Text speak

[slack ma girdle]

lmao, dant ga ca4sin fins by chtin in norf tork lry!!!!!!!!!

 

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[Paul Barton]

it bugs the hell out of me

 

You don't even use punctuation you grammatical Philistine.

 

It bugs me too - fair enough using abbreviations in a text message, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of teenagers can't actually write properly because they normally communicate in shorthand.

 

Blimey I must be getting old. I'm off to the pub. Unless it's too noisy and full of trendies...

[Tommy_B]

I agree mate. You have to sit down and write something so why not take an extra couple of minutes to word it properly?

 

It's like trying to decipher Ali G some times....

[Xerxses]

it bugs the hell out of me

 

Forum rules...? Speak properly or youll gett banned...

that would permanently ban Stevie Blair though...

[Al Cormack]

m8 jst get wiv it init g8t !

 

Can't even get the spelling of text speak right, it should be gr8 not g8t:lol:

[robbo 110]

lmao, dant ga ca4sin fins by chtin in norf tork lry!!!!!!!!!

 

i agree, very annoying!! laugh my ar## off, dont go confusing things by chatting in north talk, aimed at lorry t !! i have to put up with notes like this all day

northern accent i meant!!

[firewoodman]

yr hyn y uffern gwaedlyd i chi i gyd yn mynd ymlaen am, dim ond un iaith y dylech chi i gyd yn siarad ac nid yw'n hwn yn un

[Mesterh]

I dnot tinhk tehres aytnihng worng wtih a bit of srtgnae tpynig.

[Lorry thompson]

Never seen people agree with their own message robbo do you talk to yourself aswell as text yourself

[Taupotreeman]

At least with firewood man's statement I know I don't understand Welsh so there's no point even trying to translate but I spend way too long with either text speak or just plain poor spelling trying to understand what the hec someone is attempting to say. I find myself going over stuff time and again and even googling various words to see if I can make head or tale of it but eventually I have to read the other posts to see if someone else has got the gist of it and can enlighten me with their answer, if that makes sense. Either that or I just give up. At least for us old farts try and make things a bit easier for us....please. Maybe I should start posting in Maori and everyone else can post in their own native diallect and see what confusion we can cause in a short space of time.