Text Speak - a Vent

paddyrg

i dunt mind lolz!!!111!

Actually I can't abide it. I see it as lazy and inconsiderate, and especially thoughtless for second-language board members.

Searcher

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Sorry, but what are you on about? When the internet became mainstream speeds were in the kilobit range and I seriously doubt anyone using 'text speak' would have been using the internet prior to then. Even if they were only using something antiquated with <100bps ascii only uses 8 bits for a char and unicode 16 therefore you'd have to be typing constantly at over 540 chars/min or 270 chars/min with unicode to have an issue.

Text speak comes from laziness and poor education.

I thought it came from having to fit what you want to say in a SMS text message of 160 characters or less on a mobile phone (hence the term Text speak)

There's no excuse for it on a forum though when you have a full qwerty keyboard in front of you

dfh

I dont kno wot u r talkin about m8 bt hv a gr8 new year !

FATBALLZ

dfh wrote: »

I dont kno wot u r talkin about m8 bt hv a gr8 new year !

Nice try, but you used too many vowels

spike7451

FATBALLZ wrote: »

Nice try, but you used too many vowels

ez bruv innit...

MothballsWallet

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Sorry, but what are you on about? When the internet became mainstream speeds were in the kilobit range and I seriously doubt anyone using 'text speak' would have been using the internet prior to then. Even if they were only using something antiquated with <100bps ascii only uses 8 bits for a char and unicode 16 therefore you'd have to be typing constantly at over 540 chars/min or 270 chars/min with unicode to have an issue.

Text speak comes from laziness and poor education.

What we know as "text speak" evolved from that shortening of words - afaik, lol, iirc, imo, imho are just a few examples.

I remember the mid- to late-1980's where you were lucky if your modem could run at 1,200 baud, and you had to use services like Prestel, CiX or CompuServe to get on line as the internet as we know it was in its infancy and didn't really exist in the UK outside academia.

AsknAnswer2

"Tribuneral" meaning "tribunal" in employment and benefit threads.

Bowling_4_Gold

'Brought' instead of 'Bought'. One of the managers did it at work on my 2 day induction a while ago. :mad:

Coopdivi

Supposedly intelligent people who went to uni. What, five syllables are too much to articulate?

People who say 'we' instead of 'I' as in 'we always buy free range sausages'. They must be either Siamese twins or have spouses who are incapable of independent thought.

Apples2

Coopdivi wrote: »

or have spouses who are incapable of independent thought.

All blokes have them innit