Text Talk

[mattandflyte]

personaly i belive text talk should be banned on all forums

i hate it and it is just lazy

regards

matt

[Flummery]

(I'm hoping someone, somewhere likes a smart @rse)

KK

'I'm sure they've all got lovely bottoms' (Quote - Father Ted)

[bubblewrap]

personaly i belive text talk should be banned on all forums

i hate it and it is just lazy

regards

matt

Could not agree more but one small point when using I meaning your self it should always be upper case as with I'll (I will) I'm(I am).

[Hazel at the Hill]

... if I were to buy you a pint in the pub!

Yes please - I'll have one!

[bubblewrap]

Sorry if I have upset people no harm was intended & I think my last post was a little over the top.

[scared55]

I'm a older person who hasn't learnt how to be serious yet - this debate is a good one

Moi aussi. People keep telling me we should grow up without growing old. My aim is to grow old without growing up - I'm still 17 on the inside!

KK

[Flummery]

Moi aussi.

KK

That's French for 'I'm from Down Under!'
(Flum displays the fact that a little learning is a dangerous thing! )

[scared55]

at the risk of getting my butt whooped - ROFL @ Flums

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!

[Alison]

I couldn't care less if people get the odd spelling a bit wrong, the occaisional bit of dodgy puntuation or simple abreviations - it would be a shame if we all felt we needed to get posts proof read before sending. HOWEVER, now and then people go into proper text speak which is pretty much code and if you can't be understood by a high percentage of the readers then you're missing out on speaking to most of your potential audience.

[mattandflyte]

well

i have a mild learning difficulty and as you will see from my posts my spelling and puntuality is not at its best for a 29 year old man but i dont care what i do care about is when people use "text" talk or as i see it a dam code that i for one have no idea what it says and it anoys me so much so BW i did find your last post quite a well how do you say it Not funny..............

But as a adult i can see that it was not just a dig at me and everyone else that might not be totaly a english teacher like you

so if you are ok i will pm you with every post i intend to post so you can "proof it" for me so i dont offend anyone with the way i type

until now i did think that this site was "diffrent" that the other ones i had found

regards and best wishes

matt

[beefy]

I couldn't care less if people get the odd spelling a bit wrong, the occaisional bit of dodgy puntuation or simple abreviations - it would be a shame if we all felt we needed to get posts proof read before sending. HOWEVER, now and then people go into proper text speak which is pretty much code and if you can't be understood by a high percentage of the readers then you're missing out on speaking to most of your potential audience.

This is what I wanted to say but said a lot more politely than I would have said it.
I know I make the odd spelling and punctuation mistake and I hope you can forgive me for it.99% of my edited posts are for spelling mistakes spotted after posting.

[Two_Sheds]

I couldn't care less if people get the odd spelling a bit wrong, the occaisional bit of dodgy puntuation or simple abreviations - it would be a shame if we all felt we needed to get posts proof read before sending. HOWEVER, now and then people go into proper text speak which is pretty much code and if you can't be understood by a high percentage of the readers then you're missing out on speaking to most of your potential audience.

Exactly.
The whole point of language is to communicate. If your (mis)use of language means you aren't communicating properly - then what's the point? The odd typo isn't a problem, but when every other word is mis-spelled, that just becomes too hard to read.

[Two_Sheds]

totaly a english teacher like you

so if you are ok i will pm you with every post i intend to post so you can "proof it" for me so i dont offend anyone with the way i type

Bubblewrap is innocent

Matt - You admit to having a problem with written English, but you are at least trying, which is great. But you should equally appreciate that your posts are sometimes somewhat difficult for others to read. Don't be offended...

(I'm a bit tired, so this might not come out the way I'm thinking it ...)

[Paul Wagland]

I am a stickler for good English, but I guess we can all appreciate that there is a difference between people who genuinely have trouble with their writing, and those who are just slap-dash or lazy. I'm sure none of us would want to see the back of someone like Matt, just because of his typos and unusual punctuation! Far better to just ask him to clarify occasionally.

Being a web forum the Grapevine is bound to see some abbreviated text. I use it myself sometimes - usually older conventions like IMO (in my opinion) or FYI (for your information). It's just not that easy to read when you're faced with ten lines of it!

[Paul Wagland]

Bubblewrap is innocent

I suspect Bubblewrap is anything but innocent