2 much txt r u anoyd 2?

[dmdigital]

Is it just me or has there be a step backward in the quality of the written words on this forum of late

This isn't a dig at bad spelling or grammar, rather the fact that there seems to be more and more of those horrible SMS abbreviations creeping in.

I know I'm not the world's best at spelling or grammar but I like to think I do a reasonable job (plus I use a spell checker). Does it really take that much to enter things a little better? ... or are more people using their mobile phones to post to the forum








I'll go hide behind my rock again now

[stig0000]

yer iv notc it 2, i cnt thk tht ppl can tlk lik tht on forems, im so sic of it 2 , ,, its jut i havnt sed enythig but now u hav, i hpe ppl stp doin it

i must say that i have a bad habit of it thow, becouse im so uesd to msn an sms, i now spell like that on here, i allways type somthing an then i have to go back over it an redo it in the right way, plus i can;t spell if my life depended on it,

[The ho har's]

I'll go hide behind my rock again now

HIDING........ROCK........... I don't remember posting anything one this thread

Mrs ho har

I don't think I can spell it any clearer

[Sleepy]

Come out from that rock dm_td5!
You can't just provoke the flood of txt-lish and then run away and have us read it.

I H8 Txt-lish 2!

[dullbird]

I'm kind of puzzled where you have been reading all this text talk that you talk about.

I can't say I have noticed any, not enough to warrant wingeing about it anyway.

[seano87]

<Snip>
This isn't a dig at bad spelling or grammer, <snip>

Sorry, can't help myself - grammAr.



I'll forgive you since you spelt it correct about two lines later!

Seano

[barney]

it agrav8s me 2

[dmdigital]

Sorry, wasn't really hiding, just disappeared to watch the ABC for an hour or so of laughs.

I wouldn't say it's over the top, just that there has been a number of instances in the last week or so of mobile phone like abbreviations in titles and threads. The bad spelling can sometimes be annoying, sometimes funny and sometimes down right hilarious... and, as was pointed out, I'm no good at it either

[Ace]

its rampant in society, thats all the kids at school write in, its so hard getting them out of the habbit so they can actually write in plain english during exams and in their school work.

[willem]

its rampant in society, thats all the kids at school write in, its so hard getting them out of the habbit so they can actually write in plain english during exams and in their school work.

What's English? At this rate txtlish will soon be the English that everyone uses!

But languages are always changing. A good example is to compare the English used in an older translation of the Bible such as the King James Version, translated in 1611, with a contemporary translation such as the New International Version. The language in both is English, but much different. And with the much greater speed of communication we can expect changes in our language to be happening at a faster rate.

Willem