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| 19 Dec 10, 7:29 PM thediverse 4 yrs  |
Surprises me how the most unconventional people, find it 'intolerable' if you don't comply to standard English in a text message.... it's a txt for god sake, not the written language used in a book or journal. | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 7:41 PM Shypeachybottom UK, 20 mths  |
^^^ Exactly. In texts it is tolerable (although I still don't like it to be honest). In emails and memos however, it makes me think (perhaps unfairly) that the sender is lazy, has limited vocabulary, doesn't give a shit and/or is thick. I also think it makes communication less easy, as I have to spend so much time trying to decipher what they have written that I lose interest in conversing with them. It may be my loss, but if someone insists on using text speak when they know I hate it... I just don't chat with them. On the other hand, I am quite relaxed about abbreviations like wtf or btw, and emoticons/smileys. There's a somebody i'm longing to see, i hope that he turns out to be, someone to watch over me | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 7:42 PM bohnanza UK(FK), 12 yrs  |
Using text speak is like saying to the world "I play D & D and have +3 in Twattish". Rohypnol means never having to say "Would you like another coffee?". | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 7:55 PM AmberStClare UK(BN), 5 yrs |
Textspeak - hate it, hate it, hate it. I'm the one your mother warned you about | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 8:01 PM reacher UK, 17 mths |
Like others like live with in text messages, but not otherwise | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 8:03 PM Mistress_Maud 3 yrs |
It makes you come across like an disrespectful idiot. In a text message? Sure. in a quick memo between friends that know each other? perhaps. When trying to find a partner it's not too much to ask that you type properly, hell it's forum etiquette to do so. | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 8:07 PM Sissy_girl UK(M), 4 yrs    |
I can't understand it , it's like a foreign language .
Cicely by name & sisserly by nature | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 8:16 PM kitty_claw UK(TN), 4 yrs |
I don't mind abbreviations and find lol can be helpful if you are letting someone know you are saying something either tongue in cheek or joking. Text speak I can't abide. Especially when "th" is replaced with "d". Send me a memo or text in text speak and you are guaranteed to NOT get a reply (no matter who you are) Kitty "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin | ||
| 19 Dec 10, 8:20 PM ClassAct2005 UK(N), 7 yrs |
Indeed although men who are very young can't keep it up very long either for different reasons. I suppose there must be an age range of say 30 - 45 when men can get it up and keep it up without viagra. (I have now probably managed to alienate 100% of suitable men one way or another so I'll go away and shut up...)
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| 19 Dec 10, 9:04 PM Lady_Susan UK, 5 yrs |
Some of you young persons couldn't be bothered to learn it properly, and started coming up with your own alteratives... When I want your opinion, I'll thrash it out of you |
