txt tlkin iz all gd innit?

Opinions on text talk?

Now, im not old, and I do use it occasionally to keep the text short, which is the idea? On my MOBILE PHONE...

But how is that transferred to the internet?

They don't have a limited number of text spaces.
The have a full keyboard with every letter in front of you.
How much time can missing one letter really save? Dat? That? Sed? Said? Innit? Isn't it? da? Errr no idea lol... Or the others that don't actually save any letter, just changing the language...

Now im not old (yet), but i still don't get it, and why its needed online? AND, will some of it become part of the dictionary in a few years? Or is it a passing phase that will go when we get some kinda of new phones (i dunno, something you just talk into and it sends a text)..

A few sites i use currently have issues with teens (and adults!!! ) doing it and are trying to clear it, and it winds most board users I know, and it makes the person typing it look really chavvy and un-educated (no probs if your not bothered really (or actually un-educated ha ha) ).

LOL and LMAO i can understand as that came from the internet as expressions and not just to shorten words.

Mass-debate (easy tigers) available. Discuss.... PS, this isn't actually aimed at anyone on here, as no-one really does it.

It's banned here.

[fizzwheel]

It drives me nuts I hate it.

I hate text speak, like you i use it occasionaly on my phone if i'm running out of space on a message but it normally only gets as far as changing FOR to 4, and to for 2.

And i can't be getting old already but some times it takes me ages to decipher what it actually says, it drives me crazy.

my mother, who is 231, uses it when she texts me. i tell her off for it, i tell her she didn't bring me up to speak that way therefore she shouldn't

FACT

I guess if you use texts alot then it becomes an easy habit to slip into, it breeds lazyness as far as typing whole words go but as far as I'm concerned it isn't much different to the dreadful grammer displayed by most people on the forums.
Perhaps the problem is only a problem when people think of our language as a fixed thing. It never has been and will undoubtedly change with the times, yes it will be affected by chavs and text language and slang. But the English language unlike our French cousins is ever changing and growing and I think that that is marvellous, because it means that it will never be buried in time or boring. Bring on change and embrace it, thats what I say

The thing is it's not a new thing, even before text messaging on mobiles versions of it where used on pagers. So remember its nothing new.

Originally Posted by Grinch

The thing is that its not a new thing, even before text messaging on mobiles versions of it where used on pagers. So remind them its nothing new.

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Originally Posted by kitten

I guess if you use texts alot then it becomes an easy habit to slip into, it breeds lazyness as far as typing whole words go but as far as I'm concerned it isn't much different to the dreadful grammer displayed by most people on the forums.
Perhaps the problem is only a problem when people think of our language as a fixed thing. It never has been and will undoubtedly change with the times, yes it will be affected by chavs and text language and slang. But the English language unlike our French cousins is ever changing and growing and I think that that is marvellous, because it means that it will never be buried in time or boring. Bring on change and embrace it, thats what I say

9.5/10

Didn't they even use it on those telly type machine things.