ppl or people

[Stratos]

My English teacher would [img]graemlins/rambo.gif[/img] me if he saw me using ppl or ur. [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]

Besides if you are somewhat skilled in typing you can type faster than you can talk and in real live conversation we don´t use abbreviasions too, except for companies, organisations and such, so what´s the rush. I agree that it is VERY annoying when you see a line like this: Y R U typn lik this.

[ 03-10-2003, 07:08 AM: Message edited by: Stratos ]

[Gangrell]

Thanks Grojlach.

[Grojlach]

On a similar note...

Student writes essay in text message form

Education experts say literacy could be damaged by text messaging after a pupil handed in an essay written in text shorthand.
The 13-year-old girl submitted the essay to a teacher in a state secondary school in the west of Scotland.
She said she found it "easier than standard English", reports the Daily Telegraph.
Her teacher, who asked not to be named, said: "I could not believe what I was seeing. The page was riddled with hieroglyphics, many of which I simply could not translate."
The teenager's essay began: "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kds FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc."
Translation: "My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York, it's a great place."
Judith Gillespie, of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, said a decline in standards of grammar and written language was partly linked to the craze. "There must be rigorous efforts from all quarters of the education system to stamp out the use of texting as a form of written language so far as English study is concerned."
Dr Cynthia McVey, a psychology lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, said texting was second nature to a generation of young people. "They don't write letters, so sitting down to write or type an essay is unusual and difficult. They revert to what they feel comfortable with - texting is attractive and uncomplicated."

Source: Ananova

Can you say "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"?

[WillowIX]

Groj, good post! Typing "ne1" makes my eyes go like this

Starshadow, their/there/they´re is another matter. They all sound the same and if you are not very familiar with the English language it is very easy to make mistakes. Therefore I hold absolutely no grudge towards people misspelling those words. [img]smile.gif[/img] I made a similar mistake on a French board once. French is not my mother tongue so of course I don´t speak it as well as say Moiraine or Luvian. So the misuse of their/they´re/there is not from laziness IMO.

[slicer15]

Essays in text?? Please no! Stamp it out! Now!
My sister uses abbreviations exactly like that (text language) when chatting to her friends on MSN. GRR!! I can't understand half the things she writes! (When I glance over). And the worst thing is, HER FRIENDS USE IT TOO!!!
AAAAAAAAARGH!!! (TO concur with Grojlach )

[Horatio]

o come on ppl, its jst da yunga guyz avin a lol. No nd 2 get so pvd at ne1 hu uses dese fings

[Rikard_OHF]

geez even i only use the more commen more logical ones [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[John D Harris]

I hate abrevations, I mean there already are perfectly good words that have specific meanings and now I have to learn what the abrevations are.

[Gangrell]

I can take a certain number of abbreviations, but filling out pages or sentences at a time is ridiculous, but if this keeps it, it may become a new language [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]

[Lord Starshadow]

Originally posted by WillowIX: Starshadow, their/there/they´re is another matter. They all sound the same and if you are not very familiar with the English language it is very easy to make mistakes. Therefore I hold absolutely no grudge towards people misspelling those words. [img]smile.gif[/img] I made a similar mistake on a French board once. French is not my mother tongue so of course I don´t speak it as well as say Moiraine or Luvian. So the misuse of their/they´re/there is not from laziness IMO.

Well, if English isn't a person's native language, then I tend to cut people some slack. But people whose native tongue is English really have no excuse, since it's what they say and write every day. Sometimes people make typos (I know sometimes I may type one instead of the other), but when they use the wrong form ten times in the same conversation, then it just reflects badly on them.

Then again, you are talking to the person who corrects his friends' spellings in IM conversations.