Texting

Al_Mac

My daughter 12, regularly gets upset at her failings in spelling.

Having just looked at some of her emails to and from friends, call me paranoid, I'm not F%c&ing surprised. I know I've looked previously, but not one single word spelt correctly or un-shortened.

I have a sneaking suspicion the next time she says, "I can't spell......." the sympathy vote may just fly out the window,

And I do not blame the teachers, I blame myself and every other parent that lets them get away with.

:mad: but going to have a :beer: .

soz flkz:D

Nelski

Bet U do it 2 though!!:D

Al_Mac

Nelski wrote:

Bet U do it 2 though!!:D

I'm an expert, "bt u d i 2 tho", a massive saving of 6 text characters, nearly 50%:D

Nelski

Al_Mac wrote:

I'm an expert, "bt u d i 2 tho", a massive saving of 6 text characters, nearly 50%:D

The apple never falls far from the tree!!!!

Al_Mac

Nelski wrote:

The apple never falls far from the tree!!!!

I think I've just been crushed, what a way to go, thanks Nel.

:j
Don't you have a thread to revive.

Nelski

True. ...........................................................

Sorted.

Fran

no wot u mn

When I text my kids I make a point of doing full words and putting in grammar, capitals etc..... it might be the only time they see it from other people!!

IvanOpinion

I can understand the use of abbreviations on mobile phones but I hate it on emails... particularly business emails. If it is a private email I seem to have no problem understanding the abbreviations but in a business secenario I think it is very unprofessional to use the abbreviated form. I always plead stupidity (easy) and send the email back to the person saying I don't understand it. If I am in a particularly playful mood I just respond with NFIWYM (No F**** Idea What You Mean) or some other inane sequence of characters which means the originator spends ages trying to figure out what I am saying.

I do agree though that levels of spelling and grammar are plummeting ... you only have to look at many of the posts on this, and other, boards for evidence.

Ivan

divadee

This is one of pet hates. I occasionaly might shorten too or two to 2 and you to u but only when i am running out of space and to stingy to send 2 messages. But when i get some completely shortened text message i cant understand a word it says.

My daughter is to young to have a mobile yet, so havent had to have this from here and she is an excellent speller as well, so hopefully she wont start shortening words when/if i buy her a mobile.

Sheel

Fran wrote:

no wot u mn

When I text my kids I make a point of doing full words and putting in grammar, capitals etc..... it might be the only time they see it from other people!!

Oh , I don't suppose you've been impressed with my texts then? :rolleyes:

I make it up as I go along when I text , my family frequently say they can't understand the majority of my messages

Fran

Sheel wrote:

Oh , I don't suppose you've been impressed with my texts then? :rolleyes:

I make it up as I go along when I text , my family frequently say they can't understand the majority of my messages

Sheel I don't care what you say in your texts cos I don't expect to influence your spelling!!!! :beer:
One of my kids has problems with spelling though and any properly spelt words might help (or not!). On my phone it's hard to shorten some things anyway so I end up putting full words rather than go to another screen, alter it and back just to do a shortened word (ie go from predictive to abc or numbers & back).