Am I the only one who hates the "IM Speak?"
05-05-04, 08:31 PM
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Am I the only one who hates the "IM Speak?"
I noticed this in at least five or six topics on this one page alone.
For example:
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
We need some kind of filter that will convert this into English.
I wish people could just type in plain normal speak, with capital letters and real grammar. I don't mind occasional mispellings but jeez I hate the "IM speak."
For example:
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
We need some kind of filter that will convert this into English.
I wish people could just type in plain normal speak, with capital letters and real grammar. I don't mind occasional mispellings but jeez I hate the "IM speak."
05-05-04, 08:38 PM
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I talk like that in online games I play.
But not here. At bikeforums I actually take the time to see if I spelled things correctly.
Ex. of my speech in an online game:
OMG, dey r coming frum thr brije!1!!! sum1 helo mw!!!
But not here. At bikeforums I actually take the time to see if I spelled things correctly.
Ex. of my speech in an online game:
OMG, dey r coming frum thr brije!1!!! sum1 helo mw!!!
05-05-04, 08:43 PM
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I used to hate this style of speech so much that during high-intensity situations in games, I would stick to using "proper" grammar:
"Enemy left! Cover me while I - " *BAM* (This is where I die because I took too long standing around typing while everyone else was shooting.)
So now I use abbreviated speech when I have to, but only when I absolutely have to. When I'm playing games, most of the time I'll type in all lowercase letters and omit transitional words and such.
"Enemy left! Cover me while I - " *BAM* (This is where I die because I took too long standing around typing while everyone else was shooting.)
So now I use abbreviated speech when I have to, but only when I absolutely have to. When I'm playing games, most of the time I'll type in all lowercase letters and omit transitional words and such.
05-05-04, 08:45 PM
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this is the worst one i've seen by far
"oh ya tat ll get firt pirze
stupd kiddies tioday all fortot tha please n thanks
evil - won make me nop betta a ridn - but is be luky ta win
THANK YU "
I don't even understand it!
"oh ya tat ll get firt pirze
stupd kiddies tioday all fortot tha please n thanks
evil - won make me nop betta a ridn - but is be luky ta win
THANK YU "
I don't even understand it!
05-05-04, 08:48 PM
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In games I play I just use the voice-comm.
haha.. "won make me nop betta a ridn - but is be luky ta win"
Our society is going to hell.
haha.. "won make me nop betta a ridn - but is be luky ta win"
Our society is going to hell.
05-05-04, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JasBike
Our society is going to hell.
05-05-04, 09:18 PM
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Yes...quite simply yes. I hate kiddie script even when it was first starting on bbses almost 20 years ago.
05-05-04, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mindbogger
HAHAHA is it that much harder to spend some time and add in the extra letter or two? People are just making it harder to read and understand and for what? So they could save themselves a extra 5 secs max?
I've watched people typing like that, and the time they spend moving all over the keyboard makes up for the lesser amount of keystrokes. Good typists will burn Kiddy typists anyday. Keyboard were meant to type real English.
Society is screwed.
05-05-04, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by forum*rider
I talk like that in online games I play.
But not here. At bikeforums I actually take the time to see if I spelled things correctly.
Ex. of my speech in an online game:
OMG, dey r coming frum thr brije!1!!! sum1 helo mw!!!
But not here. At bikeforums I actually take the time to see if I spelled things correctly.
Ex. of my speech in an online game:
OMG, dey r coming frum thr brije!1!!! sum1 helo mw!!!
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05-05-04, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JasBike
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
We need some kind of filter that will convert this into English.
We need some kind of filter that will convert this into English.
Code:
#687:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/7)[/tmp]% echo "This is what standard English looks like when parsed through the jive text formatter." | jroff Dis be whut standard English looks likes when parsed drough de JIBE text fo'matter. Ah be baaad... #688:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/7)[/tmp]% echo "This is what standard English looks like when parsed through the Swedish Chef speak text formatter." | sroff Thees is vhet stunderd Ingleesh luuks leeke-a vhee persed thruoogh zee Svedeesh Cheff speek text furmetter. Bork Bork Bork!
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05-05-04, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by HammerTheHill
Oh wow..i'd love a copy of your script of IRC 
Code:
#707:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/7)[/tmp]% lex sroff.l #708:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/7)[/tmp]% gcc -ll -o sroff lex.yy.c #709:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/7)[/tmp]% echo "You create Swedish Chef talk by passing a string to it through stdin." | sroff Yuoo creete-a Svedeesh Cheff telk by pesseeng a streeng tu it thruoogh stdeen. Bork Bork Bork!
At anyrate, you can find copies of sroff and jroff in my codebits directory on my website.
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Originally Posted by JasBike
I noticed this in at least five or six topics on this one page alone.
For example:
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
We need some kind of filter that will convert this into English.
I wish people could just type in plain normal speak, with capital letters and real grammar. I don't mind occasional mispellings but jeez I hate the "IM speak."
For example:
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
We need some kind of filter that will convert this into English.
I wish people could just type in plain normal speak, with capital letters and real grammar. I don't mind occasional mispellings but jeez I hate the "IM speak."
if it bugs you so much you might want to change your sig "breakin'"...sound prety coloquial to me boss
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There is a big difference between slang and child talk.
05-06-04, 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JasBike
I've watched people typing like that, and the time they spend moving all over the keyboard makes up for the lesser amount of keystrokes. Good typists will burn Kiddy typists anyday. Keyboard were meant to type real English.
Society is screwed.
Society is screwed.
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This tread would make Raiyn very happy!
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He's still around, just not as often!
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Originally Posted by midwestmntnbkr
You said it all there!! I hate trying to read that crap. People are just so damned lazy and try to short-cut everything these days. It's irritating.
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[QUOTE=MERTON]
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
QUOTE]
it would take me longer to type this " it wud tke me lnger to typ dis" .. so i type like this.
Yes, but it takes US twice or even 3 times as long to figure out what you're writing. If you're here to ask questions and advice, play by the rules!
Later
Originally Posted by JasBike
"hi i am nu 2 dis and i wuz wunderin if u guyz cud help wid sumtin..." etc. etc.
QUOTE]
it would take me longer to type this " it wud tke me lnger to typ dis" .. so i type like this.
Later
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