorrow morning.
While I am gone feel free to say how shit I've been when I had started this site (last day of march 2010) and feel free to write comments, while I am away.
Thank You for your time good night.
But no, this isn't all about you, the policy was changed a while back, and these are the views of people here. Yes, the issue came up now because of people inappropriate responses to your threads, but really you are irrelevant to this thread
please decipher for me.
we're allowed to use text speak yes?
Cool we're allowed to use text speak right yes?
Good point.
But like I say, I'm getting old now...
This. This must mean I'm getting old too.:(
This might be a matter one can debate about, but looking back on people who used to post in text talk on this forum there is an uncanny connection between text talk usage and illiterateness and - because I can't think up another noun right now - primitivism.
btw
@melian and hellfire. I don't understand your responses (maybe because I haven't read anything because of the OP), but this sounds to me that text talk will be completely legal and accepted, one has to politely ask now to have it translated if one doesn't understand.
Oh god, this better be a joke... HAHA oh god it's april... oh already the fifth, so that's not it either.
Maybe it's just time for us to retire... We're obviously out-of-touch with the demographic this board is aimed at.