Why do people...

[Forgotten Teddy Bear]

I have no idea how they do it.
I've tried it before, more as a joke than anything.
It's impossible.
And annoying.
Ask them I guess?

[The Demon Butler]

Forgotten Teddy Bear

I have no idea how they do it.
I've tried it before, more as a joke than anything.
It's impossible.
And annoying.
Ask them I guess?

Read the thread "I need a boyfriend" (it's in text talk though)

[Forgotten Teddy Bear]

The Demon Butler

Read the thread "I need a boyfriend" (it's in text talk though)

I want to think they're a troll
But part of me doesn't.

[Chieao]

Dolce Vendetta

Believe me, typing like that in spanish is actually worst.

por k tu crs eso? xD.

it's true though. if you think the improper grammar and spelling is bad in english, think again. its worse in spanish. x_x.

[DJ Xizn]

danrobfos

Pseudo_Armor

Kids do it because they a) don't care about language/grammar, b) don't know how to ACTUALLY spell things (so figure "if I can't spell this word, I'll misspell everything else I say and look cool) or c) because everyone else is doing it.

I'll be the first to admit that I don't always use perfect grammar. I type like I talk, more or less, sometimes. And I'm not a perfect speller. Spell check is my FRIEND. And I do use "lol" "g2g" "brb" and things like that.

but i dun mez up da langwage i sayz i shud no.

my brain hurt when I typed that.

lolcats are the only acceptable time to type like an idiot.

Haha, agreed about the lolcats. But that in itself serves a point, lolcats are funny because they're cats who don't understand grammar, so it sort of makes it cute.

People who write like that... It's just sad really. This manner of speaking has actually impacted the educational system. Kids who go online, and read grammatically incorrect posts/texts learn to type incorrectly. And re-learning something is exponentially more difficult than learning something the first time

Einsatzkommando

Maybe it might not be out of laziness as all of the " good-typists " are saying. Every single one of them are hypocritical because they once typed like that as well, as so did I. Shut the ******** up please.

I'm sorry, but I can honestly say that even from the time I was eleven, and first started chatting online (1998-1999) I typed to the best of my ability, and used correct grammar.

Practice makes perfect, and practicing incorrect technique will only make learning the correct way harder down the line.

Also, I'd appreciate it if you would be more tolerant of people's opinions

So you will understand when I say you have about 4-5 fragments in your sentences. I didn't take time to count how many, I'm " lazy ".

[nayrus saphire-]

ysss...yes it is

[Twirling Twinkies]

xAliceJae

Laziness.
And I'm sure some feel as if they'll look like a major nerddd if they typed decently.

exactly.

[ice creamaholic]

laziness~

[white winters snow]

Lazy or they don't know where all of the other letters are because they aren't used to typing.

[XxYuki_CuraixX]

No. its just EASIER and basically no one wants to think about English when socializing unless they Englishaholics. besides, we're way too lazy.....

[Fial Neilans little moon]

danrobfos

sweetcharades1234

Laziness, they know it bugs the rest of us out here, the feel they are smarter for not giving a s**t, they don't give a s**t about what they are saying...

The list could go on but it's all rather negative. It would just be so much nicer if people like that wouldn't procreate.

Haha, this post made my morning!

I agree though, the education level (not only of youth, but of people my age and older (22)) depresses me.

Communication skills over the past 10-15 years seem to have just gone down the toilet... :-/

I'm happy I could make your morning. lol My biggest flaw in my typing in the forums is either lack of the occasional punctuation, sentence fragments, and too many ellipses... >.>

[Aximili]

It ends up turning into your regular form of speech...
You type in that lazy ignorant way , eventually you forget how to actually spell things
I find it rather sad that kids these days sink to these levels...
When I first hit the internet in Napster's glory days
Most of the kids I chatted with used the proper spelling of words.....
I truly do not understand it

[treeka215]

bt omg snt typin lyke ths kewl? u dnt lyke tryn 2 read ths mes?

Ugh... I hate it too. When I'm talking in AIM, or texting, I will neglect gs in ings, and put ur instead of your, but that is usually just to save space in my texts. I like to write essays when I text, so sometimes I have to go back and cut letters and words out to fit it all in one page.

Let kids do this. They will get strict English teachers who will fail their papers... I've seen it. College is even worse for that...

[Supinelu]

Well, technically, lots of people misuse the English language, probably including myself, at times.
It's easy to do, because English isn't the easiest language to understand.
Why they murder it, I don't know.
You can call it laziness, I call it idiocy.
Unless it's not their first language, though chatspeak is another realm entirely.

And in fact, it doesn't actually bother me.
Which makes this post somewhat irrelevant.

[Something Very Unoriginal]

It's probably the most efficient way to write down notes.