banned from another forum

Sounds a bit extreme to me... I agree that the text speak is annoying cos sometimes you have to spend time trying to figure out what`s being said but I thought forums were meant to be "friendly". I`m sure a pm would have sufficed rather than a ban. Amazing how a little bit of power goes to some peoples heads!!!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

Amazing how a little bit of power goes to some peoples heads!!!

Muhwahahahaha! Look out all you txt spk posters!

[Stu]

Better off out of it, so which forum?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Stu

Better off out of it, so which forum?

+1

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

Quite right. A bit of bad grammer and bad spelling, we all do that and some cant help it, but text type speak is just a pain.

In my mind text type speak is very different from commonly understood words such as 'kinda, tho' etc, although I understand it is hard to draw a line.

But a lot of text type speak is annoying.

No one is expecting a work of literature in a post, but we are trying to comunicate in English, after all..

Originally Posted by Pedro68

Sorry Dr Rich ... just had to laugh
Or were you just trying to prove your point?

And that bit!!

Originally Posted by Stu

Better off out of it, so which forum?

+2


Name and shame!

[Richie]

Originally Posted by hovis

fizz,bigape,grinch,ping,ritchie,luckypants,admin,t sm etc keep up the good work

you deserve banning for spelling my name wrong...

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

Quite right. A bit of bad grammer and bad spelling, we all do that and some cant help it, but text type speak is just a pain.

But a lot of text type speak is annoying.

No one is expecting a work of literature in a post, but we are trying to comunicate in English, after all..

dr rich, i like you, you funny, i kill you last

i know my spelling is not the best, but IMO i dont use text typing

only the obvoius things like b4 HTH IMO AFAIK etc

are these acceptible or not?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by hovis

only the obvoius things like b4 HTH IMO AFAIK etc

are these acceptible or not?

I think they are, its the posts that the whole of it is written in text speak that I find realy irritating, the abbreviations I think are fine.

Originally Posted by hovis

only the obvoius things like b4 HTH IMO AFAIK etc

are these acceptible or not?

they're pretty universally used these days *shrug* so no there shouldn't be a problem. Text speak is more to do with complete absence of vowels and is a pain. IMO using these casual acronyms is just the same as using RSPCA or NATO. You just need to get used to them.