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It has to be done - a thread about that phenomenon known as "text speak" (amongst other names)
Personally I find it ignorant and shows a lack of basic education. I know that some can actually write correctly but use this text speak to fit in with the crowd. I find this worse than the people who honestly can't write as there's no need for it. It's fine on a mobile or when you have limited character space but in situations such as a forum, personal message or even a chat room it's just sheer laziness. In a chat room situation the odd abbreviation is obviously accepted; such as u (you) and cos (because) etc, but some people take this to extremes.
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 Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:05 pm |
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I hate it too...I think they do it because they cant spell LOL 
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| Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:44 pm |
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| Geri_Berri wrote: | | I hate it too...I think they do it because they cant spell LOL |
Hey that sounds like a good definition of "idiot". 
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| Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:13 pm |
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Isn't that also known as "rat speak"? Where people shorten words like u would 2 save sp33ch!? :roll:
If so, then I agree. It isn't cool. Rather it reads more like the poster is a poster child for parents against illiteracy campaigns!  |
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| Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:35 am |
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i just note to myself that the perosn using such speech is probably 12-15 years old and therefore not worth my time.  |
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| Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:26 pm |
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soooo much hate for netspeak
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| Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:14 pm |
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| SilverCougar wrote: | | soooo much hate for netspeak |
Beware the cat that bares her claws!
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| Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:20 pm |
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| How is sp33ch being shortened???Speech??? am i just missing something???? |
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| Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:28 pm |
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| Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:33 pm |
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This is the kind of thing I can't stand
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How r u? r u going out 2nite? I think U r gr8
:shock: grrrrrrr
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:49 am |
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Shortening a few words in a chat room or on a text doesn't bother me too much because of the space/speed constraints. What does get my goat is people who think they're shortening words when they have the same amount of letters LOL I always always make a comment about it if I'm in chat, and normally the rest of the room are right behind me hehe
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:15 pm |
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If you're not going to enforce the MLA Standard English rules and regs, what's the difference? Isn't all about content? If you can understand what is written, then why allow the writer's "creativity" bother you?
The adage that "you can tell a lot about a person by the way they write" has become archaic and absurd to a certain degree. |
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| Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:53 pm |
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ugh, i definitely can't stand it. the ones that particularly irritate me are the ones that simply misspell words to make it look "cooler". actually, in general, it all just annoys me. occasionally i'll say "gonna", but that's the only thing i ever really shorten.
thankfully, i believe that most of us here are too intelligent for such... insults to the english language.
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