Re: txt spk in posts
 

:disturbd:

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Come and visit here Russ - they all speak like that in Chav Central ;)

Re: txt spk in posts
 

There is another category of abbreviations - such as the TLA and other initials based abbreviations.

FWIW ISTR a list of these somewhere, BICBW
IMHO, they are more difficult than txt spk or h4x0r - since they are impossible to guess.

IIRC, people often confuse this one with IRC - and IRC also means different things to a radio ham or a computer user

Re: txt spk in posts
 

What? Dartford?

:D

Actually, I don't agree with using TXT SPK anywhere apart from Mobile phones. Digital Spy actually now put the following in the quick reply box:



Maybe the mods could do something similar here..

Re: txt spk in posts
 

Nah.... closer to Thurrock than that but one day that tunnel will the way we export all the chavs into central London ;)

Re: txt spk in posts
 

I dunno, there is a fair size Chav population in Dartford.

Maybe they have "leaked" out of thurrock via the Dartford tunnel? :D

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Just one more tunnel that requires some sort of immigration controls LOL ;) Don't worry Stu, she's at her evening class tonight so we are safe for now :p:

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Well just for you two I have bunked off! :D
Actually the worst offender for using text speak is my daughter - who is in her second year at Uni doing a Language and Linguistics degree! :rofl:
What do they teach the kids these days? :rolleyes:
PS I don't live in Thurrock - I just spend way too much time at Lakeside!

Re: txt spk in posts
 

So, getting letters addressed to "
Chimera,
Tesco,
Lakeside Shopping Centre,
Thurrock" was too much? :D

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No, no, no, Chimera is a different member but the clincher was probably when they opened the new "Chimaera Express Checkout" ;) Paid for by her reward points LOL
Not that we aren't :notopic: :p:

Re: txt spk in posts
 

Maybe it's when she realised she could buy a Learjet with her reward points... BTW "Chimera" in my post above should say "Chimaera".

Back on topic. Text Speak is irritating, although abbreviations such as IIRC (If I Remember Correctly) and "FFS" (For f***s sake) are OK for use on the Forums (IMO :D ).

Re: txt spk in posts
 

:wtf: :nono: :mad:

I have no idea where you get these strange ideas form!
Anyway - back on topic - I find text speak is relatively easy to understand in a short text - but lots of it in a post just confuses me! Could be something to do with the advanced age perhaps! ;)