Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Sorry to come across as a real kiljoy again but please could we ask forum members not to post using text speak as it's really hard to work out what's been said half the time. It doesn't take much longer to write what you're wanting to say in proper English and means that your post is likely to actually be read and not just overlooked as no one can be bothered to try and decipher it . It's also extremely bad netiquette to write messages using entirely capital letters as this is the equivalent of shouting . It really doesn't take any time at all to write "you" instead of "u" or to check that your caps lock button is switched off and you'll make the majority of forum members much happier if you do as they'll be reading your posts instead of ignoring them. Thanks everyone . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well said, Kate. Some less tolerant forums will withdraw your posting priviledges for not using punctuation and grammar, so I think your request is perfectly reasonable. (I'm a big fan of Lynn Truss !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 If this polite request isn't followed, that's a path we may go down, superjules, as there really isn't any need to use text speak on a forum. There's no limit to the number of characters available for a post, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbfhpunk Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I don't use text speak even in texts, which my friends all mock me for! What I really hate is when the text speak is actually longer than the word you're shortening, a fried got a text from someone and instead of writing any they'd put ene!! Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Daft, isn't it. We have a lovely language and we should all be proud to use it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie26pet Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 i am one of the bad ones , but were i live, maybe not all of us up north, but it is greatly used like that. yes is a grt language if correctly used. but sometimes i have 5 mins without a child round me asking for something and need to write it quickly. so im sorry but will try, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Smashing, Debbie, thanks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 (edited) omg y do we av 2 stp usin txt spk? Just kidding, I completely agree though!! And while your at it, can you please put a ban "online" speak as well?? I had no idea what OH, DS, LMAO etc. Until I spent an afternoon looking them all up online - and I work in IT (sorry information technology)!! Edited April 24, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Good - I never understand it - a forum is not as bad as some exam answers I read with it in! Lets stick to full English! Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 I had no idea what OH, DS, LMAO etc. Until I spent an afternoon looking them all up online - and I work in IT (sorry information technology)!! Oh dear . Now I started the LSH one ages ago as Long Suffering Husband takes sooo long to type . Could we leave that one in please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I don't use text speak even in texts, which my friends all mock me for! Same here. Perhaps you could create a sticky for the ones you/we simply can't do without eg. LSH - so that I, and others can QUICKLY look them up when the creep in ?? H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 I'll go and do that now and put it in the How to use the forum section at the top of the forum front page. I'll add a link to it when it's finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 (edited) ...Some less tolerant forums will withdraw your posting priviledges for not using punctuation and grammar, .... they can't have many members then I was reading my dad's 'diary' in the hospital, and while some of my punctuation may not be up to scratch, I hope my grammar is. Some of the grammar in the diary (which is written by the ICU nurses, highly trained people!) was quite surprising. "you was brought to ICU...." "while your wife and daughter was here..." and that's just 2 examples that I can remember, there were a lot more personally, I have nothing against text speak, although I find it hard to decipher sometimes. If language didn't grow and evolve, we'd still be speaking like Shakespeare forsooth, or even worse, Chaucer!!!!! Edited April 24, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Can you not alter the censorship bot so it alters them to the long version? It recognises swear words really well. Doesn't bother me as I don't use them TBH. Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 TBH! I'd forgotten that one when I started compiling the list, Kev! Thanks. You can find a fledgling dictionary of frequently used forum abbreviations here. If anyone objects to these being used, they can be phased out as text speak hopefully is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I do so hate text speak other than the obvious ones and personally cannot use it anyway - think we of the "older generation" through school that is were made to write properly and it has stuck. Well done to stop it on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 and means that your post is likely to actually be read and not just overlooked as no one can be bothered to try and decipher it I'm so glad you said that. I have trouble with some posts and I admit I get frustrated and have often just clicked straight out of them as I cannot make head nor tail of what's being asked or commented on. My apologies to anyones post that I've clicked past - I think I need an O level in text speak (or perhaps become a code breaker.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...