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Stan_Lite
30-09-2010, 07:41
Just replied to my niece's Facebook status as below. Does this make me a grumpy old git?

http://r1wuga.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmru7YrFavWiFQmZ5rpYvnjyjmp1dVsjnVivqdPKHi0DkLj6 XcdyCt4ArEnR1vlbG1mDoFMyFODvAMifprfyCq1qrSzHAh9f5/Txtspk.JPG?psid=1
Dymetrie
30-09-2010, 08:01
;D;D;D

Just needs T9 predictive text input :p
Garp
30-09-2010, 08:15
Yes.

Grump on!
Knipples
30-09-2010, 08:31
Dont get me started on a text speak rant!

You aren't being a grumpy old man anymore than I am a grumpy old woman in this case.
Tak
30-09-2010, 08:43
LOL I'd reply the same way :D
Psymonkee
30-09-2010, 08:44
I found it actually hurts a little inside having to read some of the comments on FB :(

Seriously I might just buy everyone a keyboard for Christmas! :(
Will
30-09-2010, 16:17
LOL! luv da msg & pic, cld u pst more plz?
Knipples
30-09-2010, 16:24
*picks up a baseball bat and starts chasing Will* :angry:
Flibster
30-09-2010, 16:32
If that makes you a grumpy old man, I've been a grumpy old man since I was 22...
Jonny69
30-09-2010, 18:43
Good for you, uncle Stan!
Joe 90
30-09-2010, 19:23
nope. I'm only 24 & disappointed if this is what the yoof of today think passes off as English!
semi-pro waster
30-09-2010, 22:06
You may be a grumpy old man but I wouldn't count that as proof of it, it's pretty reasonable to expect people to be able to spell to a decent level - they've got a full keyboard in front of them, why not make use of it properly, get their moneys worth. Before anyone asks that may be the Scot in me coming out, thinking of the extra value to be had from using all the keys rather than just 10 that can spell the most common words. :p
Desmo
01-10-2010, 07:09
Stuff like that is so bloody annoying, I don't even bother trying to read it if I see it most of the time. If I see my neices and nephews writing like that I'd tell them they were being stupid. Grump on!
Darrin
02-10-2010, 01:38
If anyone I was related to did something like that, they would be shamed on every forum I could find. You were gentle about it, Stan. I would have asked for the full name of their last teacher so I could go ask them how in the hell they thought passing my relation out of first grade was a good idea...
Burble
02-10-2010, 04:32
Both of my nephews are allowed by their father to use Facebook (even though they're both strictly speaking under age) and one of the conditions is that he is sees them using text speak at any time they're banned it.