Save The Vowels! Movement

[V3T_ddrultramix3]

Re: Save The Vowels! Movement

Txt tlk is why I feel like an idiot when I talk to people in AIM, Runescape, or any other txt tlk hotspots. At least FFR has some actual typers. I type in a whole sentence with correct punctuation, grammar, and most of the time, spelling, while a ton of others are like, "omg ppls tisnf i lst mi stuf plz gmme sum credz r itmz." I can hardly read that myself. In fact, that took me longer to type. So please people, dont txt tlk. I support 100%.

Sorry for paragraph, I just like to take a couple of minutes to get my thoughts typed.

[GuidoHunter]

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You know, you could always get off your high-horse and realize that not everyone types properly.

Dude, that's the VERY reason why he made this thread. There's no "high horse" about it, either. Typing full words is the norm, the average, the datum. It's not that he's at all above the line, it's that so many more people have sunk to the sewer-dwelling level of text talkers.

Trust me, I went through the exact same phase you did, but believe me, no matter how hard you try, how hard you post, how hard you wine, there's always going to be someone typing improperly.
isn't that right, Squeek?

Nobody actually expects to convert the entire internet into good typists. One at a time is perfectly acceptable for me.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[V3T_ddrultramix3]

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Dude, that's the VERY reason why he made this thread. There's no "high horse" about it, either. Typing full words is the norm, the average, the datum. It's not that he's at all above the line, it's that so many more people have sunk to the sewer-dwelling level of text talkers.



Nobody actually expects to convert the entire internet into good typists. One at a time is perfectly acceptable for me.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

Both points taken. The only people who don't start out typing in full sentences are AIM addicts and/or Myspace junkies, etc. As if, in every day life, you hear people saying "Oh em gee, luk at this new wtch, iznt it teh leet? It wz tunz o buks n teh ntrn3tz. I r soooooooooo gld me gt it omg oh em geee exclaimation mark shift plus wun" (off the top of my head). People really need to figure out that they don't look smart or cool by typing like that. Sure, it may take a while, or it may only get done one person at a time, but at least it will help clean up the overall look of these forums, if not many forums.

Think of people who use more forums than this. This thread could revolutionize grammar on the internet. txt tlker's see this thread and clean up their act. They go to other forums and post about grammar. Then the choin just keeps going. Could happen, but it's just a thought.

Would anyone like to add anything?

[lord_carbo]

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Guido and Squeek and Firefox 2.0 changed me for the better. I could of kept using bad grammer and spelling!

[aimfan101]

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i thnk txt tlkrs r fn nd thy cn tp fastr and not w8 a lng tim to finsh typn lke nglr n th 1st post ther and v3t_ddrultramix3 i cud hrdly red ther posts thre wer so long nd gidohntr r w/e hs name dznt ned to be a smrt alec abut wht ppl can nd cnt do.

[Baka05Carl]

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i thnk txt tlkrs r fn nd thy cn tp fastr and not w8 a lng tim to finsh typn lke v3t_ddrultramix3 ther and nglr n th 1st post i cud hrdly red ther posts thre wer so long

WTF? dude this is what everyone means by this, no one could understand WTH your saying, well I can. Anyway's... tell that to the people your going to work with in the future.


yes I did use WTF and WTH, just because I didn't want to say it, I don't want to get banned.

[V3T_ddrultramix3]

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i thnk txt tlkrs r fn nd thy cn tp fastr and not w8 a lng tim to finsh typn lke nglr n th 1st post ther and v3t_ddrultramix3 i cud hrdly red ther posts thre wer so long nd gidohntr r w/e hs name dznt ned to be a smrt alec abut wht ppl can nd cnt do.

Wow. Talk about hard to read. You shouldn't even be posting in a thread against that kind of typing.

yes I did use WTF and WTH, just because I didn't want to say it, I don't want to get banned.

Well, those don't really count because they are common abbreviations.

*edit* Wow, how stupid. I just noticed the his/her name is aimfan.

[g4z33b0]

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Hahahaha, who the fuck talks like that, seriously?

******s who get no action


grammar insults are bottom of the barrel, it doesn't even matter.

[GuidoHunter]

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Both points taken. The only people who don't start out typing in full sentences are AIM addicts and/or Myspace junkies, etc. As if, in every day life, you hear people saying "Oh em gee, luk at this new wtch, iznt it teh leet? It wz tunz o buks n teh ntrn3tz. I r soooooooooo gld me gt it omg oh em geee exclaimation mark shift plus wun" (off the top of my head). People really need to figure out that they don't look smart or cool by typing like that. Sure, it may take a while, or it may only get done one person at a time, but at least it will help clean up the overall look of these forums, if not many forums.

I was an AOL junkie back when everyone still had Dialup, but I don't remember anyone using text talk online until several years later (possibly when text messaging became more popular). I swear that I didn't use shorthand because nobody else did, and we wrote how people were supposed to write.

I could of kept using bad grammer and spelling!

I know you're joking, but it still hurts.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Engler]

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******s who get no action


grammar insults are bottom of the barrel, it doesn't even matter.

Tibs doesn't care how classy an insult is; he'll just throw it out there.

[jewpinthethird]

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fck yr vwls.

[NarutoFoxDemon]

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Now we know you're joking around jewpin -_-

[ckj846]

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Text talking actually started out of the abbreviations I believe. First it was "lol" and "brb" and then people began to shorten everything else. I used to type with shorthand because I took notes like that in class since it was much quicker and more efficient. But I gradually stopped once I realized that even though I may be able to understand my "txt tlk" gibberish, others may not so easily.

O_o

[NarutoFoxDemon]

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It did, but we are trying to make it so people will say things like "Laugh Out Loud", or "Be Right Back".

[V3T_ddrultramix3]

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I was an AOL junkie back when everyone still had Dialup, but I don't remember anyone using text talk online until several years later (possibly when text messaging became more popular). I swear that I didn't use shorthand because nobody else did, and we wrote how people were supposed to write.

Well, I know for fact I'm younger than you (if that's you in your avatar), so I don't know much about what things used to be like. But since I'm a frequent computer user, I have a basic, if not thorough, understanding of what's going on now.