Spelling/Text Language

Not sure if its been posted already.. [havent been on in ages]

I heard that lots of people who Tlk lyk dis Are better spellers that people who write properly. This is because then have to think about how to shorten words. Myself personaly i think this is really stupid. I would have though poeple who write properly would have better spelling.

What do you think?

i dunno, i just type whatever i think first. sometimes i type welll proper other times im just like w/e and type however.

mayb i shud mak a start now?

I don't really believe that, spelling properly is good as spellin like dis, you could pick up a habit and end up spelling obvious words wrong in r/l.

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Originally Posted by x♥x

Not sure if its been posted already.. [havent been on in ages]

I heard that lots of people who Tlk lyk dis Are better spellers that people who write properly. This is because then have to think about how to shorten words. Myself personaly i think this is really stupid. I would have though poeple who write properly would have better spelling.

What do you think?

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Well you spelt people wrong so you should no:P Lol jokin, tht theory dus make sense but i doubt it reli....

I can't see that being right:s

Absolute rubbish.

Haha, thats made up crap. When you talk using text speak, you get used to it and in school start using it. Tis annoying. So I stopped.

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Originally Posted by kkz,

Haha, thats made up crap. When you talk using text speak, you get used to it and in school start using it. Tis annoying. So I stopped.

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Basically what I said m8

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Originally Posted by kkz,

Haha, thats made up crap. When you talk using text speak, you get used to it and in school start using it. Tis annoying. So I stopped.

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What's worse are the people who say "Lol" in real conversations...

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Originally Posted by kkz,

Haha, thats made up crap. When you talk using text speak, you get used to it and in school start using it. Tis annoying. So I stopped.

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Thats what i did, so i decided to change & talk like this.

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Originally Posted by Bear-Max

What's worse are the people who say "Lol" in real conversations...

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Someone i know does that..
It makes you sound and look stupid:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Brandon!

mayb i shud mak a start now?

I don't really believe that, spelling properly is good as spellin like dis, you could pick up a habit and end up spelling obvious words wrong in r/l.

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yeah i agree, its happened to me with a few words, so now i just spell right all the time (well atleast most)

Yeah that aload of rubbish, I used to talk like that and I used it in myEnglish lessons :S so i talk properly or try to now!

I talk properly, I hate slang.

I can sort of see where this theory comes from, as I find that I have to actually think about it if I want to type in txt spk rather than normal type, but I don't think it does actually make you better at spelling. Surely it would just make you more confused about the spelling of real words, and I see so often people having "no" instead of "know" and such in schoolwork because they're so used to typing it like that.

dn0 m8 i just type wateva way i wnt 2 type wen i feel lk it sumtimes peace

I type properly. Can't really stand text/chat speak.

i hate when people assume that if you use text speak you aren't as clever.
some of the cleverest people i know tlk lik diz.
the boy in my school who has won the English Prize every year since he was 11 uses text speak.
so yeah.

i use both, if i cba with talking properly i use "u" and "r" and stuff.