Comments on: Calm down, take a deep breath and count to 10.

By: za decu

za decu — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:58:17 +0000

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By: Gez

Gez — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:48:00 +0000

You’ve imagined it, anonymous. I don’t make mistakes. Its all in you’re mind.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:41:00 +0000

You should change the

"who use "txt spk" or it's more hardcore cousin..."

(it's/its)

before someone notices!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:28:00 +0000

lol.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:12:00 +0000

Ah yes. Txt lingo. Anything that is more annoying than the Brummie accent gets all that it deserves.

I truly do hate this phenomenon. Thankfully I am fortunate enough that none of my friends pollute my mobile/inbox with this idiotic tripe.

Can you imagine receiving something as facile as the following example from one of your (male) friends, a passage of lingo I imagine 'graces' the inboxes of hundreds of thousands of people the country over week after week after week?

'Hi m8 howz trix?! U gud? Off 2 town 2nite if u fancy it. Evry 1s cmin. Txt bk x'

1) I'm not your 'm8'. If I was you sure as hell wouldn't be texting me like that.

2) How's 'trix'? How do you think you prat. You destroy my faith in fellow man with your crap message and expect me to be ok?

3) 'U gud'? No I'm not. As above.

4) Ha ha. HA HA HA. And I'd want to hang out with you because...?

5) Same goes for your mates. Or, as is more likely, maaaaates.

6) Oh. My. Goodness. Please don't put a kiss at the end of your message. If I didn't want to stab you in the eye before I certainly do now.

Just makes you want to self-harm doesn't it?

Oh, and here's a question. Is it more acceptable for a woman to use this abhorrent form of communication than a bloke? Is it 'cute'? Be honest; if some bird you wanted to get into texted you like that would you forgive and forget? Would you embrace it even?

Well I'll tell you what.

I'd crack her in the mouth and that would be that.

I hope you can say the same.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:58:00 +0000

The whole thing is tiresome. Even my father texts me with phrases such as "how r u?"

I have asked him to stop doing so several times.

Apparently, it's "easier". Let's examine that claim a moment, shall we? First of all, easy doesn't always equate to good. Second, it's not; with predictive text switched on, it's the same number of key presses to get 'you' (3) and 'u' (s,t,u = 3).

Gez's encouragement, coupled with Tom's example, show a steely determination we should all follow.