to be appalled at the increase of text speak on Mumsnet?

[AnUnnamedSource]

There seems to be a lot more "ur", "lols", "u" etc than usual.

Am I being unreasonable and old or is it annoying others?

it's annoying me.

if it proliferates further, i shall be orf. it makes my head ache and re-run vicky pollard on a loop.

although it does appear to be catching, as i found myself typing 'tho' twice today.

i like to think it is restricted to a first post or maybe two, and then the perpetrators catch on. but i wouldn't know, as i never click on threads with txt spk in the title.

bah.

Its annoying me too. I was brought up that if a job is worth doing it is worth doing well. I tend to ignore the textspeak posts. If you can't be bothered writing properly I can't be bothered reading your post.

Appalled? You clearly have led a very sheltered life.

It annoys me too, but what worries me more is that it is becoming more and more like another language that "the younger generation" speak. No need to learn how to spell if you write in a lower form of phonetics.

"I tend to ignore the textspeak posts. If you can't be bothered writing properly I can't be bothered reading your post."

Same here. I'm not appalled, but irritated by text speak. It should be confined to mobile phones only. Writing in textspeak on anything other than mobile phones is simply lazy and should never be accepted as the norm in written communication. It also makes the contributor appear less educated IMO.

And I'm an old fogey and don't even use textspeak on my mobile anyway!

I dont find textspeak easy to read at all.

It is a shame people cannot be bothered to write things proper any more

Y wots up wiv u,lol,pmsl!

(yuk)

Perhaps we should all start posting delightfully passive-aggressive responses to every instance we see ? I remember ages ago (back when it was actually rare) seeing a response along the lines of 'I don't mean to be rude, but here on MN we don't really do textspeak. You'd probably get more replies if you didn't use it' (my translation: fuck off back to Netmums unless you stop).

Yes perhaps appalled was a bit strong.

Can I reword my title to slightly annoyed? Thanks.

I very rarely use it on my mobile either. While I can see why it is used on mobiles I find it annoying here. Surely if you have managed to train your fingers to text speak you can train them to type properly on a keyboard.

Also I find it annoying when I go on to a post and its one huge chunk of writing with no paragraphs. I find it hard to read and end up giving up.

lmfao

There was even a "lol" on one of the threads announcing the death of Polly Styrene.

And I don't think it meant "lots of love" - even though that's the way people my age tend to read it.

I'm with you. It's an abysmal scourge. And I'm not even (that) old. Bah.

No YANBU

It really grates on me.

Irritates me if used excessively in text messages too, beyond the "u" abbreviation which is just about ok.

Totally agree - I also refuse to use text speak on my moblie - actually I very rarely use a mobile - if I want to 'get a message' to someone I pick up the telephone (landline ) and 'phone them.

YANBU. I read textspeak in a particular accent which is not attractive in the slightest.

I ignore the posts with text speak also.

I often wonder how people are rolling around on the floor laughing but still able to type. Have they their moblies held out as they roll around. Creates a strange image for me.

To add to my grumpiness, I think the smilies are sometimes excessively used too. A ration of one smiley per paragraph would be my suggestion.

'No YANBU'

errr...isn't that textspeak?!

I think it's more an accepted FLA?

lmfao

sorry I never read the MN rule book

[shrug]

It doesn't bother me. Everything changes and evolves even language.

I hate text speak - it seriously makes my eyes itch to read it. It's just lazy lazy lazy and although possibly excusable in a 12 year old it's just wrong on so many level in an adult.

Lazy is ok

YANBU has a different accentto it. more acceptable somehow.