"Textspeak" ;

U guys who dont lk txtspk shd chk out Lumosity Brain Games

I'm 2old!

I luv it 2 Bags. Langwidj is fun!

It's an L, jeni - l8er = later

What's 18ter?

I luv txtspk. [wooden spoon]

Wash your mouth out with soap and water!!

Thanx!

Thank you. I'm obviously not reading the write (!!) threads.

Oh yes you do!!!! - I have posted it before and so have (many) others. Just a minute.....

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

I don't know the poem gm

But we all know the Spellchecker poem, don't we?
I am afraid I just think it shows a disregard for communication and consequently for the person with whom you are communicating - gosh that does sound pedantic, doesn't it? But if you put yourself in the place of the person reading what you are writing - a modicum of consideration is hardly too much to ask. There was a time when a good PA prided herself on clear communication as it also reflected well on her boss - without it, she was unlikely to have risen to that position!

DH's PA was the worst offender, phone messages and e-mails were like that of a 13 year old. Surely a mature woman who creates documents and types reports all the time could at least text me like an adult. I suppose spell check means that important stuff is correct.

Oh,gm I so agree. What should be a quick method of communication seems to take ages to understand. I find it particularly annoying when my friend does it. She can hardly switch her phone on and off by herself.