to think that mumsnet should be a website for all mums regardless

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of literacy and the way they speak/type and should be welcoming to everyone? I cant fucking stand this perceived superiority over certain posters that use text speak, use of hun, lol, x's etc or the suggestion that they are somehow unsuitable for this forum and should bugger off to the other one.

As as for the fucking grammer police, fuck the fuck off. Just because someone maybe didn't use capitals, or misspelt a word, or hasn't posted perfect english, doesn't open their post to ridicule.

Fellatio your post - here, this one .... Mon 26-Nov-12 06:25:48 - was one of the most eloquent and sensible posts I think I've ever read on here.

mn talk none of it is stringently enforced,contrary to what's been said there isn't a housestyle
given there mummynames,cutesy name sign offs,capitals no one adhere to rules
I've not seen mnhq delete or admonish about txt,long sign offs etc.swearing and abuse yes

BIWI

That quote is interesting. Aside form the accessibilty/readability, it does say that text speak is "obviously an abomination"

So (and I know that's tongue in cheek), there is norm, and it's dictated by MNHQ itself.

Have to say, I think textspeak is pretty annoying

Neither do I.
I don't think like that.

Why thank you Grumpy. I am relieved that at least somebody gets it!

usual

I don't agree with that norm either.

I agree with the "I don't like text speak" norm.

Back to the OP. I think all genuine posters are welcomed, on the whole.

And I agree it's extremely rude to pick someone up on their spelling, unless they did it to you first.

if you seek site free of txt speak,no spelling error,high floutin yap.set up own forum
oh aye?that's been done and no one liked it,and the dissenters all came back
as I see it,post.you'll get response you like, some you don't.and don't take seriously

That's right usual. It is the norm. We (or 'we') make good job of uttering soothing platitudes about inclusivity and tolerance and acceptance of all sorts, rank notwithstanding, but sometimes it's nothing but patronising hot air as 'we' are secretly thinking 'this place is not for the likes of you.'

But we are very right-on over here so we'll pretend to include you for a bit and hope you'll soon get bored and go away and stop cluttering up our nice smug site of funny, clever people with your dull waffle about your 'lil man'

Admit it.

speak for yourself.best mn delutter was the moldies leaving,and departures from fem topics
I will like or dispurte any thread depending on content.not the sort of poster

I recall early on mn someone admonishing my post style.too scottish apparently
I also recall fastidiously ignoring the home counties lufflys,and naice ham crew
I'm not having a harrumphing mc horah tell me how to post. jog on sister

That thread about people who feel they don't fit in is very interesting. They have really homed in on the more stereotypical middle class element, talking about all the cliches; organic food for baby, extra curricular activities, learning cello and mandarin, no TV for the under 5s, everyone lives 'in a castle' everyone must have a degree, one must never shop in Iceland etc, etc. Of course that by no means represents the reality for all or most of us, as I tried to point out - but that does not matter to them. They are the things they have observed as common themes, and have latched onto as being 'normal' for 'us' and alien to them - as though 'we' all do those things and they are the outsiders.

oh sorry usual, that post sounded as though it was directed specifically at you and about you. I do apologise.

But you get my drift.

Yes, Fellatio. I agree.

usual

you say you are more like the lil man posters, and yet you choose not to post like them? Why is that?

And how do you know I also don't have more in common with them as well? You don't. We all just assume.

usual

Sorry, that sounded a bit attacking. Did not mean it to. Just think aloud.

For me, from a working class background (and accent) but now deffo MC, I've always quite enjoyed surprising people who would underestimate me. I try do that by what I say and how I write. I think that (and my age) is why I don't like text speak.

I don't believe a lot of it anyway.

And I'm grateful for the rest of it. Mostly.