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

[Yooper]

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

Whatcha mean 'bout dose guys who speak dat dere UP speak? Youse guys tink we talk funny? We go out for a couple two tree beers one time dere and ya betcha ya can unnerstand doncha know. We go Green Bay for da beers one time dere, too. Cripes sake.

 

[Yooper]

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

C'mon- you can't fool me. I know it was Andy!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Whatcha mean 'bout dose guys who speak dat dere UP speak? Youse guys tink we talk funny? We go out for a couple two tree beers one time dere and ya betcha ya can unnerstand doncha know. We go Green Bay for da beers one time dere, too. Cripes sake.

Contrary to popular opinion, that language is not restricted to the UP. Around here we refer to that as "Sheboyganese"

 

[Hang Glider]

Grandpa here, in full agreement with you, Lorena!

No text-speak for me. I see you are great!

 

[GreatWetNorth]

I go out of my way to make sure that I use proper punctuation in all of my texts. Seeing some of the **** that I get (and that some people send in general) makes me sad about the state of people nowadays.

And what does it say about me when I'm 26 and agreeing with some of you old farts ? Well, I think I agree, but I didn't really bother reading the whole thread. I read the first post, skimmed the rest of the first page, skimmed the last page and wrote this reply.

 

[jgln]

The first time I saw LOL I was like "Dude, why did you just say "Lots of Love" to me???

 

[Mysticmead]

no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

I can't stand it when someone does that crap. it's bad enough when my 17 year old son does it (the 19 year old knows better) but when my BOSS does that crap when sending an email or instant message.. come one.. is it really that hard to type the words. if you can't spell, then LEARN or get Firefox since it has a built in spell checker

 

[buffalobrewer]

I had a new guy working for me and he had to send a report out to some people a couple layers higher than me. He used some text speak in the email. When I got my copy I sent him a reply to use full words and punctuation. Three of the others sent him or me basically the same email.

he didn't last long.....

 

[Pappers_]

u r old n prolly a h8er

 

[D0ug]

Kids these days! They don't know how good they've got it! Why back in my day...

 

[UnderThePorchBrewing]

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!"

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

 

[Flomaster]

Kids these days! They don't know how good they've got it! Why back in my day...

20 miles up hill both ways in the snow bare foot?

-=Jason=-

 

[D0ug]

Slept with dogs on the bed because there was snow in the room!

 

[Pappers_]

y u so mean?

 

[D0ug]

y u so mean?

lol!

Sorry, didn't mean to get mean. I just turned 40 and got carried away playing grumpy old man! If it helps, I did have snow in my room growing up.

I must admit, the prevalence of text speak bothers me too, but I also do it myself from time to time. It bothers me most when I suspect the person using it isn't doing so as a deliberate choice.



sorry to go and yooper, u r gr8! :rockin: (even if you don't like 733t spk:cross

 

[Yuri_Rage]

come one.. is it really that hard to type the words. if you can't spell, then LEARN or get Firefox since it has a built in spell checker_

I like irony.

 

[Ricand]

I'm with you too yoop. Another thing that annoys me is when old people don't know that it's yelling to type in all caps. It's the other end of the spectrum.


EDIT: I JUST TYPED THAT IN ALL CAPS, YET THIS SOFTWARE DOES FIRST CAPS AUTOMATICALLY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL JUST NOW.

EDIT: APPARENTLY UNLESS YOU ARE EDITING IN WHICH CASE ALL CAPS SEEMS TO WORK.

 

[lumpher]

gd 4 u. glad 2 hear it.. lol j/k hehe.. i hate it too. if people are in such a hurry they have to do that, why are they here?

by the way: no txtspk 4 me i c u r gr8

 

[EoinMag]

Thing is the text speak did make sense when people first used it, at least over here, texts were charged per character so there was a massive advantage in typing gr8 over typing out great. Nowadays with T9 and charges per text there is absolutely no excuse.

 

[BraveSirRobin]

I'm with you too Lorena. It kills me when people type in text speak. Even when I send text messages I spell out every word along with using punctuation and capitalization. It's one of my pet peeves.

 

[Yooper]

I'm with you too Lorena. It kills me when people type in text speak. Even when I send text messages I spell out every word along with using punctuation and capitalization. It's one of my pet peeves.

You made me smile! I knew you were articulate and intelligent, but I think of you as a "youngster", you know!

I still laugh when I think about the first time I met you- asking you how old you were before I let you have a beer!

 

[chainsawbrewing]

i'm actually even more lazier than text speak is. when i'm texting someone, and predictive text takes over, and/or spell check, i NEVER correct the spelling or grammatical "errors". what's funny to me, is my texts are also always understood, no matter how WAY off they may appear. and i've had some doozies. like here's an example- hay wif up? ryouy stil comma over?


this is amplified further when i'm drunk texting. and i never, ever capitalize. it bothers me when my phone automatically capitalizes the beginning of my mispelled, almost completely incomprehensible, and yet still able to get the point across, sentences. sorry. i guess i'm part of the problem. oh yeah, i don't vote either.

 

[Pappers_]

oh yeah, i don't vote either.

gd u shdnt

 

[Hang Glider]

oh yeah, i don't vote either.

gd u shdnt

Now THAT was funny! I don't care who you are...

 

[Ohio-Ed]

i'm actually even more lazier than text speak is. when i'm texting someone, and predictive text takes over, and/or spell check, i NEVER correct the spelling or grammatical "errors". what's funny to me, is my texts are also always understood, no matter how WAY off they may appear. and i've had some doozies. like here's an example- hay wif up? ryouy stil comma over?


this is amplified further when i'm drunk texting. and i never, ever capitalize. it bothers me when my phone automatically capitalizes the beginning of my mispelled, almost completely incomprehensible, and yet still able to get the point across, sentences. sorry. i guess i'm part of the problem. oh yeah, i don't vote either.

I'm sure we've all seen:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

 

[jgln]

I'm sure we've all seen:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

You seriously need to use a spell checker!!



....just kidding, I got it.

 

[BraveSirRobin]

You made me smile! I knew you were articulate and intelligent, but I think of you as a "youngster", you know!

I still laugh when I think about the first time I met you- asking you how old you were before I let you have a beer!

I know, I look young for my age . I think over my winter break I'm going to need to head up your way or to Crystal Falls. I think I'll get much more out of a visit now than I did when I first came. I'll be able to follow what you're talking about much more now! I have a bit more experience under my belt.

 

[EoinMag]

I'm sure we've all seen:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

That system is dependent on the correct first and last letter being used, which means a lot of textspeak is still unintelligible u no wot i mn lyk? it takes an age to work out by which time my brain has already written you off as an illiterate 11 year old who has the brain of a zucchini and the ramblings of something much worse than a drucken zul'jin cursing out a code monkey.

 

[Yooper]

I know, I look young for my age . I think over my winter break I'm going to need to head up your way or to Crystal Falls. I think I'll get much more out of a visit now than I did when I first came. I'll be able to follow what you're talking about much more now! I have a bit more experience under my belt.

Well, you know you're always invited! I'll be gone December 26- about Jan 7 or so, but the rest of the time I'll be around. I bet we could talk lschaivo into having a brewday at his house, and maybe have a few beers.

 

[david_42]

Kellie (a GenX'r) introduced me to "learn from my fail". Some of which is quite funny, but many entries are lol-speak and incomprehensible. Like I tell Hughes support: connect me to someone who speaks American English.