So....shall we ban it?

[schmunk]

I'll support a ban on grown adults who use 'u' for the word 'you', and 'r' for the word 'are'.

Unless anyone can give me a reason for them doing it.

StURt?

[Zak33]

sturt?

winnah

[Salazaar]

I'll support a ban on grown adults who use 'u' for the word 'you', and 'r' for the word 'are'.

Unless anyone can give me a reason for them doing it.

How about banning anyone who doesn't know the difference between your and you're and between their, there and they're.

[Vimeous]

So what are you trying to say?

Of course there is the advanced annoyance of 'innit' as a precursor to like.

That said the use of innit alone is enough to raise the blood pressure and elevate a singular eyebrow.






Damn the lack of a Vulcan quizzical smiley!

[Stewart]

How about banning anyone who doesn't know the difference between your and you're and between their, there and they're.

No, because using 'there' instead of 'their' is a mistake. It's not being lazy.

The only reason you would type 'u' instead of 'you' is to save a few seconds, making your post annoying to read in the process.

Take Josh, for example. He's a fully grown adult, got a wife and a job, apparently, and yet he constantly litters his posts with 'u' and 'r'.

Why?

He isn't typing on a mobile phone, nor is he 8 years old. It makes his posts look like they were written by an ill educated child (no offence), and it would take him less than a second to type the full word.

if their correct, why bother investing in crysis then? hardly anyone can play that right? like u said, most people have htpc's and laptops and attempting to even launch the main menu of crysis will probably blow up a low end machine :LOL:

Doesn't save any time. Makes you look like a moob.

So why would anyone do it?

And it's not just Josh, of course, although he is a good example, because he combines the 'u' and 'r' stuff with only sometimes bothering to start a sentence with a capital letter, and saying things like 'LOL!!1', giving him the full set of annoying typing style traits.

Also, because he does it all the time, I knew I'd be able to find an example of him text speaking up the place.

So as I said, unless someone can give me a reason for this 'u' and 'r' text speak stuff, when the message is being typed by an adult, on a keyboard, I support a ban on it.

[IBM]

RSI suffers attempting to keep the pain to manageable levels while they wait for their wrist rests to arrive?

[MadduckUK]

also, just to reassure everybody - attempting to launch Crysis on a low end machine will not blow it up.

[Salazaar]

No, because using 'there' instead of 'their' is a mistake. It's not being lazy.

They're spelled completely differently, you could only mistake the two if you didn't know the difference and anyone with even a basic education should know the difference. So anyone who knows the difference and abuses them is still just being lazy.

[Funkstar]

cromulent.

He was in Star Treck wasn't he?

[Stewart]

And it's not just Josh, of course, although he is a good example, because he combines the 'u' and 'r' stuff with only sometimes bothering to start a sentence with a capital letter, and saying things like 'LOL!!1', giving him the full set of annoying typing style traits.

also, just to reassure everybody - attempting to launch Crysis on a low end machine will not blow it up.

Paul the haughty banana need not say anything.

[MadduckUK]

wat r these commets mean lol x

[Salazaar]

wat r these commets mean lol x

You spelled 'these' right.

[MadduckUK]

[G4Z]

The King James Bible uses 'And' and 'But' at the beginning of sentences. If it's good enough for King James, it's good enough for me...

Well, my primary school teacher told me otherwise and frankly the bible is wrong on so much other stuff that, like Americans who say aloooooominum I won't be taking English tips from it.

[Million]

Take Josh, for example. He's a fully grown adult, got a wife and a job, apparently, and yet he constantly litters his posts with 'u' and 'r'.

Why?

He isn't typing on a mobile phone, nor is he 8 years old. It makes his posts look like they were written by an ill educated child (no offence), and it would take him less than a second to type the full word.

So as I said, unless someone can give me a reason for this 'u' and 'r' text speak stuff, when the message is being typed by an adult, on a keyboard, I support a ban on it.

So, is it an exception to this rule if you're posting on Hexus from your mobile?

[Stewart]

So, is it an exception to this rule if you're posting on Hexus from your mobile?

Only if your Mom is morbidly obese.