Other Does anyone else dislike text slang?

[Rock And Roll Boy]

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<span style="font-size:14px;">I am quite old fashioned, even though I'm only eighteen. Whenever I see a 'tbh' or 'lol', I cringe or silently sigh. Worst yet, if I see </span><span style="font-size:14px;"><em>another </em></span><span style="font-size:14px;">slang term, I have to go and look up the definition. I hate that with a burning passion. Please say I'm not the only person who wishes that people would type normally.</span>


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[yuckeroni]

i used to be like you. i used to DESPISE text slang and i was a real stickler for grammar, sentence structure, etc. etc.. eventually i reached a point where i just gave up because people should live their lives however they want, and they dont need more people shoving themselves down their throats because of the way they type. now, i feel like the different ways people type actually give personality and character, and it's interesting!


plus it's just a lot easier for me when im on my phone and using one hand to type out short sentences.

 

[Durandal]

[QUOTE="Rock And Roll Boy]
I am quite old fashioned, even though I'm only eighteen. Whenever I see a 'tbh' or 'lol', I cringe or silently sigh. Worst yet, if I see another slang term, I have to go and look up the definition. I hate that with a burning passion. Please say I'm not the only person who wishes that people would type normally.

[/QUOTE]
I would say I agree almost completely... except that short-hand and acronyms and poor grammar do serve one important purpose! They help identify those who take shortcuts and are lazy, thus allowing you to move on and find someone with more pride in what they write!

 

[LennyTheMemeGod]

[QUOTE="Rock And Roll Boy]
I am quite old fashioned, even though I'm only eighteen. Whenever I see a 'tbh' or 'lol', I cringe or silently sigh. Worst yet, if I see another slang term, I have to go and look up the definition. I hate that with a burning passion. Please say I'm not the only person who wishes that people would type normally.

[/QUOTE]
You're not the only one, bud.

 

[StoneWolf18]

I HATE texting abbreviations. It hurts my mind to read and trying to figure out what the 15 letter long acronym you just used means. And to actually type that way... I couldn't bring myself to do it.

 

[rebandvodka]

No way, you are most definitely not alone there. I myself am considerably 'old fashioned' when it comes to this as well and I'm only fifteen! Haha, but I do completely see where you are coming from. Not only is it difficult having to spend time trying to figure out what on Earth all of these abbreviations and slang terms mean but I really just don't see the point. I find that it takes just as much time to completely spell out-- especially simple, short-- words and form a correct sentence rather than removing letters from everything.


I know someone who does this with even the smallest of words. For example, they will literally go to the extent of turning the word 'my' into just 'm'.. and 'the', for some reason, just becomes 'th'. Imaginably, I despise texting this person.

 

[yuckeroni]

lol

 

[Dark Half]

Depends on the time and place. If we are roleplaying, I don't tolerate it. if it's a normal conversation, I don't mind.

 

[Lilthe]

I have no problem with slang or "txt talk." When I was in my teens I was a monster when it came to grammar and spelling. If you typed poorly in front of me I would have ripped into you lol. Now, I've grown up and realized the way you type does not equal intelligence. What's important, in my opinion, is knowing when to type properly and when slacking is OK. I use "txt talk" all the time. If I'm talking to friends or hanging out on a website there's no real need to type like I'm trying to write a book. Shrug~

 

[LennyTheMemeGod]

I have no problem with slang or "txt talk." When I was in my teens I was a monster when it came to grammar and spelling. If you typed poorly in front of me I would have ripped into you lol. Now, I've grown up and realized the way you type does not equal intelligence. What's important, in my opinion, is knowing when to type properly and when slacking is OK. I use "txt talk" all the time. If I'm talking to friends or hanging out on a website there's no real need to type like I'm trying to write a book. Shrug~

I'm going to have to agree with this, actually.

 

[cokemonster]

kek

 

[SquishyBWaifu]

I find myself stuck in the middle to be honest. Sometime when your in a rush, the slang can help get the point across. At the same time there are some world that irk the living heck out of me. One of them being YOLO.

 

[Rock And Roll Boy]

kek

What the f*ck?

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

It really depends on the situation. If it's just a casual conversation, I don't really care, but it irritates me when it's used for something a little more "formal". I don't use it at all, beyond a smiley face or so, but that's just personal preference. If it gets to the point that I can't read what you're writing, though, I really don't want to continue the conversation.

 

[RememberTheName]

In role-play's it's not something I like to see, but in a conversation I am perfectly fine with it being used sparingly.

 

[Myxyzptlk]

I wouldn't call putting a proper sentence together as "Old School" as it is just the proper way of doing it. When I was nine a typical sentence in a chat bar looked like this "Thx 4 tht man." I probably would've continued to do so had it not been for me getting tired of being criticized by some dumbass middle schooler who contradicted their own argument by doing this "You Can't Even Spell Thanks Noob." I'll tell you this much, humans NEGLECT change. Changing a persons belief is near impossible if you aren't able to convince someone. And you'll seriously have to convince them, you won't be able to change your friends opinion on their favorite band simply because you dislike that certain band and you'd be insane to try and change someones sentence structure. Now try to change someones aspect of religion on the internet, it won't work unless you're VERY convincing because that person doesn't know you. Eventually the only thing you're left to do is overlook it, and that seems to do the trick...

 

[Kazu]

I'm more in-between, really. Many of my close friends I talk to use text slang, but most times they're just being goofballs and lovable idiots. In real life though, they're smart people and I have no doubt that they're any less intelligent than me just for using text words like "omg and "tbh". If someone were to look through our chats, a lot more "MMM HONEY" than the typical "lol" would be seen.


I must admit when I was younger I used to look down on a lot of other people who didn't grammar or spell correctly. A little part of me is still like that, but since meeting these friends of mine I've grown quite accustomed to it. I was a grammar nazi and I'd chew someone's ear off for using bad grammar - like doing the usual slip up of "me and my friend" versus "my friend and I". I'm a bit ashamed of myself 'cause I used to be one of those hoity-toity people who tried to type like I was writing a book and walked around like I owned the place.


The only time I'd get really bothered by the slang is when I'm trying to have a serious conversation with that person. It's kinda hard to do that through text though.

 

[Woebegone]

I only use text slangs when in OoC and that's also if I'm using a mobile! I dislike using it and I dislike seeing it around but I understand where and when it's needed.


TBH (clever), as long as it's not within an IC post or overused in an OoC, then it won't grind my gears.

 

[An Unknown Person]

top kek

 

[kibou]

I used to be a stickler for grammar and I'd thought that people who used text talk were less intelligent, but I also used to think I was a lot better than other people for a lot of silly reasons.


Also, you don't know true pain until you have a flip phone in your 2015-2016 senior year of high school. Text talk evolved for a reason, and that reason is ease and speed. Typing more than a few sentences on a flip phone that you have to press the same buttons multiple times on to get one letter is honestly a pain in the ass. Of course, most people don't have that problem anymore, but the language that was popularized stayed.


I'm also one of those people who gets annoyed when people say that "funner" isn't a "real word." Language changes and evolves over time- back when "thou" and "thee" were still used and the proper usage of "you" was to refer to multiple people, lots of people fought against "you" being used in a singular fashion. Now it's considered proper. Grammar and dictionaries describe language and how it works, they don't make language.


There's a lot of different nuances to text talk that I personally really enjoy. You can use it and emoticons to convey different things in a voiceless method that doesn't have pitch and tone to do that for you.


It can also signal formality, etc. If someone typed in perfect grammar and syntax with no internet slang at all but it was supposed to be a really casual conversation, I might suspect they were displeased with me/the conversation in some way. Actually, it's kinda funny, I had a friend who I could tell if they were angry depending on how they typed and whether or not they used slang, and my predictions based on those things had been accurate for this particular individual.


I don't like it at all in roleplay or literature, but normal conversation is fine. I use it all the time. It's still easier to type "tbh" that "to be honest."


I could see the problem with not understanding the wide variety of acronyms, but in my experience after being in certain friend groups long enough you can naturally pick up on different meanings and nuances. Sometimes I have to look up an acronym if i've never seen it before but sometimes it's intuitive. I've never looked up "tbf" before but I know it means "to be frank/fair." Social circles tend to use the same slang, so after a little bit I can communicate just fine.


Sometimes you can even tell what sort of online communities someone is from by the slang and acronyms they use, which I think is really fascinating!


But I'm aware that some people might find it more troublesome or difficult or look stuff up or just intuitively get it.


This ended up being super long so I'm gonna end it here.


basically my point is


tl;dr i think slang is really interesting, contains a lot of nuance, and that language evolves and it's cool!


but if people don't wanna use it because it's bothersome thats cool too

 

[ApfelSeine]

I generally type out most words when I'm texting. It's made even easier by the fact that Android phones have this neat slidy keyboard. Though sometimes it does result in some strange typos.


I do use 'lol' sometimes though. I think the main reason is that I tend to use "ha ha" somewhat sarcastically, while I use "lol" to add levity or show that I'm joking about something. When I actually laugh, I put it in all caps, or preface it with "omg". Other than that, the only other abbreviation I use is "imo" I'm not sure why that one in particular. I guess express my opinion enough that it became worth it to shorten it.


I don't use text speak when I want to be taken seriously, which is most of the time. I find that text speak is not particularly annoying to me when I see other people using it, but in lengthy conversations it does get annoying to have to interpret a whole string of abbreviations.

 

[Frede]

I'm in between! I only use some slang, but strictly for ooc chats only but yeah, I prefer to stick on complete normal words.


But yeah, some slang(s) like yolo, tbh and smh kinda tick me off

 

[Ecstasyia]

Honestly, it doesn't bother me. It's just used to shorten some words, especially during text messages and etc. My problem is when it's used for a whole sentence. Using abbreviations doesn't mean I'm not intelligent, it just means that enjoy using them. Nothing more, nothing less. You have to understand that this is the generation we are in, and text abbreviations will and can be used. It's just our day and age.

 

[sonder]

I generally type out most words when I'm texting. It's made even easier by the fact that Android phones have this neat slidy keyboard. Though sometimes it does result in some strange typos.
I do use 'lol' sometimes though. I think the main reason is that I tend to use "ha ha" somewhat sarcastically, while I use "lol" to add levity or show that I'm joking about something. When I actually laugh, I put it in all caps, or preface it with "omg". Other than that, the only other abbreviation I use is "imo" I'm not sure why that one in particular. I guess express my opinion enough that it became worth it to shorten it.

Agreed. I agree about the "lol" vs ha ha"...and the Swypke keyboards, have actually reduced my spelling errors dramatically. I guess I was never a good tester.


I don't hate texting language. I think there is a time and place for it's limited use. Roleplay, Emails, Formal Communications - No. Informal quick communications, used sparingly with limited range of motion/typing ability - yes.

 

[torakiji]

Haaaaaaaaaate.