txt spk

[Rupert Da Fridge]

I know I have been guilty from time to time, but bl$$dy hell ..........

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050941/Th...

[Plotloss]

If one of those appears in my daughters school I may well punch the Head Mistress.

[Rupert Da Fridge]

I couldn't believe my pork pies

[T_Pot]

I suppose, with it being in txt speak, that kids may pay attention more than if it were in proper English. which for the reason the poster is aimed, i can see why they would do it.

in todays age, its important kids are made aware of the dangers of being online.

its just a shame the kids respond more to it than the correct English language

[MrVelox]

London grid for learning what exactly? How to be a lowlife chav?

[mybrainhurts]

Plotloss said:

If one of those appears in my daughters school I may well punch the Head Mistress.

I'll follow that up with an arse kick, if you don't mind...

As I no longer have kids in school...

When I take over, trendy teachers are on the ship to that rock in the South Atlantic...

[sleep envy]

Rupert Da Fridge said:

I couldn't believe my pork pies

it's mince you toby

[Rupert Da Fridge]

sleep envy said:

Rupert Da Fridge said:

I couldn't believe my pork pies

it's mince you toby

It's cockney rhyming txt spk

Pork meaning pig, pig meaning old bill, old bill meaning coppers, coppers meaning coins, coins meaning cash, cash meaning dollar, dollar meaning bad eighties band, bad eighties band meaning arcadia, arcadia meaning burtons, burtons meaning biscuits, biscuits meaning digstives, digestives meaning base for cheesecake, cheesecake is a cake & so is a mince pie...........


I thank you ............

[MrVelox]

Rupert Da Fridge said:

sleep envy said:

Rupert Da Fridge said:

I couldn't believe my pork pies

it's mince you toby

It's cockney rhyming txt spk

Pork meaning pig, pig meaning old bill, old bill meaning coppers, coppers meaning coins, coins meaning cash, cash meaning dollar, dollar meaning bad eighties band, bad eighties band meaning arcadia, arcadia meaning burtons, burtons meaning biscuits, biscuits meaning digstives, digestives meaning base for cheesecake, cheesecake is a cake & so is a mince pie...........


I thank you ............

[ManicMushroom]

lol i bet that took you a long time to figure out

[Rupert Da Fridge]

ManicMushroom said:

lol i bet that took you a long time to figure out

I was dying on my ass, but it fell into place in the end.... phew, face saved!!!

[mrobertshaw]

It reminds me of something my dad used to say. loloaqici82qb4ip

I'm relatively young and i can't understand all that text bks.

[hal-finch]

It's not that hard to understand chaps, come on.

[XJSJohn]

does anyone have a 12 year old dustbin lid that can translate the poster for me ... i don't have a scooby what it is saying!!!

Cheers geez

[Pigeon]

I wreck her nits (a low double ox).

[speedy_thrills]

This whole language evolved around the problem of sending short messages from small mobile devices without a keyboard and limited message length. What happens when someone "solves" the problem?

Boffins we nd u!

Edited to add: That poster was clearly written by people who thought they had learned "txt spk" without ever using it. Even teenagers adept in using this shorthand code will be confused.

Edited by speedy_thrills on Thursday 23 October 06:42

[Biker's Nemesis]

I got to the 3rd line and had to give up.

[filski666]

speedy_thrills said:

This whole language evolved around the problem of sending short messages from small mobile devices without a keyboard and limited message length. What happens when someone "solves" the problem?

Boffins we nd u!

I thought it was solved years ago - I can't remember when I last had a phone that couldn't send linked messages??

I even got rid of my samsung because I couldn't find the apostrophe on it, and it wound me up because my text messages are always fully punctuated. Anybody sends me a message in text speak just gets deleted, fk them - how hard is it to write a sentence?

Another point - even if this "language" started because of lack of space on SMS messages - why do people send me emails written like that? There is no space limit on an email?

Maybe the space limit is in their brains.

[filski666]

how does "on9" mean "online" ? Surely it means "on-nine" ??

thick tossers

[Kurtblythman]

Im 16 and even i cant read them.

Whats wrong with predictive text? Its just as fast and actually makes sense.