Why do people write in SMS terms

31 Mar 2004

no no no, i understand completely, as when i sit and have to read those txt posting i sit here talking like a village is missing its idiot trying to decifer what it says. I find the only way i can understand it at all is by saying it out loud. This isnt a good idea when im sat in the university computer room staring at the screen saying , imup 4it 2nite do ya want2 suk my cock l8r

31 Mar 2004

Quote by fem_4_taboo
no no no, i understand completely, as when i sit and have to read those txt posting i sit here talking like a village is missing its idiot trying to decifer what it says. I find the only way i can understand it at all is by saying it out loud. This isnt a good idea when im sat in the university computer room staring at the screen saying , imup 4it 2nite do ya want2 suk my cock l8r

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31 Mar 2004

I'm surprised people have missed out the other thing that has led to poor spelling. Now I know I'm not perfect but I think I was the last generation af kids who were TAUGHT to I refer to is the spellcheck on word. It's a wonderful tool but as more and morework is done on PC's in education the spellchecker simply corrects mistakes rather than educate.
Though as has already been pointed out maybe this is just a change in the English language, after all language is a living evolving we speak the same now as the 17th century?
Also some people spell things the way they are said as this is the way they were taught - was their not an education movement in the 60's that taught people this way of me if I'm wrong but I'm sure that some will know more than I on this.
Text speak annoys me, as does the speech patterns of some, that is a personal preference but I can't say that I witha strong local dialect speak anymore correctly.

31 Mar 2004

fem_4_taboo - redface

I never imagined you'd be reading my messages aloud in a university library surprised

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:rascal: :rascal:

31 Mar 2004

bearing in mind the continual evolution of language, the fact that (older?) people here have said they cant get to grips or understand it, and most young people txt a great deal, as these young people mature with the aparently poor literacy levels at schools, what will the "yoof" english actually become? although txt lingo may just about be a seperate language now, im sure its gradual integration is inevitable even if inappropriate.

31 Mar 2004

Quote by fem_4_taboo
imup 4it 2nite do ya want2 suk my cock l8r

There's so much I don't know about you! You have a cock? wink

31 Mar 2004

I can't read text talk - I find it very quick and easy to write properly and would have to spend too long thinking about text talk. Only one person every texts me with text talk, and then when there is a lot to say, and then I moan about it!
English should evolve, remember that the English written by Shakespeare was colloquial at the time and even he invented some words which are now in common use (DJOHN --- help me here please with 'for instances'!!) so its all in the usage.

31 Mar 2004

English does evolve, but it does so relatively slowly. There's always a need to be understood by your audience. In a broadcast medium like this, the language you use will influence which people will read it.
Anything for you, Jags. Shakespeare used a lot of words. 17,677 different ones, according to this quick bit of googling. He wasn't just a show-off who knew a lot of words. He cheated. One in ten was made up.
Aggravate, critical, fragrant, hurry, obscene, radiance, and many more.
Of course, he wasn't much of a writer. Look at all those cliches!

31 Mar 2004

for John
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31 Mar 2004

Quote by DJohn
imup 4it 2nite do ya want2 suk my cock l8r

There's so much I don't know about you! You have a cock? wink

not at all, im definetly not getting enough cock lately.
man alive im sorry but they wouldnt have guessed if youd kept quiet, much like the other night, if only you haddnt cried with pleasure we'd never have got kicked out of the cimema

31 Mar 2004

Quote by SiGo1
Also some people spell things the way they are said as this is the way they were taught - was their not an education movement in the 60's that taught people this way of me if I'm wrong but I'm sure that some will know more than I on this.

I kind of remember, but only because there was only one primary school in my area that still taught that way. I THINK it was called RTA but I have no idea what that stands for. This was in the early 70's and I was in my first 2 or 3 years at school, but a friend of mine went to the school where it was taught, and her reading books were like gobbledegook to me.
One example i can remember is that "come" was spelled "cwm" (and how ironic that all these years later I still have an obsession with that word, just in a different context lol)
I know a lot of schools now are using phonics, and I do believe the WAY they are being taught is helping children to remember, but what schools desperately need to realise is that different children learn in different ways.
Both of my children went to the same primary school, and yet my 7 year old is actually a far better reader and speller than my 14 year old. I don't think I should even begin on the subject of the high school teachers' complete disregard for spelling. Its something I've been worrying about for years, but they just don't see it as a priority at all. GRRRRRRRRRR
Better stop or I really WILL rant.
Vodka anyone? confused

31 Mar 2004

It was called ITA (Initial Teaching Alphabet), but as far as I can remember it was soon abandoned. It never had many fans.
Mike.

31 Mar 2004

Quote by MikeNorth
It was called ITA (Initial Teaching Alphabet), but as far as I can remember it was soon abandoned. It never had many fans.
Mike.

Thanks Mike, I had a feeling RTA was wrong lol

31 Mar 2004

Yor welcom, Ã¦ngjul!

4 Apr 2004

Saw this on the O2 Website.... smile

Terrible chat up lines too.
o Do you come here often? = do U cum here ofN?
o We would be amazing together! = we w%d B amazN 2gethr!
o Want to play, sexy? = wNt2 plA, SxC?
o I have a degree in loving, pussycat! = Ive a Dgre in luvN, puCk@!
o Come and experience a night out with me! = cum & XperENs a nyt out w/ me!
o Meet for dinner and then go clubbing? = mEt 4 dinR & thN go clubN?
o You look wonderful tonight. = U l%k 1dRfL 2nyt.
o I've been investigating you all night - you're groovy baby! = Ive bin invSTg8ng U all nyt - UR gr%V BaB!
o Fancy a jacuzzi, champagne, chocolate and a great atmosphere back at mine? =
fanC a jacuZ , BubLE, chocl@ & a gr8 @mosfER bak @ myn?
o Are you up for a fantasy date? = R U up 4 a fantaC d8?

4 Apr 2004

Sorry if this has already been mentioned - it's a longish thread and I might have missed a post - but isn't "text speak" simply an invention of necessity due to the limit on the number of characters in a message?
Something similar happened in the early days of live chat - not because there was a character limit but because connection speeds were so slow. The same kind of abbreviations (and aversion to punctuation) developed there too.
Ice

4 Apr 2004

Late entry in the post as well, I use text chat occasionally out of habit. Again I come from a long term chat room op background. Before I could touch type these were quick ways to keep up with a moving room. Additionally they became almost the rooms slang.
Groups have often developed a 'localised' subset of the English language. It helps them find their identity, we are no different with for example our 'Munches'
However I do try to avoid using my shorthand within forum posts. Just like the chatroom though if the heat is on to get a witty response in, shorthand may appear smile

4 Apr 2004

Quote by Angel Chat
[a friend of mine went to the school where it was taught, and her reading books were like gobbledegook to me.
One example i can remember is that "come" was spelled "cwm"

So late into the thread this has turned into a history lesson not english.
Angel,
You sure you weren't looking at a welsh book?
"Cwm with me cariad and I'll cwtch you with my daffodil"