I'm old and crabby and will NOT read textspeak!

That's right- I admit it. I find it very hard to read your Facebook posts that say "I C RU sure?" So, I'm not going to do it anymore. That's right! If I have to try to figure it out, I'm not going to bother.

I speak English and only English. If your keyboard is too small to type on, that's too bad! If you simply write like that because you're a person who doesn't care enough for my old eyes, then I will NOT answer.

Even here in this forum, if I see a single "how do u make beer" question, I will not answer. If you don't have enough time to type that "yo" before the "u", then why the heck should I type out a comprehensive answer? Oh, and the lack of punctuation! I guess that it's hard to use periods while texting. Well, I can't read a wall of text that doesn't capitalize the pronoun "I" nor uses periods.

I have a relative that will send a note: i am hoping to come and c u over the holidys if i can get a flight 2 u when i can ru ok 4 that

Um, he's 40. And he has three computers, so it's not like he's struggling on a blackberry.

No more. I'm on strike against textspeak. Are you with me? If you are, say, "no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8".

Is ofishal, u is grandma

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8"

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8".

omfg lol str8t up fny

I have no idea what it is you want me to type here.

I don't mind the "R U," the "U," the "yr" or some of the other abbreviations, but some of the stuff drives me batsh!t craxy.

"wel" for well

"frm" for from

for starters.

I'm older and and even more crabby. You dd good, girl.
Edit: Oh! I almost forgot, "no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8".

sudbuster said:

I'm older and and even more crabby. You dd good, girl.

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I thought you were going to bed?

Where is that darn "like" button? I with you all the way Yooper!

Nurmey said:

Where is that darn "like" button? I with you all the way Yooper!

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The "like" button is on Facebook, which all them kidz use their lingo speak on.

AZ_IPA said:

The "like" button is on Facebook, which all them kidz use their lingo speak on.

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I knew one of you young whipper snappers would get that.

wtf r u so mad 4 yoop?

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

Had to copy and paste it.
It would have been easier just to type, "No text speak for me! I see you are great!"

Nurmey said:

I knew one of you young whipper snappers would get that.

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I haven't been called a young whipper snapper in awhile. Just for that, 1 free Valentino's pizza is being delivered to you as we speak

Not really; but thanks anyways

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8!

I'm only 22 and pretty knowledgeable with computer usage, but I'm still not 100% sure what that's suppose to mean...maybe it's just the beer blocking out my weaker brain cells so I don't know what it's suppose to mean...

Actual texts from a friend of mine - he's pushing 40:

Any words yet that would drive us 2 have 2 resched things 2mrw?!?

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Wots ur final decision n plan??

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Can 1 of u send me a msg that u made it bak?!? Thanx!

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That's right, he'll type "decision" yet abbreviate "what's." He'll take the time to type several question/exclamation marks but skips consonants at seemingly random places. I think he just texts that way because he thinks it's cool. I find his efforts mildly entertaining.

But...I'm with Yooper. Get off my lawn.

lol

Bt Yoop, txt spk is so cl. U jst do it by lvng out mst vwls rt? (not sure that was correctly done...)

I buy phones with full key boards and turn on auto-capitalise just in case I miss an 'I' by accident. Even with my on screen keyboard I have to do things right... and I'm 27, so don't feel so old!

I am with you to. If I text someone I spell it all out. Had to copy and paste also no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8".

OMGWTFBBQSAUZ!!!!1!!one








But seriously, I have never been into typing it, even "r", "c", "u" etc.

You know what, Yoop? I'm with ya on this one.

I'm old and crabby and have spent too many damned years in the tech industry. I was "chatting" on IRC, messaging on Compuserve, when Mark Zuckerberg was still getting stuffed into lockers and wondering what planet girls came from.

I love technology, but it has bred a culture of lazy, apathetic uber dorks who don't seem to grasp the concept that communication still relies on being able to understand one another's language.

Cheers!

Agreed! I can't stand reading that crap. I literally have to slow down and translate broken English into legible English. It takes 3 times longer to read it. It's almost like taking English, and kicking it in the nuts.

After taking 3 technical writing courses, it's all I can do not to take a red pen my laptop. I’m all for a casual forum, but come on!

Here's the rule. If you have access to a full keyboard, use it. You can use text speak only if you're somehow accessing homebrewtalk.com via a t9 phone.

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"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8".

Just looking at that makes my brain hurt.

hmm why would you want to use textspeak from a T9 phone, unless......it shows you up for the really bad spelling that you have. I know so many people who say they can't use predictive text and I am convinced it's just because they can't spell properly.

I'm a touch typist and to be honest it's easier to type out the whole words than to work out this new idiot language that as others have already said actually hurts the brain.

My friends and family know not to text me with that crap, cos I shoot back texts asking wtf they are on about.
A few abbreviations are fine, but this idea of dropping vowels from every word is just annoting crap.

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

****, I'm 23 and wont read that garbage. I had a gorgeous classmate that was a model but I refrained from having any sort of relations with her because she always left the H's off of "what" and nonsense like that. After my last relationship failed I regret making the decision to refrain

She also "doesn't like beer" so there's that...

Does this mean the acronym SWMBO is off limits then?

laugh out loud.

This could be your new avatar.



That is, if I didn't agree with you. Somehow I manage to write clomplete sentences using my smartphone keyboard. The may be poorly. Spelled and have the odd punctuation in the wrong place. But they still manage to be legible.

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8"

I read a story in the internet (so it must be true ) about how people can get confused about what acronyms mean. There was a story where a woman in her 30's had a friend who lost her father. So she sent her a text message "sorry to hear about your loss LOL" she thought LOL was lots of love

airmek said:

me i c u r gr8

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Wait! Why does the eighth grade need to be cured?

I'm sure you all won't be surprised to hear that I'm hip with kids. Chillax.

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8".
I don't use facebook, and I don't text.

I 2 r agnst txtspk.

But I'm ALL for airport pat-downs!

lolwut?

]-[0uu 48()|_|7 733+?

GilaMinumBeer said:

]-[0uu 48()|_|7 733+?

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Dude, that's not 1337speak! you spelled 1337 wrong.

EoinMag said:

Dude, that's not 1337speak! you spelled 1337 wrong.

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It's an american lower east side dialect. Now get back to your end.

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8"

I don't--and never will--have a Facebook account. Hell, I don't even carry a cell phone. Never have I sent a text or a tweet. (Same thing?) And now my favorite moment at parties is when I look around and see the lion's share of attendees face down staring at their phones. Raise the roof y'all!

MBasile said:

****, I'm 23 and wont read that garbage. I had a gorgeous classmate that was a model but I refrained from having any sort of relations with her because she always left the H's off of "what" and nonsense like that. After my last relationship failed I regret making the decision to refrain

She also "doesn't like beer" so there's that...

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Yeah... I'm sure this is the only reason why you couldn't have any sort of relations with her.........:cross: