is english extinct????

[tonynufc]

why are people on these forums using text talk???? it boils my p**s. when i see any post thats done using text talk i dont even try to read it. isn't it about time it was banned mods.

[uk sea tackle]

Ban it i say or put some sort of forum rule in place to stop it from happening.

[Stewart 1971]

why are people on these forums using text talk???? it boils my p**s. when i see any post thats done using text talk i dont even try to read it. isn't it about time it was banned mods.

Have to agree, but then I'm the sort of sad individual that puts proper punctuation including apostrophes in text messages

[tonynufc]

Have to agree, but then I'm the sort of sad individual that puts proper punctuation including apostrophes in text messages

nothing sad about that mate, it just costs you more

[KeithB]

I'm banning sentences that don't start with a capital letter

[tonynufc]

i'm banning sentences that don't start with a capital letter

[waldof]

Totally agree, if it's in "text speak", I don't bother to read it!

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

It does irritate me as well but where do you stop ,we'll end up moderasting spelling and punctuation ...... nt ezy ye kna

[snatcher]

why are people on these forums using text talk???? it boils my p**s. when i see any post thats done using text talk i dont even try to read it. isn't it about time it was banned mods.

Sign of the times Tony,its the way language is heading. What do you do ? Well I accept it but am not keen!!!!!! We have to communicate to each other.

Times have changed Tony. Back in my junior school back in the early sixties if you spelt a word incorrectly you got "six of the best". Got strapped and it hurt.

Spelling in not taught properly to the kids these days so they get lazy. Its not their fault,its the system. Its the kids I feel sorry for. They cannot put proper sentences together and my mate who works in HR(Personnel to us old guys) has actually had job applications in text talk :-O now how stupid or misguided were those kids.

Well any young ones want to to respond to this and what do you think about it? Replying in text talk is not KOOL. It will just show you up. Really have a go to respond in proper English and check your spelling first. This is not a PSIS take from me by the way,its just the way we seem to be heading.

An idea young ones. Give two responses

A in mumbo text

B in proper English if you can.

Tony will give you marks out of ten

Go for it

John

[5150]

John,

Missing spaces before/after punctuation marks, erroneous spaces, 'in' instead of 'is', 'COOL' not 'KOOL', missing colon, missing full-stops.

7/10, Good Effort but no gold star!

[tonynufc]

well any young ones want to to respond to this and what do you think about it? Replying in text talk is not kool. It will just show you up. Really have a go to respond in proper english and check your spelling first. This is not a psis take from me by the way,its just the way we seem to be heading.

An idea young ones. Give two responses

a in mumbo text

b in proper english if you can.

Tony will give you marks out of ten

go for it

john

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Two cracking replies ,nice one lads .

[northeast1]

a ws oot tonite bt it ws so cld ma fingas froz off, tbh a dnt knw y i ws oot as nowt doin in ta c.

Thik a b bk ta mora tho.

[CHOPPER]

Nice thread, I also can't stand text talk and like the rest of you it puts me off reading the post! Maybe I am just getting old though!!

[northeast1]

I am young and i hate it so dont feel that bad