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No txt speak here please!
June 23, 2006, 10:15:56 am

Like it says, please type in proper english.

Txt spk is annoying and is not helpful for anyone searching the forum at a later date.

If you can't be bothered to type full words out then please don't bother posting.


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#1 Re: No txt speak here please!
June 23, 2006, 10:28:23 am
sorry mate :spank:

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#2 Re: No txt speak here please!
June 23, 2006, 10:37:37 am
Waddage points awarded to Bubba.  I absolutely abhor text speak, I just feel it shows a lack of respect for the reader; forcing them decrypt the bloody stuff to compensate for the author's laziness.  Though I realise that I am perhaps a little oversensitive when it comes to matters of spelling and semantics.   A job that largely comprises reading and writing chemistry patent specifications does that to a man, maybe I should just retire to Daily Mail Island....

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#3 Re: No txt speak here please!
June 23, 2006, 11:27:21 am
 :agree:

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#4 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 29, 2007, 08:50:53 pm
 :agree:I thought it was done without thumbs... and without that heel hook.

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#5 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 29, 2007, 08:54:48 pm
Nice one Bubbs, it drives me mad too m8.
I mentioned it once on UKC and got pineapples shoved up my arse.  UKC fothermuckers

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#6 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 08:01:49 am
I've banned myself from posting on UKC. It's full of utter cunts.

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#7 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 09:49:06 am
Hey Bubba, I hate txt speek. One thing though, will I get my wrists slapped (or negative kama) if I use old fashioned abbreviations ie -ve , btw, etc...

It's just I have gained a few abbreviations whilst writing notes at Uni and I can't quite shake them (or sometimes can't spell the long word  :( )

I've already gained -ve karma from my hubby when he thought I was dissing him  :'(

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#8 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 05:32:27 pm
I've banned myself from posting on UKC. It's full of utter cunts.

I stopped even looking at it about 2 years ago.

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#9 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 05:33:14 pm
Hey Bubba, I hate txt speek. One thing though, will I get my wrists slapped (or negative kama) if I use old fashioned abbreviations ie -ve , btw, etc...

It's just I have gained a few abbreviations whilst writing notes at Uni and I can't quite shake them (or sometimes can't spell the long word  :( )

I've already gained -ve karma from my hubby when he thought I was dissing him  :'(
Some is fine, it's just when you get whole messages in it it can drive you mad. Not really much of a problem here but has been on the gaming forum i run.

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#10 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 07:35:08 pm
How do you have the time to run UKB, UKCaving, gaming stuf etc????  I barely have time to sit on UKB all day :lol:

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#11 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 08:17:35 pm

The gaming forum is small and runs itself and ukb doesn't need a lot of time everyday. ukcaving.com is the most time consuming because i have to do quite a lot of moderation and user issues.

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#12 Re: No txt speak here please!
November 30, 2007, 09:21:29 pm
Bubba. What are you doing caving? I thought we just bouldered because we didn't want to get scared. I used to like Malham until they started cave diving under it. The mad fuckers gave me the willies!

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#13 Re: No txt speak here please!
December 01, 2007, 06:55:40 am

Well I don't really boulder or cave at the moment - i'm not really the right shape for either these days ;)

 

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