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| CDN_Blood |
Posted - 15/12/2011 : 00:10:33
Is it just me, or is English being forgotten as a result of too much texting?
It can be really difficult to decipher messages without proper capitalization, punctuation and full words rather than lazy abbreviations.
I don't know if it annoys anyone else as much as it annoys me, but I tend to not even read a post with has those characteristics, let alone respond to one.
As far as I'm concerned, if you can't take the time to write a proper message, why should I waste my time responding to it?
There, I feel better already <insert snicker here> :) |
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| Snakesitter |
Posted - 27/12/2011 : 19:39:24
Anyway, back to snakes! ;-) |
| oakleyman18 |
Posted - 25/12/2011 : 22:05:06
I wouldn't ever say "Laughing My ****ing Ass Off" live on air  I don't care, I'm 23, Student, just I would never want to hear it on radio, or let my future kids, or anyone elses for that matter hear it. |
| gluttony32 |
Posted - 25/12/2011 : 21:29:36
really cliff?...SMH means shaking my head first of all.. as for lmfao its been around for a while there is even a group with top forty hits with the same name..So your saying that they sgouldnt say their name on the radio? had to add fuel to the fire huh? merry christmas! and its still and age thing!!! |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 23/12/2011 : 21:26:01
SMH = either "so much hate" or "smacking my head." LMFAO I won't translate, but is somewhat dicey for a family forum. ;-)
Ed, I really do enjoy your presence and input here. However, I feel that texting is a separate world from other forms of written communication, and that skipping any effort to puncuate or spell -- in any medium other than texts -- is, well, not very cool. It's not a matter of age: it's a matter of respect.
Anyway, back to snakes! :-) |
| CDN_Blood |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 19:55:47
Btw, I should point out that I think it's important to keep this thread rather than retire it, but hey, that's just my opinion, lol.
This forum in particular is suffering from this affliction, and is less and less used as a result, so perhaps we could just clean up the thread and keep it around in some form so that users know how important it is to clearly get a message across. Just a thought :) |
| CDN_Blood |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 19:48:50
quote:
Originally posted by Kelfezond
Being 22 I grew up with a lot of txt talk on instant messages and mobile phones, while I was a teenager I used to txt talk all the time.
Now I can barely understand half of it, I still use the old abbreviations as I honestly believe they make things easy such as 'brb' and 'lol' etc. But shortening words because it takes 0.1 second longer to type the whole thing I just find childish whenever I see somebody typing like it on a forum I assume they are under 14 and i'm always surprised when they're actually a 40 year old in a professional job, it's hard to tell if it's a professionalism thing or an intelligence thing, I believe it differs from person to person I find people with rather a poor vocabulary tend to txt talk more but that can't be the world reason. I guess a lot of it is just plain laziness.
However on a forum it is pretty important to type correctly and get your point across as crystal clear as you can, it was mentioned earlier about not replying to txt talk, well I don't, that might make me uncaring but hey i'm not a mod or admin it's not my job to decipher txt talk.
Well said all around :) |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 19:33:26
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Originally posted by gmac
... the opinions all differ.
I disagree!
hehe |
| gmac |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 19:23:51
Gluttony I certainly hope you dont curb your posting,
time for bed for this thread me thinks, is another topic where we will never all agree, one of the better things about forums is the opinions all differ.
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| Kelfezond |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 18:49:23
I don't know what smh means :( |
| gluttony32 |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 18:41:02
Your still dwelling on my comment making a bigger deal out of it than it really is...besides at no point did I question how you run this site..I happen to enjoy it very much and have recieved a lot of usefull information in the short 2 years I have been a member."All I can say is you had your turn, assimilate or get out of the way" was a generalization for the unsavvy tech. But no matter.. I will curb my posting...btw I could careless for the history of how text typing came to be...im pretty sure we are all guilty of using it at one point or another. smh lmfao |
| oakleyman18 |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 18:01:46
Like Kelfezond, I'm about the same age (23.. a OLE year!! Phoneshop reference anyone?!) and I think everyone went through a phase of speaking like that, but as Gmac points out, it was to curb massive text message charges really... then it just sort of meandered into lazyness, and that's how I view it now really. Especially in the professional world I think it's unacceptable. Abreviate to friends in short messages is fine, but I think when you're asking peoples help, and expecting them to take time to try and help you, it's only fair to try and act respectably.
Innit. |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 17:46:36
Being 22 I grew up with a lot of txt talk on instant messages and mobile phones, while I was a teenager I used to txt talk all the time.
Now I can barely understand half of it, I still use the old abbreviations as I honestly believe they make things easy such as 'brb' and 'lol' etc. But shortening words because it takes 0.1 second longer to type the whole thing I just find childish whenever I see somebody typing like it on a forum I assume they are under 14 and i'm always surprised when they're actually a 40 year old in a professional job, it's hard to tell if it's a professionalism thing or an intelligence thing, I believe it differs from person to person I find people with rather a poor vocabulary tend to txt talk more but that can't be the world reason. I guess a lot of it is just plain laziness.
However on a forum it is pretty important to type correctly and get your point across as crystal clear as you can, it was mentioned earlier about not replying to txt talk, well I don't, that might make me uncaring but hey i'm not a mod or admin it's not my job to decipher txt talk. |
| gmac |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 15:29:38
Text typing was started to prevent mobile phone companies charging you for multiple messages where you run over so many characters per message, this forum does not work this way if you are paying to use this forum on a phone the mobile company does not charge you per message to it im pretty sure its a lump sum payment each month therefore there is no need for text type.
Im sure all posts will be answered yes, but then you have to look at the people not answering these posts as the experience they have really is extensive and is unfortunate if the poster does not get replies from them.
As for makeshift rules and how I will admin / mod them my forum my rules they are non negotiable. I shall continue to admin this site the way i have been, or if you prefer I shall not bother with it and just let everything run freely, I wont really as I enjoy this site. Every forum has rules even the ones that are better than this one.
As for you thinking "All I can say is you had your turn, assimilate or get out of the way.. or stop crying about it either way..." is not inflammatory Im afraid when our members are spoken to in that manner it is inflammitory.
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| gluttony32 |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 13:41:48
I didnt find my post to be as inflamitory as YOU made it seem, I meant no disrespect by my post in any way, I just typed the truth. How are you going to moderate how people post? I would like to know that?...Are you all going to get together and not answer a question that is typed in text talk? Im sure someone will answer it regardless of your makeshift rules. If not there are far better sites that can accomodate.. Im positive.
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| gmac |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 13:31:20
Firstly do not ever tell anyone on this site to assimilate or get out of the way or to stop crying about it, you are not in any position to do this it shows a complete lack of respect for the members, well established members at that. Any more comments like that and there will be repercussions.
Secondly, if people are posting for advice or replying does it really cost that much to type correctly, I'm pretty sure modern technology has all the letters of the alphabet, including vowels, required to type messages correctly. Like other forums we are multi national and as such things can be lost in translation of common words let alone text type and I dont just mean non English speaking countries, I find sometimes even between UK and North America, meanings can differ so why muddy the waters even further.
It is better to be clear in what you are asking for or replying to, so shortcuts are not the best way to get this across. Spelling mistakes are natural so I'm not really all that concerned about misspelled words
So I shall end by saying text talk is not acceptable on this forum, if people want advice they can ask properly.
Admin note:
This does not turn into a slanging match I have enough to do at the moment keeping unwanted members from posting to have to worry about arguments between members. This is a small community, and a bloody good one that I enjoy make sure it stays that way please.
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