Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

RE: text speak


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: text speak Page: <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 8:41:20 PM   
Toppingfrmbottom


Posts: 6528
Joined: 6/7/2009
Status: offline 		I used to text speak all the time then someone I cared about deeply said it made me look stupid. I was hurt but re accessed an decided he was right. It was not presenting myself in a light I wanted to.

_____________________________

One world under lube with vibrators and dildo's for all! quote from the sex toy 101 book

(in reply to Toppingfrmbottom)
Profile   Post #: 21
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 8:44:38 PM   
sunshinemiss


Posts: 17673
Joined: 11/26/2007
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom

Just to be obtuse, I never have had an auto matic garage opener nor a dishwasher, with exception of 1 group home I lived in as a teen. And no i never really watched the jetsons. I think it was before my tim. Careful with those "we all" statements. Cheeky grin.
quote:

ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss


I know folks here hate it (and I'm not a lover of it).  But you know, we all did get used to touch tone phones, laptops, remote controls, dishwashers, automatic garage door openers, and the like.  Remember George Jetson and all the things that were then scifi and are now de riguer?  Text speak is on that continuum imo.

best,
sunshine




Fair enough, but do you get irritated with people who use them?  Do you give them a hard time because they don't get off their fat asses and close the dang garage door with your hands and stop sending waves through the air! or wash the dishes by hand - you're a-wasting my valuable water resource! or tell people to learn some patience when they don't rotary dial someone?  I'm betting not.  Even if YOU choose not to use these things - and they do affect your life even in little ways, you most likely don't give people a hard time because of it. 


TO everybody:
I understand that communication is different in that it is about connecting with other people, but in reality we do use some text speak (as noted previously - lol and b/c and imo and wiitwd and such).  It rather begs the question of 'where is the line'?  Why are lol and the others acceptable but sum1 is not? 

While I do think that "u" instead of "you" is kinda lazy (see how I didn't write 'kind of'?), I look back at a couple of posts I wrote this evening and realize I have "form" instead of "from" and forgot the word "not" in a post - which COMPLETELY changes my post... but people aren't giving me a hard time about it.  What is it about TEXT SPEAK specifically that gets people's dander up? 

best,
sunshine


_____________________________

Yes, I am a wonton hussy... and still sweet as 3.14

(in reply to Toppingfrmbottom)
Profile   Post #: 22
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 8:48:35 PM   
Toppingfrmbottom


Posts: 6528
Joined: 6/7/2009
Status: offline 		Sun I dont get impatient with ppl over those things no. :)

_____________________________

One world under lube with vibrators and dildo's for all! quote from the sex toy 101 book

(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 23
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 8:54:09 PM   
LadyHibiscus


Posts: 27124
Joined: 8/15/2005
From: Island Of Misfit Toys
Status: offline 		Message here entirely in text speak--because as evidenced, I don't always know what they're saying! That "ne" I learned a few days ago. Would it really have been that hard to type "any"? I don't know.

I know that abbreviations of phrases (imo, wtf) don't bother me, but words diminished to a letter do.

It's just a thing. Does the sentence work visually? Is it easy to understand the meaning? If meaning is lost via abbreviation, then the whole purpose of the writing is thwarted.

_____________________________

[page 23 girl]



(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 24
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 8:57:36 PM   
Kaliko


Posts: 3381
Joined: 9/25/2010
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

What is it about TEXT SPEAK specifically that gets people's dander up? 

best,
sunshine




Honestly? It's just not pretty to read.

I'm a person that looks in the thesaurus almost every day - when I post here, when I post on Facebook, when I write things at work, when I type emails to friends...I want to always get the word just right. I enjoy words. I can't chop them up and I can't punctuate them incorrectly. I don't like to write that way and I don't like to read that way. I'm not flowery or artsy in my writing, but I am usually accurate with my nuances. Text speak allows for only the basics, and crudely at that.

There's nothing wrong with it. (I guess.) It just is a big turnoff for me. It's the same reason I dislike typos so much. Everybody does it, including me, but it just throws the whole thing off-kilter when my brain has to work around a typo. It's like driving over a speed bump. A message full of text speak would be like driving over a pothole filled road - I'll get to the end, but it will be a bumpy and unpleasant ride.


(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 25
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 8:58:30 PM   
sunshinemiss


Posts: 17673
Joined: 11/26/2007
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom

Sun I dont get impatient with ppl over those things no. :)


Now, come on.... You shortened my name, left out a contraction, and text-speaked (spoke?) people... Go on - make me giggle! 

To Hib:

I can see your point... phrases shortened cool, words not so much.  That seems like a reasonable line in the sand... (lits ?) wee!!!  I made up a text speak word!

This convo reminds me of all the license plates that you have to figure out!  I remember one of the Olympic skaters had one that read sk8n4au and it took me a minute to figure out that the au was meant to equal gold.  I. R. Geeks helped me out!

best,
sunshine


_____________________________

Yes, I am a wonton hussy... and still sweet as 3.14

(in reply to Toppingfrmbottom)
Profile   Post #: 26
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:00:57 PM   
tazzygirl


Posts: 37833
Joined: 10/12/2007
Status: offline
quote:

What is it about TEXT SPEAK specifically that gets people's dander up? 


For me, its a sign of laziness. I dont send out text messages with half spelled words, I dont shorten are to r, you to u, and the first time I saw idk, I had to ask my son what that meant. I gave him a great education. I expect him to use it when communicating with me. With his friends, he can use whatever language he desires, and they can decide if they accept it. When he communicates with me, I expect at least an attempt at proper spelling.

_____________________________

Telling me to take Midol wont help your butthurt.
RIP, my demon-child 5-16-11
Duchess of Dissent 1
Dont judge me because I sin differently than you.
If you want it sugar coated, dont ask me what i think! It would violate TOS.

(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 27
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:02:10 PM   
LadyHibiscus


Posts: 27124
Joined: 8/15/2005
From: Island Of Misfit Toys
Status: offline 		Kaliko said it too! So we're in agreement at least, even if it's just us!

_____________________________

[page 23 girl]



(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 28
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:02:13 PM   
Kaliko


Posts: 3381
Joined: 9/25/2010
Status: offline 		IMAQT

(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 29
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:02:37 PM   
tazzygirl


Posts: 37833
Joined: 10/12/2007
Status: offline
quote:

This convo reminds me of all the license plates that you have to figure out!


They had a game show about those types of plates I loved to watch.

_____________________________

Telling me to take Midol wont help your butthurt.
RIP, my demon-child 5-16-11
Duchess of Dissent 1
Dont judge me because I sin differently than you.
If you want it sugar coated, dont ask me what i think! It would violate TOS.

(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 30
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:03:10 PM   
LadyHibiscus


Posts: 27124
Joined: 8/15/2005
From: Island Of Misfit Toys
Status: offline 		Ha!

_____________________________

[page 23 girl]



(in reply to Kaliko)
Profile   Post #: 31
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:05:55 PM   
DomMeinCT


Posts: 2355
Joined: 5/5/2005
Status: offline
I avoid text speak whenever possible. I'm more concerned with my receiver's ability to read my message easily than I am in the convenience of typing an abbreviated message. When I receive text speak messages I still have that underlying feeling that the sender is lazy.

_____________________________

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances:
if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
~ Carl Jung

(in reply to sunshinemiss)
Profile   Post #: 32
RE: text speak - 2/5/2012 9:15:33 PM   
Incorruptable


Posts: 101
Joined: 1/27/2012
Status: offline 		lawl

(in reply to LadyHibiscus)
Profile   Post #: 33
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 6:16:40 AM   
xssve


Posts: 3589
Joined: 10/10/2009
Status: offline 		If I texted from a phone, I would definitely use textspeak, or lose my friggen mind, takes me forever to write anything with a full keyboard and spellcheck.


_____________________________

Walking nightmare...

(in reply to tazzygirl)
Profile   Post #: 34
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 6:30:34 AM   
LillyBoPeep


Posts: 6873
Joined: 12/29/2010
Status: offline 		I'm not a fan of textspeak -- even if it is part of the oncoming future, that doesn't mean I have to like it or use it. =p Not all developments are good ones.
I have used it begrudgingly at times, but it's definitely not my preference. Part of the reason I never signed up for twitter is because of the limited number of characters.

I like words, I like writing, I like typing, I like reading. I don't need to make any of those things shorter unless it's an absolute necessity. I can think of it as this generation's version of shorthand, which was once considered a valuable skill. When writing a boatload of notes, I have definitely used symbols and abbreviations to avoid massive hand cramps later. =p But while it can be a good skill when needed, you still don't communicate that way, you don't write term papers or letters to friends that way.

_____________________________

Midwestern Girl

"Obey your Master." Metallica


(in reply to xssve)
Profile   Post #: 35
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 7:14:13 AM   
GreedyTop


Posts: 52100
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Savannah, GA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

Message here entirely in text speak--because as evidenced, I don't always know what they're saying! That "ne" I learned a few days ago. Would it really have been that hard to type "any"? I don't know.

I know that abbreviations of phrases (imo, wtf) don't bother me, but words diminished to a letter do.

It's just a thing. Does the sentence work visually? Is it easy to understand the meaning? If meaning is lost via abbreviation, then the whole purpose of the writing is thwarted.



This.

Plus.. OMG, LILLY!! ::: THUD ::: LOVE the new pic!!!

_____________________________

polysnortatious
Supreme Goddess of Snark
CHARTER MEMBER: Lance's Fag Hags!
Waiting for my madman in a Blue Box.

(in reply to LadyHibiscus)
Profile   Post #: 36
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 7:25:05 AM   
sexyred1


Posts: 8998
Joined: 8/9/2007
Status: offline 		I dislike it because it is lazy and because I often do not understand what the other person is saying.

For example, I got a text last night that said:

({})<3<3 and I had no idea what that meant.

I asked and he said it means I love you.

I said, then why not just say so.

(in reply to GreedyTop)
Profile   Post #: 37
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 8:25:53 AM   
FrostedFlake


Posts: 3084
Joined: 3/4/2009
From: Centralia, Washington
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Incorruptable

Absolutely it's quick and easy. Only snobs don't!


Utter bilge. Pun intended.

If you have so little respect for your reader that you will not to bother to write, why should your reader take the time you saved to try to figure out what it was that you were too lazy to say?

quote:

Sunshine miss
I know folks here hate it (and I'm not a lover of it). But you know, we all did get used to touch tone phones, laptops, remote controls, dishwashers, automatic garage door openers, and the like. Remember George Jetson and all the things that were then scifi and are now de riguer? Text speak is on that continuum imo.


Everyone is entitled to an opinion. My opinion is, text speak is a fad. It will die when kids get videophones. (Checks watch) In the meantime, this is not Twitter, it's a bulletin board. You are not limited to a handful of characters. There is nothing forcing you to be rude. Notwithstanding the existence of touch tone phones, laptops, remote controls, dishwashers and automatic garage door openers.

Bottom line, my high I.Q. does not give me the ability to read your mind. Using "words" that are not words does not bring me down to your level. It makes me discard your message. If that is what you are trying to do, keep it up. If you are instead hoping I will grit my teeth and slog through the muck you spatter on the page, stop.

quote:

Incorruptable
lawl


Bilge.

< Message edited by FrostedFlake -- 2/6/2012 8:55:23 AM >

_____________________________

Frosted Flake
simul justus et peccator
Einen Liebhaber, und halten Sie die Schraube

"... evil (and hilarious) !!" Hlen5

(in reply to Incorruptable)
Profile   Post #: 38
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 8:32:22 AM   
LaTigresse


Posts: 26123
Joined: 1/15/2006
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

I don't use text speak and when others do, I automatically deduct points.


This.


_____________________________

My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one!

Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!

(in reply to Hillwilliam)
Profile   Post #: 39
RE: text speak - 2/6/2012 8:37:40 AM   
LaTigresse


Posts: 26123
Joined: 1/15/2006
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop


Plus.. OMG, LILLY!! ::: THUD ::: LOVE the new pic!!!


And THIS! Beautiful!


_____________________________

My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one!

Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!

(in reply to GreedyTop)
Profile   Post #: 40
Page:   <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: text speak Page: <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.093