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Can we make txtspk a bannable offence?

therecklessone · 2005-01-29 15:42:27

Well, can we? Case for the prosecution

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29-01-2005 4:42pm

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Well, can we?

Case for the prosecution

Post edited by Shield on December 2021

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#2 29-01-2005 4:52pm
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Hear hear!

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#3 29-01-2005 4:52pm
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i agree, it's gone on long enough i hate the "txt speak" with a passion.

should make it punishable in by death penalty

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#4 29-01-2005 4:56pm
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Here here ban it.

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#5 29-01-2005 4:57pm
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i add my support

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#6 29-01-2005 4:59pm
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i disagree, txt tlk is convenient and quicker lol

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#7 29-01-2005 5:00pm
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fitzer666 wrote:

i disagree, txt tlk is convenient and quicker lol

So is lethal injection.

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#8 29-01-2005 5:01pm
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fitzer666 wrote:

i disagree, txt tlk is convenient and quicker lol

get out :mad:

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#9 29-01-2005 5:02pm
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yea well i tink a ban on people usin it wd b jus plain stupid wb

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#10 29-01-2005 5:02pm
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fitzer666 wrote:

i disagree, txt tlk is convenient and quicker lol

You've a full keyboard infront of you!

txt spk is terrible.

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#11 29-01-2005 5:02pm
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Amz wrote:

So is lethal injection.

Thats one course of action I'd prefer to prolong Amz, certainly in this case.

Slow and painful...

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#12 29-01-2005 5:05pm
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On second thoughts...

Can we somehow make any post containing this bastardisation of the English langauge move to The Thunderdome?

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#13 29-01-2005 5:05pm
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Please make it happen, pleaseohplease

I'll subscribe if you do

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#14 29-01-2005 5:07pm
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y shud we bother, its pointless, im lazy and feel im betr a tlkin like dis

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#15 29-01-2005 5:10pm
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fitzer666 wrote:

im lazy and feel im betr a tlkin like dis

Straight from the horse's mouth, and based on what you've had to say so far, I'd hate to see you try not using txtspk...

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#16 29-01-2005 5:13pm
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nice try, im tryin 2 defend my cause, not go witout it

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#17 29-01-2005 5:14pm
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dnt bn it u spas

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#18 29-01-2005 5:17pm
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ethnic cleansing time!

cleansing being the correct term

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#19 29-01-2005 5:17pm
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dts wt im tlkin bout

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#20 29-01-2005 5:21pm
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fitzer666 wrote:

dts wt im tlkin bout

Sorry, I haven't a clue what language you are speaking.

Can anyone translate?

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#21 29-01-2005 5:22pm
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he said "kill me, quickly before I have a chance to hurt anybody else"

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#22 29-01-2005 5:23pm
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I am for text speak. It is quick and easy, and AFAIK you can look up any defn. on google or dictionary.com

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#23 29-01-2005 5:28pm
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snapscan1212p wrote:

I am for text speak. It is quick and easy, and AFAIK you can look up any defn. on google or dictionary.com

defn or defn. doesn't give me a definition on Google or dictionary.com. Did you mean "definite"?

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#24 29-01-2005 5:29pm
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no s*** sherlock

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#25 29-01-2005 5:30pm
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textspeak is not quick and easy, you are just slow and stupid.

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#26 29-01-2005 6:03pm
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here here! and while were at it can we ban people who use me and my wrong all the time too!!!

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#27 29-01-2005 6:13pm
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I'll bet you'll find that those who hate it are either old (25+), poor at math, or both.

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#28 29-01-2005 6:14pm
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ffs, I completely agree. was trying to read messages on my brother's phone and got a headache after getting through the second one :-p EVERY SINGLE WORD, feckin' awful!

It is what it's.

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#29 29-01-2005 6:20pm
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fitzer666 wrote:

i disagree, txt tlk is convenient and quicker lol

Yes... quicker and convenient when you're being limited to 160 characters... I actually refuse to use "txtspk" even when I'm "txtn"....

Maybe this banning idea might raise the average ability to spell a few notches...

/me scans post for ironic spelling mistakes

Edit: Just noticed yer man says "txtspk" is quicker and more convenient but then says you can translate whatever it is he's saying using google... how does having to translate every post make it more convenient????

If that was the case we should all post in French... ya know, to make it more convenient...

Je suis une tres grande pomme de terre

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#30 29-01-2005 6:21pm
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I might just add to the charters in forums that I mod saying that anyone using Text Speak is banned. Also.... all of the people in here giving out about it yet using the term "Txt Spk"

John

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#31 29-01-2005 6:21pm
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monster_fighter wrote:

I'll bet you'll find that those who hate it are either old (25+), poor at math, or both.

what has math got to do with it, rain man?

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