wat's ur take on internet "speak"?

Question

ppl who type perfectly on AIM bug me. waz the point? but ironically i hate the "lol"'s.

Answer 1

If you are having a private chat with a friend, do as you like. If you are posting in forums please do type out the words, there are many of us that is having a hard time understanding properly written English and net-speak is almost impossible to understand at times.

The worst thing I now is when my kids and their friends use net-speak as they speak. Yes speak, not type. My oldest and his friend was watching TV, the friend said "LOL" my son said "LOL" and neither of them were laughing. What's the point in that?

Answer 2

I have no problem with it in AIM or text messaging, but I dislike it in e-mails, forums, messageboards, newsgroups, etc.

With instant messaging, the whole idea is to be quick, so it makes sense to abbreviate frequently used phrases and the like to make for faster messaging. I type pretty quickly, so I don't abbreviate a lot, but I will occasionally.

In an e-mail or on a forum, etc., you presumably aren't having a "real-time" conversation, so the necessity for speed isn't there. Typing in entire words and sentences is much more legible than internet speak for the most part and will help you get your point across to everyone instead of just people who take the time to decipher the abbreviations and symbols.

Many people also find it hard to take internet speak seriously and find it a somewhat lazy mode of communication. I find some of it clever, but do agree that care and time should be taken with words when time allows.

Answer 3

I hate having to read twice or more times some phrase because somebody can't type properly. i guess some words could be fine in that way just because they are too long, but not all of them.
You are not using a cell phone. You have a keyboard in front of you. Typing properly won't take much of your time.
Because of my job (I work in a college receiving administrative petitions) I know that too many people can't write properly and this issue isn't helping. And please don't call it internet speak, there's a lot of people out in the internet that CAN write.

Answer 4

I think Internet "speak" is actually making people less intelligent. It's bad enough that so many can't use "there" or "their" properly, and now they are just too lazy to type "to", and instead search furiously for the number 2 key.

What ever happened to teaching children proper grammar and spelling and the mastery of the English language?

Answer 5

I do internet speak when I'm text messaging my sister or if I'm on MSN messenger, but I find it unacceptable in email, forums and newsgroups, or anywhere else.

If someone wants to ask a question, it would be nice if we can UNDERSTAND and READ the question, right? If someone is giving their opinion, I would like to be able to actually read it without getting a headache.

Answer 6

It drives me insane. Would it really kill you to add one more letter to properly spell What?? It is one itty bitty letter, take you a tenth of a second to get it all in there. I just don't understand why people can't type as they would speak.

The point is it sounds better to type perfectly. There is no confusion as to what is really meant and you get your point across a whole lot easier.

Answer 7

It takes me 3 times as long to read internet shorthand and it makes the writer sound less intelligent than they otherwise would.

Answer 8

ppl type dis kinda way 2 save time... n time is gold... lol... oops...!!!

Answer 9

if you like the long way, then type perfect but if you want to do the short way, do it. i personally like the "lol's" and "wtf's" ( i love using idk =) so yeah... i like typin fast... plus theres shortcuts to it so yeah ttfn!!