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.

Spelling mistakes and poor grammar I can live with, mostly because I am rubbish at spelling and typing. There are a few that annoy me but I ignore because I am far from perfect and it would be rude to point out the difference between there and their for example.

Text speak I hate. I refuse to read it and think it is lazy. If I get an email or text message with text speak I respond asking people to write to me in English.

OP, did you put all those spelling mistakes in your OP there on purpose???

Just wondering if you are trying to get the pedants to come out and play?

I cringe at the posters who correct spelling and grammar. I think less of them for doing it TBH.

In all seriousness so do I...and those who self appoint themselves to go around the boards telling people they're in the wrong section. I feel a knuckle chewing embarrassment for them.

what mintyy, i thought this was the site where you could swear to your hearts delight :D and not have to put * in neither.

Den Juliet wil b all

Bt ma fam n ur fam dnt wnt uz t b 2geva. It cud all go rong. Mi txts r runnin out so I wil BBM u. Dnt let ya fam c we av bin tlkin doe

chandon, im so good at spelling mistakes i do them without even thinking about it, totally unintentional :)

that's how my 13 year old brother texts me.

I don't get pulled up on spelling or grammar when I should do it been pretty bad at times

I find your OP pretty offensive actually, why all the need for the F* words, to me that is just as juvenile as using text speak .

See sp, your posts make me think that you must really use text speak all the time :) I can maybe read them but to write them would be just too much like hard work.

This thread is melting what's left of my brain.

Tisn't juvenile to use the Fuck word. I thought on mn kids swearing was frowned upon, only adults get to use them, so by using fuck i am clearly demonstrating that I am a fully grown grown up.

I don't even text in text speak. I'm a grammatical bastard.

YABU. Literacy is essential. People are judged on their literacy. That's life.

You said MN should be for all, except those who comment on grammar. So, not for all, eh?

YABVU! Txt speak is a seperate issue from grammer and spelling. Poor spelling and grammer are still decipherable, txt speak however is not.
I would rather someone say cunt a thousand times in one post than say "lil" or "bubz" once. People will be using long vomit inducing sigs next and then where will be! We will become no better than Netmums!

Soupdragon, if you want to get technical, they're not acronyms, they're initialisms

Text speak is unnecessary however bad your general grammar or spelling is, no one should use text speak on a forum as its so hard to read.

However, spelling etc etc I can't stand spelling police. It's unfair and snobby. If you can't respond to the poster without being patronising then don't post. It's not essential to correct people.

'...by ( swearing ) I am clearly demonstrating that I am a fully grown grown up.'
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, hun.

YABU the vocal majority of people on this site hate text speak with a passion, it's a largely self governing site and overall it works. You don't walk into a community and dictate that you are not going to abide by the 'rules' that everyone else have decided work for them you are opening yourself up to a heap of issues. IME (and I've been here for a while) now there is loads of leeway given to people who have dyslexia etc and it's a warm and welcoming site to those who abide by the few 'rules' there are.

If the over all opinion should change then of course the 'rules' would change also, I can't see that happening any time soon. There are sites out there who cater for the huggers and text speakers surely you go where that kind of thing is welcome if that's what you are looking for?

NeverMindsBeingPickedUpOnGrammarAsI'mCrapAtItTiggaxx

It isn't juvenile to swear, as has been pointed out many times to me in the thread i started about swearing! Also i apparently use exclamation marks too often. I think mn posters who are on here a lot see it as their club and if you question anything or say something they don't like you are told to go , like it is their forum and they are in charge when in fact it is not and they are not!

Regarding text speak, i hate to read it so if i see a thread or post written in it i won't read or reply.