to skip past posts written in text speak?

[GreebosWhiskers]

It absolutely drives me nuts.

I do that too. One of the girls who lives down the road from me sends me texts in text speak and I can't understand it at all.

Drives me nuts too. I couldn't understand proper text speak.

its all i can do to undertsand Cod speak let alone txt speak

dh sends me txt in txt speak, i just look puzzled a lot of the time

can't make my brain understand them at all.

even cod speak is more ledgible!

No. I don't read them, either.

I won't read 'txtspk' because to me, it's not language.

never
a sign of illteracy
inlike my fabbo typing

when I get a text full of text speak, or worse, on MSN I look at it like and

Yeah - (sorry - yes) - when I text my ds1 or anyone else I have to put in all 's and all letters - just in case they think I don't know where they go - wish I cld () not do this - is this a compulsive disorder I wonder!!!

yes, I think so Lapin postie tried to deliver a parcel yesterday but I have to pick it up and this PO shuts at 1pm so haven't had the time to pick it up, will do it tomorrow.

porky ur typin is gr8

lol - time warp convos!!!

pmsl! Hope it tasted nice

Oh - huff - good night u2!!!

Text speak and no paragraphs making it impossible to understand. I am nobody's hun or huni either >

I don't read them

I don't read those huge long posts with no paragraphs either.

me too - I'm too old to bother I'm afraid !

me too
I never bohter to read it
old dog
new tricks

do me a favour

Text speak is possibly the worst crime on mumsnet.

followed by no bloody punctuation whatsoever in a long post without paragraphs ive also noticed such posts tend to be porely spelld have you and then they end wanna chat

Text speak is meant for texting on mobiles because there is a limit on the number of characters you can have before it uses up more than one text and costs you more. So, sort of makes sense to say 'u' instead of 'you' as it saves 2 letters. That said I only ever use it when my text is too long.

Pointless using it for email etc as there aren't size limits involved. Lazy.