CB Demands Proper English in Posts!!!, posting using english syntax/textspeak Options

[toodlepops.]

Why do people TYpE lYk d1s, anyway?
It's so hard to type and even harder to read.
So, for the love of God, just learn to type properly. ;]

[Eryi]

I agree with everyone in this topic. It's not worth your time reading posts that are l1Ke TH1Z. It takes up like 10 min. of your life trying to read that crap. I did do it when i was first introduced to AIM or the internet, but it has disimproved my ability to spell correctly these days. You'd see some '1's' on my essays and etc.. You probably get millions of headaches trying to read that stuff.

[Angel_Cece]

Proper English and spelling at ALL times, except the basics: b4, u, @, lol etc.
if its anything too crazy like "wuts ^, lyke that sk8ter boi at da parc wuz so c0Ol." no.. thats annoying. not to mention, hard to read.

[hardbodyactiv]

hmmm...seems like the vast majority who have replied to this thread are sick & tired of ridiculous textspeak...good spelling and grammar is all down to education, so we should excuse that up to a point when its quite obviously not done just to piss others off using a lazy style.

So why does the Admin not do something about it? Surely if CB was cleaned up a bit, it would make everyone's enjoyment in reading and posting, improve.

To have a self policing Forum just leads to petty arguments and the threads get ignored.

If you care that much, like I now do, pm the Admin with this thread title. If it is shown how much people care about this, attention might be shown and something done about it.

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Peace Out

[racoons > you]

you cant actually force people to type a certain ay (freedom of speech infringement?)

still... it would be niceif everyone could type properly

[hardbodyactiv]

you cant actually force people to type a certain ay (freedom of speech infringement?)

still... it would be niceif everyone could type properly

I agree, you cant force them. But if there was a restriction on using textspeak in this Form and people were warned about it by the Mods, but continued in flagrant disregard of the Forum rules, then a ban would be in order.

Thats how you get conformity. And as for Freedon of Speach infringement. Not in the least. People are free to post whatever is deemed PG-13, but it is the style that they post in that is in question here and restricting it does not infringe with anybody's rights under any constitution.

Also, please remember, this Forum is available in every country that allows the use of the Internet. We are not, thankfully, all governed by the Constitution of the USA.


Peace Out

[Soleil]

It does get annoying when people write their comments up filled with mistakes, in a way it shows you dont care. I know we all make mistakes but come on some of them are horrible.

[*FreeStickers*]

Well I try my best on grammars.

I don't have a problem with acronyms like "lol" and "brb." I do it myself. It's bad grammar that gets me, really, like...subject/verb disagreement. *shudder*

[Just_Dream]

Sorry, but I just take it as if the person is trying to be quote-unquote ghetto if they use "textspeak." I've never heard anyone use that term before, but I understand what you're getting at. Although it does bother me at times, I don't go all out flame-mode just because someone can't type. Rather, I try to contribute an answer to whatever question they're asking, ONLY if what they're asking is coherent. You see, even with "textspeak," what those who use that type of language are still capable of forming coherent messages.

There's a difference between "OoOo sHe WuNnA gHeT DoWnZ N MeEH FiNk iSh LyKe WoAhZ N ShTuFf" (I suck at forming incoherent phrases, sorry) and "He LuV'd MeEh En MeEh BrOkE hIs H34rt. MeEh FeEhL sHo SoWwIe."

^ Even if you don't notice it first, there's a noticeable difference between the first phrase (incoherent, imho) and the second phrase (sound it out and it sounds coherent). I don't mind as long as a certain point is addressed or a certain question is being answered that people can easily contribute to. I'm just tired of people only pointing out that they didn't even read the thing because it was incoherent to them. If they didn't even read it, there's not much use in posting. It's not going to change anything. I even had to close a topic a few days ago because there were 10 replies saying virtually the same thing (you can't type; I don't understand; I didn't bother to read)

The only reason why I it doesn't bother me so (as much), that people type in textspeak, is that I used to type like that back in 6th and 7th grade (4-5 years ago). I'm capable of understand what those who type in textspeak are trying to say. I find it rude when someone has a major problem and all someone can say is "Sheesh, learn to spell" or "learn to type" or "I didn't bother reading because everything you said was stupid." I'm not pointing any fingers, but I've seen this happen before. Actually, not just on createBlog, but it's happen a number of times on cB.

Doesn't bother me that much--as long as they're not breaking the rules (such as spamming and flaming).

Although it should be enforced, people are entitled to their own internet lingo. Even if it is annoying to others, it's not something that could be easily stopped.

[EddieV]

Yo We ShOuLD DeF TyPe LyKe DiS

[magicfann]

r0f1 wh03v4r t3h FuXX th07 t15 sh13t Up 15 oN3 fUnNy n1gg4!!!!!!11111oneoneoneononeoneoneleven 0MGWTFUXBBQSAUCE~!!!!?????!111ELEVEN

[lilangryaznangel]

r0f1 wh03v4r t3h FuXX th07 t15 sh13t Up 15 oN3 fUnNy n1gg4!!!!!!11111oneoneoneononeoneoneleven 0MGWTFUXBBQSAUCE~!!!!?????!111ELEVEN

I hate it when people write in L337 (Leet). It gets very annoying trying to figure out which letter are they tring to communicate to me. so please refrain from it.

[pinacoolada]

^ hah. same. it bothers me.

[Rachel]

Yo We ShOuLD DeF TyPe LyKe DiS

YOooO i AgReEzIe!

[no-name]

I hate it when people write in L337 (Leet). It gets very annoying trying to figure out which letter are they tring to communicate to me. so please refrain from it.

agreed

[KissMe2408]

ah. . . who brought up this topic again?


No matter what you do there will be people in the world who type with the mixture of caps and lowercase in a single word. However, most of them do grow out of this phase. It only lasts for a short amount of time anyway.
If it bothers you, don't read it. Or let me rephrase that: Try to read it.
It doesn't exactly show maturity when they type like that, but again, they usually grow out of it. Kinda like when girls grow out of dotting their i's with hearts or bubble circles. (c'mon, I know a lot of you have done that in elementary school).
So, yes then a new generation of typers emerge that can't type whatsoever, so the best thing to do is ignore it and wait until they grow out of it.
If it bothers you so much, well...I guess the best thing to do would be hang around places were you are able to find less kids that type like that.

[*Weird addiction*]

Yo We ShOuLD DeF TyPe LyKe DiS

I w@nN@ eFfInG fcUK y0U r19Ht n0W.

[bballchick1]

I definitely agree that people should type properly, with the exceptions of the basic lol, omg, lmao, etc. at a minimum!!

I think for people that type badly often should get warned.

It gets annoying, honestly.

[AngelinaTaylor]

Well it's up to you, really. You wanna be seen as an idiot - type like an idiot.

[jue]

It gets annoying when I have to read like a whole paragraph when it's in stickycaps/all caps/or when numbers are subsituted for letters. At times, online I would talk to some of my friends using stickycaps just for the heck of it. I don't know how they do it. It takes me forever. It's easier for me to type normally, but it could be different for others. They might find typing in stickycaps to be easier. =|

[wildncrazyath3rt]

kinda makes sence.. bc u can understand it.. lol

[marzipan]

i'd rather have someone type where it's actually legible instead of doing this crap: OMG LiKE i tOtaLlY wOUdNT dOO tH@T.

[technicolour]

English all the way.

[forza]

^ That's a pretty awesome smilie.

[xlilaznchickx]

i dont think i really matters....if the ppl wanna type like that then let em....i mean if its readable i think its ok...but if u cant read it...well then uh..yea..