Reply to: Text Speak - Real or Gobbledygook

[cupidstunt]

Most of the things you're whining about originated online in the early Usenet and email days - nothing to do with textspeak.

YHBT, HAND

I've seen this movie. The violent bully has a go at the uber geek and gets pwned.

TYFP and NF FTW!

[TykeMerc]

I don't want to have to attempt to translate cretinous text language on a board for professionals.

I utterly despise seeing that rubbish in business documentation and emails, the reason it exists there is because people are so lazy on message boards and texts that it carries over into their professional work and makes them look like total morons. As a PM I've had to correct far too many documents to make them fit to present for signoff, I hate having to do it just because the author is too idle to use grown up English.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Don't forget the upgradations

The one that was winding me up the other week was 'return to normalcy'.

[DiscoStu]

English language. Bring on the "updations".

Don't forget the upgradations

[threaded]

I remember reading about how in some recent war, Korea maybe, some chaps from Newcastle were captured, unfortunately their accents and colloquialisms were too extreme for their Oxford educated interrogators, so they never could make sense of any of the stuff they were telling them.

[OwlHoot]

You have a wander around London 100 years ago and I bet you'll think the majority (not the upper classes with their poncy finishing schools) of people are speaking a different language. ...

Maybe in Lancashire or Yorkshire (Think "Kes"), but London accents wouldn't sound much different only 100 years ago.

If they spoke slowly, you could probably just about understand people 500 years ago in London, apart from a few obsolete words and bizarre slang and cant (lots of Gypsy words ending in "man", like "darkmans" meaning "night" ).

[NickFitz]

Most of the things you're whining about originated online in the early Usenet and email days - nothing to do with textspeak.

YHBT, HAND

[HairyArsedBloke]

One of the problems with that septic lingo is that it is very infectious. I am highly exposed to them and often use their expressions and when I find myself doing so I feel very

I use colloquial English to wind the septics up. However, I got told off for using 'gagging for it' the other day.

[lightng]

English language. Bring on the "updations".

[VectraMan]

You have a wander around London 100 years ago and I bet you'll think the majority of people are speaking a different language. .

Just like today then.

American English will become the new English. "Quit" is now common place; kids are "grounded"; people order in pubs with "can I get..", and there's even a thread on CUK about SUVs.

It's only the meaning of fanny that defines us as English, and I'm sure that'll change.

[Moscow Mule]

American is English from 100-150 years ago (so I heard on QI).

I can speak with Americans quite easily, so I don't think it's going to be a problem in my lifetime...

[PAH]

Eh? Rubbish. No it's not. Charles Darwin is perfectly readable and Jane Austen is perfectly readable and that was 200 years ago.

You have a wander around London 100 years ago and I bet you'll think the majority (not the upper classes with their poncy finishing schools) of people are speaking a different language.

It's the masses that control the language hence why the Oxford Dictionary is plagued with recent non-words.

[PAH]

The sad thing is this will become the new English language when all the chav kids grow up.

I suppose it's only natural, the language we speak today is nothing like what it was even 100 years ago never mind a thousand.

One day we'll progress to the level of other animals where we can communicate with only whistles and squawks.

[mudskipper]

whs - what a heap of tulip.

[lightng]

Tftt Lu2b