"U" instead of "You"
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I hate it too. I don't understand all of you saying that it's acceptable in a text message. Does nobody know of predictive text? You only need to press a button once instead of 2 or 3 times to get a letter so it's a lot faster and all the spellings in it are correct. I seem to be the only person to use predictive text these days.
It bothers me much more than it probably should, that's all I'll say on the matter.
omg i c wat u did ther n u no i lold... or something.
omg i c wat u did ther n u no i lold... or something.
That image almost put tears in my eyes. That right there is a prime example of idiocy in the community. I hate reading text messages that clearly define that picture.
I only have one friend who can type as clear as day with near-perfect grammar and he's a pharmacy technician. So, there you have it.
My excuse is many years of online interaction with forums and MMO's. Runescape is an MMO, I guess. So, I played a few years of that before Guild Wars for a couple years, then World of Warcraft for six months before dropping them all.
I only have one friend who can type as clear as day with near-perfect grammar and he's a pharmacy technician. So, there you have it.
My excuse is many years of online interaction with forums and MMO's. Runescape is an MMO, I guess. So, I played a few years of that before Guild Wars for a couple years, then World of Warcraft for six months before dropping them all.
Amen to that. It's hard for me to understand "words" written with numbers and no - "English is not my first language" either. It's also annoying and disrespectful to readers (in my opinion).NuclearPenguin said:Well, im just curious, whats your opinion on people typing letters and numbers instead of words?
Personally, I dont really understand why you would.
Alot of people blame "English is not my first language", but I dont really know of any languages that have words consisting of singular letters and numbers.
Anywho, whats your opinion on this?
I also found this picture.
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However, - it also reflects real or mental age of the writer, which can be useful, when you choose how to respond.
I would post my honest thoughts about that picture, which I absolutely agree with, but I understand that my post will be pinned under 5 pages of posts no one is going to take the time to read. That is one reason I don't like the Escapist. Seriously, I only post in threads with 15 or less posts.
I try to constantly follow those basic, grammatic rules. However, i can't really say i capitalize the "i" unless it's located at the start of a sentence.
And I saw several grammatical errors.SilentBobsThoughts said:I saw a spelling mistake on the pictureNuclearPenguin said:]
Shame on you, picture.
I hate text talk. I find it takes so much more time to translate a line of text talk than a regular sentence that I just give up and don't care about what the person is trying to say. It's probably nothing intelligent anyway since they can't even spell at a fifth grade level.
I used to type in that manner when I was, you know, 15, but I grew out of it by the time I had hit junior year of high school. I don't even use text talk in text messages.
I used to type in that manner when I was, you know, 15, but I grew out of it by the time I had hit junior year of high school. I don't even use text talk in text messages.
I really don't mind, so long as it doesn't devolve into unintelligible squeaks.
That being said, I find if I use text speak too much, too often, it has a serious effect on my normal spelling ability. So I prefer to just spell correctly most of the time, with the exception f words I fell to be unnecessarily long, such as probably(which I shorten to proly) and so on.
That being said, I find if I use text speak too much, too often, it has a serious effect on my normal spelling ability. So I prefer to just spell correctly most of the time, with the exception f words I fell to be unnecessarily long, such as probably(which I shorten to proly) and so on.
doesn't really matter unless they're trying to make a valid point and are trying to be taken seriously.
The only time I use only U is when doing math problems.
The only time I use only U is when doing math problems.
it was awesomely epic though. It would have been better if it added a nice part for semi-colons as well.Hubilub said:And I saw several grammatical errors.SilentBobsThoughts said:I saw a spelling mistake on the pictureNuclearPenguin said:]
Shame on you, picture.
I can see your problem with I, U and Y but then and than is a bit more complicated. Knowing that letters != words is easy but using the correct of two words that are usually indistinguishable in regular speech is more complex.
The only time that I really care when people talk with single letters and numbers and random shit like that is in Text messages and all they respond with is a single letter known as k. IT WASTES MY FUCKING TEXTS.