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deadcactus  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-27 09:17:08
I don't understand why people text speak at all. Maybe I'm just too formal...

 

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Axispipe  3 stars
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Registered: 2002-2-9 11:05:08
its sometimes easier for people to text rather then speak. that or it's a trap.

 

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Ibbeh  2 stars
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Registered: 2003-5-7 18:59:05
deadcactus posted:

I don't understand why people text speak at all. Maybe I'm just too formal...

 

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Varece  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-1-7 21:48:11
I don't do this and no one I know types like that at any time. We use our words.

 

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Sarena_WE  2 stars
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Registered: 2001-1-11 16:41:14
I refuse to text speak. I tend to think less of people that do. Can't help it.

 

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FineYoungCannibals  4 stars
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Registered: 2003-7-14 19:17:12
my next 1000 posts will be text-speak

 

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Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-2-24 02:29:30
Sarena_WE posted:

I refuse to text speak. I tend to think less of people that do. Can't help it.



I've been cussing out teenagers since I played AC, telling them that "ou" was only 3 letters long, and just as easy as typing U.

 

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Sgian_Dubh  2 stars
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Registered: 2003-4-7 10:19:52
My wife is a High School English teacher.

This "text-speak" is becoming a problem that reaches beyond social media or text messaging.

Every time she assigns writing, she gets papers that contain this De-Evolution of language.

It's bad enough at this point that she even gets hand-written drafts that contain text-speak.

 

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Gaevren  4 stars
Title: Wat do?
Posts: 1,181
Registered: 2004-9-15 09:29:36
Sarena_WE posted:

I refuse to text speak. I tend to think less of people that do. Can't help it.



Ditto. Even on my phone I won't do it. It drives me insane. That being said, depending on the phone and how they have things set up, it won't always tell you when someone is updating facebook from their phone.

 

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Anebriated  3 stars
Title: I should be reading a book
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Registered: 2003-1-27 21:26:11
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