Seriously, it's a huge problem :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used to talk like it a bit back in the day (and around the start of these boards I was seen to use 'u' once in a while), but I grew out of it. Is there really ANY legitimate reason to use shortcuts? Most of them would take me more time to type out than the real word since I'm so conditioned. :P

Plus, you are more proud of yourself when you can type faster than someone using shortcuts when you don't. :P

A lack of both intelligence and respect for the english language is all I can come up with.

It's the most annoying thing in the world!!!

 

 

 

I know this guy who leaves out the vowels in words, I wanna kill him sometimes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is an email he sent me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mine it wasnt even a thnxgivin..my parents left town like on monday n i couldnt go b/c of test in kool and i didnt wanna fail th 2 classes tht i took th test..so i really didnt do anythin on thnx givin, but i startd wit jordan tho....i've been alone 4 th whole week now..and my parents there comin back sunday nite or like in th afternoon maybe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TTU L8r man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ftw?

You know what's really worse though? They probably waste more time explaining what the words are to normal people than the time they 'save' :lol:

You know what annoys me more than the abbreviations and netspeak in that, MyPurpleCrayon? The gosh darn "there" for "they're".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*wince*

You know what annoys me more than the abbreviations and netspeak in that, MyPurpleCrayon? The gosh darn "there" for "they're".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*wince*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's probably close to my number 1 pet peeve ever.

I do when making a point about something, or exagerating a situation. I can see why it's annoying. It's one thing if it is like:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"so like u wanna go 2 the store?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"50 y0uz lyk3 w4nn4 G() tE\/\/ d4 stArW!!!!11!?!?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*sigh*

 

You know what annoys me more than the abbreviations and netspeak in that, MyPurpleCrayon? The gosh darn "there" for "they're".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*wince*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's probably close to my number 1 pet peeve ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same.. Even worse when they do "their" for "there" or "they're".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also despise "oic", and "neone"/"ne1".

I use them sometimes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I do watch my punctuations most of the time. :D

People are just lazy. Which, is quite embarrasing since the amount of effort it takes to type a word like "are" is surprisingly minimal.

Depends who I'm talking to. I tend to get very lazy on irc because I need to type so fast. So words end up getting jumbled about full of typos and grammatical errors. So long as I can read it then i dont think its worth getting knickers in a twist over it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"so u wanna got o the stoer"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats probably how it would come out in irc. But everyone knows it means "So, do you want to go to the store?"

In IM's I can put up with the occasional typo and shorthand.

 

 

 

But when it comes to forums and there are typo's, shorthand and the like I really have to wonder 'why?'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no sudden rush to post the message since it isn't exactly real-time. And for the most part I take the posts of people who take the effort to make sure their post is readable more seriously than someone who hasn't.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*shrug*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@rocketman089: That too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@MPC: Technically the end of that email should've been "ttyl man" but whatever. If he wants to use the IM shorthand instead of the full acronym whatever :P

I'll only speak like that to mock people who actually DO speak like that. so liek how r yu 2dae? olol

Actually Im proud to have decent grammar.I have pretty much perfect spelling.I might miss a punctuation or two but at least people know what Im saying.Im pretty sure most people use 'leet speak' just because its a trend especially for middle/high schooler's who use Aim.

 

 

 

"50 y0uz lyk3 w4nn4 G() tE\/\/ d4 stArW!!!!11!?!?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously, where are these people whom talk like that? Because I've never ever seen them, and I've been active on all kinds of chatrooms and using IM programs for over 5 years (not saying that's a lot, but in that time you'd think you would see most things.) Sure some people might have their IM nicks written in that way, but I've never seen anyone actually typing like that in a convo. I find that strange, because there's always at least 10 people who complain about it everytime a thread like this is posted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My "pet peeve" (hey, now I finally know what that term means) is definitely people who get "your", "where/were" and "they're/there/their" wrong. I think it says more about the person if they go, "your lying, your dad where their, I saw him" than if they went, "u goin out 2night??". It's not that hard. I know some people who get it wrong are/could be dyslectic, but the way it looks now, it seems every second person on the internet suffer from dyslexia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another more recent thing that's getting on my nerves is the way people have started to put a space between the exclamation/question mark and the word - like this, "where are you ?!". And I don't get why people do this? Because it's usually the same people who wryt leik dis, and they type like that to save time, right? Then why the hell would they spend extra time on such a minor and useless thing as putting an extra space? I just don't get it. :P

I used to type full sentences (eg. start with a Capital letter, end with punctuation (period or otherwise)) even on IM networks and on IRC. I grew out of that slowly, which might be for the worst. :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do still try and write normally (well, using Capitalization and Punctuation is normal to me, anyway) when I'm on forums, newsgroups and the like, and I haven't had people complain about my style of writing, so I'm assuming I'm doing alright. :)

Meh, I try to use correct grammar/spelling wherever I type, it's simply good manners. If someone would feel the need to talk to me like that I guess most of the time I'd just ignore them...

kk. Seriously, 'kk' is the root of all my sorrows.

 

 

 

It's meant to be an 'abbreviated version of ok'...how?! Just move your damn finger up and right by 0.2cm and press O, because if you get it wrong and overtype you'll be seen as a racist! KK, urgh!! Can't stand it!!

"so u wanna got o the stoer"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats probably how it would come out in irc. But everyone knows it means "So, do you want to go to the store?"

 

 

 

I thought of something else..and that was far away from what it means :lol:

I used to type like it alot on the forums when I first joined, now I only casually talk like it on rs or other games.

Sometimes in game,you have to use "slang" but on forums its not on k

Another more recent thing that's getting on my nerves is the way people have started to put a space between the exclamation/question mark and the word - like this, "where are you ?!". And I don't get why people do this? Because it's usually the same people who wryt leik dis, and they type like that to save time, right? Then why the hell would they spend extra time on such a minor and useless thing as putting an extra space? I just don't get it. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, I do that, sometimes. It draws emphasis to the urgency of the situation, and highlights that it's a ?! - you want an answer now. It's not just a question mark and it's not just an exclamation point. It works if you're asking something urgently... or angrily. :P :D

Its called an ".com/9ayfx]interrobang" and it's a real punctuation ^_^

so eye was all leik ya and den i red dis topic wid all dese pplz, and there all liek y0 y u bs pplz hu talk liek meh, and i wuz all leik "y0 y u bs!??!" so den dem pplx liek banded me :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*sigh* sad and pathetic isnt it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shocking thing is, we all know we've done it at one point or another in time, but yeah its sad