text speak.................please *DON'T*.........or am I old and decrepit??

[psychomum5]

I know several on here hate it, but are we too old to 'get' it (and therefore be unreasonable ourselves), or am I right to just

HATE HATE HATE

IT????

cos at the mo, if I see a post with text speak I ignore it (life is too short to try and decifer(sp?) it IMVHO), and also those with pure SHOUTING in too.

I also, shamefully maybe but there you go, actually think less of people who cennot seem to 'speak' properly in their posts. It is not as those we are limited on how many letter we have to use. we can waffle for pages if we like (altho better not to obviously), so I think text speakers lazy and not worth bothering with.

obviously this is only MY opinion, and I am sure peoples opinions of me are as 'blunt' too at times. but sorry.....

if you resort to text speak, then I will ignore you.

Sorry SoupDragon. I was reading through thread and hadn't seen your post!!

There's nothing wrong with typing how you'd speak (ie slang etc) but text-speak has no place outside of, well, texting. no one speaks in text.

We were told roger had retired...

Don't worry about your rogering, stretch, just proves my point.

[puerile]

Psycho, you have said what I have wanted to say for ages...It's a bit like a first impression isn't it?
I can't understand why people need to use it tbh.

Did he have a small todger?

Did it have something to do with why he had to leave?

lol (sheepishly)

Does "prod ya" rhyme enough with roger?

Roger
Lodger
Todger
Codger
Dodger
Bodger (and badger!!)
Podger (ok, not a real word!)
Sod'ya!

Brilliant!

My mobile is nearly always off, but when I do switch it on I get bombarded by messages, mainly from one friend, who passes on stuff like those e-mail things. Full of text speak. Once in a while she'll actually send me a relevant message and I'll reply. The last time I used u instead of you and I blushed as it went and my heart beat faster - I almost felt sick!

am loving the lymerics

are they like limericks?

I use some text speak when I'm texting and on msn ...I tend to post how I speak tho can't be arsed to use correct grammar and punctuation on a message board...lifes too short

It bugs bugs bugs me.

Oh it makes my teeth itch. I hate it. I try very hard not to use it, but do LOL a lot. It just seems lazy.
Facebook seems full of it. I just want to shout LEARN TO SPELL.

I must add an apology in here............

I know I am picking fault with the text speak and all, but I confess to being not perfect with the grammer and spelling etc.

ESPECIALLY at the moment due to being pumped full of steriods due to almost dying from allergic reaction last night.

a lady called psychomum5
made a forum seem more than alive
when giving advice
she seemed rather nice
but her nature could change after five

how cool is that.

I might need to frame that

pedants, they're like pet ants but bigger and more vocal