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To think those that type indechiperably through - Laziness!? - Should be just as vilified as those that do txt speak

137 replies

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 01/02/2010 13:31

Message after message full of typos where you have to stop and try to decipher it.

Plus all this 'tis, twas'. Oh It annoys me.

OP posts:
HelloThisIsJoanie · 01/02/2010 13:57

swishes trunk and goes off to get dressed.

BustleInYourHedgerow · 01/02/2010 13:58

I prefer to write in code.

void main()
{
clrscr();
char *mess[]={"-","=","["," ","P","o","l","y","g","o","n"," ",
"F","i","l","l","i","n","g"," ","]","=","-",};

(cannot be accused of typos now...)

[smug]

Hassled · 01/02/2010 13:58

I use tis and twas rather than 'tis and 'twas. Or should it be 't'was? Either way, I'm a rebel, me.

I used to pedantically correct my own typos by reposting the offending word in bold, just so no-one thought I was thick. I've since come to my senses.

fernie3 · 01/02/2010 13:59

argh this is me!. I am always running about and nip on the computer to check my to do list which i keep on here (feel free to laugh everyone else I know does!). So I just browse for a moment type out a quick reply then go, normally leaving a huge number of errors!

HelloThisIsJoanie · 01/02/2010 13:59

also use

yy
and other such things
but when you have spend most of you life pissed on here - 7 years, hey oyu do stuff

AitchTwoOhOneOh · 01/02/2010 13:59

i am chortling at - Laziness?! -

what a thread this is, poor old joanie. i thank god for her typing style as without it i'd never know who she is.

BethNoire · 01/02/2010 14:00

Is this me TDWP?

If it is I shall refer you to www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/770773-Peachy-wants-to-apologise-for-her-typing which I kep JIC aggressive smiley

HelloThisIsJoanie · 01/02/2010 14:00

Oh its FERNIE3 she is talking about
oh fernie you minx

pagwatch · 01/02/2010 14:00

shouldn't that be elephint?

I type really badly but no one cares about me so much. Except when I am being a snab [victimised]

EleanoraBuntingCupcake · 01/02/2010 14:00

stop picking on fernie3! seh can't help her typing

HelloThisIsJoanie · 01/02/2010 14:00

im going ot be natalie hartley soon

itsmeolord · 01/02/2010 14:01

But how does an elephant dress?

I liked you better as a seafaring creature tbh, you didn't take up so much room and that fucking trunk just caught me right in the chops.

AitchTwoOhOneOh · 01/02/2010 14:01

lol.

foxinsocks · 01/02/2010 14:01

lol hassled, I love people who do that. I feel like making a special post saying 'it's ok, we thought it was a typo'

I often use the wrong tense verb. I have no idea why. It's speed I think. Brain going faster than my hands. Special me.

EleanoraBuntingCupcake · 01/02/2010 14:01

wot an elephant in a zebra dress?

Lizzylou · 01/02/2010 14:02

Hassled, I've done that a few times today. Then noticed so many more typos/mistakes that it just wasn't worth it.
I will now just freely type my crap with gay abandon and revel in my rubbish typing, you have set me free. I would never make it into the Pedant gang anyhow.

Elephant, it isn't just about you, chillax

BethNoire · 01/02/2010 14:02

Doh that was passive aggressive smiley but Dh interupted as some twat was fly tipping over the back garden wall

Would have been so much funnier as well. dammit

TheElephant · 01/02/2010 14:02

Here i am

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 01/02/2010 14:02

Ha silly me, should have know the er, aquatic elephant, would assume it's all about her.

This is not a personal attack (though c'mon try a little harder please)

We all do odd typos, spelling/ grammar mistakes. Fair enough.

I just keep seeing post after post without seperation into paragraphs let alone sentence and stupidly lazy typing.

It is indeed rude, and means the next few posts are either ignoring that one (sometimes making a good point as far as I can decipher) or asking 'what do you mean'?

Just as it's rude to get so drunk that you end up slurring it is rude to not bother to type coherently in an online discussion? Surely?

(Awaits being reported for a personal attack...sigh)

OP posts:
TheElephant · 01/02/2010 14:02

i am an elephant who is chillaxed

lowenergylightbulb · 01/02/2010 14:02

If we all vilified each other equally 'twould be a happier site IMVHO.

foxinsocks · 01/02/2010 14:02

LOL

poor fernie. Never mind.

OrmRenewed · 01/02/2010 14:03

Mistyping is a sign of not having enough time. Txt spk is the sign of being a wanker.

TheElephant · 01/02/2010 14:03

well it was a badly put OP imo.

Lizzylou · 01/02/2010 14:04

Oh God, I do slur a bit when I've had a few as well.
Bugger

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