Oh, plz. U just need 2 learn how 2 txt messg ppl!!!!

I read my nephew's paper for his 7th grade English class and it was riddled with text-speech. Poor young kids are ruining their chances to be taken seriously. I hope it wears off.

4 real. keep @ it. Not bad to B a noob.
And make it 30 & v.

I used 2 try 2 txt messg ppl, but it ws 2 hard 4 me! Gave up.

I don't see any big deel. They're developing a new kind of short-hand. We can learn it.

I hate that too! While I am able to type in txt-speak, I much prefer writing in proper english.

And so they can learn ours. There's more of us here anyway.

you can call me under 20 if you want to!! :P

my sister and i text message all day every day and its SOOOOO hard to type my words as words on here!!!!! sorry!!!!!

HA HA!!! U just showed U can do it!!!

That's part of the beauty of message boards, though. You can't control what or how people talk, and there IS a place for reporting abuse...let the rest of it roll off!!
If I wanted to change things, I would ask people to tone down the cussing and bad language. I would ask people to quit taking over topics with their antics.
But that is the way they are - and the antics are funny - soo.... if it's not abusive, let it go...this place is to be shared by EVERYBODY.
You can't control other people's behavior, only your own.
Therapy 101.

And that's 'deal', not 'deel', arahn. See - the subtle effects spread already...

Besides, while the posts from this group only give me mild difficulty, I've been on another group where there's more teens, and - BOY, OH BOY! Some of those posts don't even have the basic grammar in them. And I'm not complaining about improper tenses, possessives, etc. I mean the whole post is one long sentence without any rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes I honestly can't figure out what they wanted to convey. Besides being very distraught, I guess. Either that, or completely illiterate. But I'm guessing too distraught to put in the energy into something (spelling, grammar) that should flow effortlessly if schools were worth a damn. I really feel sorry for these kids (in the other group).

OK, starfish, this is my behavior: I call people on not caring to conform to the outside world. It will happen outside of the board too, so I don't feel guilty. Those who care will change, those who don't will not. I just posted a reminder.

Give me a freaking break! Are you seriously going to point every stupid typo, misspelling, and grammatical error? Get a life. Do you really want me to correct all of your errors?

fyi..... (:D)
another great reason for my spellcheck cause i am obsessive about correcting my mistakes.... if only you knew how long it really takes me to write any message!!! you can tell when I don't care!!! :D
I really do try to care though
(ihave also been to another site where i couldn't make as much sense of things because of grammer and 'lingo'!!!and i do think it was a much younger crowd)

oh yeah..... my problems arent so much with lingo or whatnot..... i have severe problems with my fingers jumbling what my brain sends and i cannot always read what i wrote either but i try and i care but when i mess up its not on purpose and it can make me feel really down when my mistakes show through and someone points it out..... i feel dumb enough and it doesn't mean i don't try or care :(