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

[Pappers_]

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

 

[user 19629]

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

 

[Homercidal]

I 2 r agnst txtspk.

But I'm ALL for airport pat-downs!

 

[nealf]

lolwut?

 

[Hugh_Jass]

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

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

 

[EoinMag]

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

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

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

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

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

 

[machinelf]

"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!

 

[beninan]

****, 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...

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

 

[rokipynes]

Amen Yoop. I hate most of what cell phones are used for. Many people don't seem to be able to communicate normally these days unless they do it by texting. I recently had to get a new phone as my was stolen The sales person looked at me like I had 3 heads because I told him I only wanted it to make calls and get calls. nothing more.

 

[Bigeb]

My wife is a school teacher and can confirm that the literacy, spelling, and grammar of today's students are being killed by texting.

 

[jspence1]

I don't "get" texting (Firefox tells me that's not a word) My nieces use this text lingo and I can't read it. This really annoys me ;p why would I type something I would never do in the real world. If someone did that to me on the street I'd smack them in the head.

Could some one please translate all this for me, I have a hard enough time learning the LOL/ROFLMAO's and all that crap with out creating new words. How the hell is plox = please?

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

'u' is bad but SWMBO is OK? watevr.

 

[jspence1]

'u' is bad but SWMBO is OK? watevr.

Wow you probably just saved 1 second by skipping that last e.....unfortunately you could have saved 30 by not posting at all

 

[Mischief_Brewing]

My father in law uses that crap when he texts me. I've never, ever used it and am utterly embarrassed when I get a text from him.

And Gila, your attempt at 1337 reminded me of ASCII porn from the late 80's and early 90's, I just couldn't figure out what you were doing to that poor cat...

 

[Mike M]

Preach on sister. No textspeak for me.

 

[eanmcnulty]

You can run and hide. You can say, "No." But you will just go the way of the dinosaurs. The kids are texting that way, and it comes out in their writing. I am a teacher. I fight it. They are not allowed to text-speak in school, and I agree that we shouldn't use it here either. But, it is a new way of communicating, and it is faster when on a phone. Still, on the phone I don't use it, because I just can't. I just can't stand seeing my writing that way. However, it doesn't bother me when I am texted that way. It has a place. Language is not static. It is always changing.

 

[Flomaster]

I am 30, my Mom sends me text messages exactly like the ones described in here. I loath textspeak. I'll use LOL, OMG, FTW... those are pretty common and typing out Laugh Out Loud just doesn't seem right. acronyms are fine, but wot, u, C, Gr8, etc etc. I refuse to following along.

"no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8"

-=Jason=-

 

[pksmitty]

I'm with you all the way, Yoop! I'll go you one better. I'm 46 years old, an IT professional, and I have never in my life sent a text message. Too much room for misunderstanding when using texting or even e-mail. If a conversation goes more than one e-mail plus a reply, I'm on the phone talking with the other person. If somebody sends me a text message, I immediately call them to see what they want!

 

[RDWHAHB]

What about UP speak? Is that OK? I can't understand a darn thing.

 

[KayaBrew]

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

 

[Yuri_Rage]

But, it is a new way of communicating, and it is faster when on a phone.

I don't buy it. Most phones have full keyboards now. Also, the lack of consistency in abbreviation makes it hard to read. Though it may take half a second less to type an abbreviated message, it takes a few seconds more to interpret it.

Get off my lawn.

 

[Ohio-Ed]

I have a neighbor in her 40's. If you ask her question and she doesn't know the answer, she replies, "IDK". It's worse than fingernails on a chalk board (for those of us that have seen a chalk board)

I'm with you.

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8


Ed

 

[Flomaster]

I have a neighbor in her 40's. If you ask her question and she doesn't know the answer, she replies, "IDK". It's worse than fingernails on a chalk board (for those of us that have seen a chalk board)

I'm with you.

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8


Ed

Ed, you mean when having a face to face conversation she literally says "IDK" rather than I don't know. I'll want to punch her right in the throat for doing that.

-=Jason=-

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

what about up speak? Is that ok? I can't understand a darn thing.

+1

 

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[gingerdawg]

I have a neighbor in her 40's. If you ask her question and she doesn't know the answer, she replies, "IDK". It's worse than fingernails on a chalk board (for those of us that have seen a chalk board)

I'm with you.

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8


Ed

I have seen the stupid acronyms creep into conversation, too. When someone replies "LOL" to me in face to face conversation, it makes me want to kill a kitten!
no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I'm with you, Yooper! But just to get on your nerves, I think I will post on your Facebook wall in textspeak....

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

 

[Ohio-Ed]

Ed, you mean when having a face to face conversation she literally says "IDK" rather than I don't know. I'll want to punch her right in the throat for doing that.

-=Jason=-

That's exactly what I mean.