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medserpent is offline medserpent
2011-03-24 , 06:18
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Sigh. I guess maybe its a youth thing and maybe its cool - but to me it just makes you look ******ed.[/QUOTE]

so i guess u r *****ing old for this huh!
 
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2011-03-24 , 13:39
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Originally Posted by ejasmudar View Post
Guys, he may just not know English. It may be a second or third language for him. Criticize his attitude, i agree. But leave his language skills alone.
I have no problem with him not knowing English, if I thought that was the problem, but it obvious he knows english but chooses to type that stupid texting english instead of bothering to produce actual words.

Anyway as I said - I guess maybe I am just too old to "get it" but I still think it makes him look like a *****.
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2011-03-24 , 13:43
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Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
I have no problem with him not knowing English, if I thought that was the problem, but it obvious he knows english but chooses to type that stupid texting english instead of bothering to produce actual words.

Anyway as I said - I guess maybe I am just too old to "get it" but I still think it makes him look like a *****.
I think I've worked it out - Medserpent, slide the top half of your N900 away from the bottom half and you'll find a keyboard. Use it.
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2011-03-24 , 13:46
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Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
I have no problem with him not knowing English, if I thought that was the problem, but it obvious he knows english but chooses to type that stupid texting english instead of bothering to produce actual words.

Anyway as I said - I guess maybe I am just too old to "get it" but I still think it makes him look like a *****.
Maybe it's a girl?.....oh...wait a minute....I temporarily forgot where I am...
 
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2011-03-24 , 14:01
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Originally Posted by ejasmudar View Post
Guys, he may just not know English. It may be a second or third language for him. Criticize his attitude, i agree. But leave his language skills alone.
Yeah, much better for everyone else to have to make an effort to understand than he makes an effort to be intelligible...

The other day day i after a bit of head scratching i realised that someone meant 'from' when they wrote '4m' - that doesn't even make sense..

Type however you want, but don't expect anyone to take you seriosuly if you use text speak..
 

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2011-03-24 , 14:17
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It's the ultimate frustration of having to limit your own reading speed to decipher what is being said - I also believe that the board is bound by an "English Only" rule as well, but then that opens the debate on how bastardised it can be before deemed "Not English"

In terms of not knowing how to speak English, my argument against that would primarily be that in order to understand and communicate in text speak you would already have to know what structure English originally entailed, thereby allowing you to drop vowels and substitute numbers for entire syllables.

I have no problem with mis-spelling, an exceptionally intelligent colleague of mine has dyslexia and asks me to proof-read high level reporting Emails before he hits the send key, but bastardisation of English to the point where you can openly say "m gng 2 the pub, u cmng m8" is poor form.

In my opinion.
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2011-03-24 , 15:06
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It's the ultimate frustration of having to limit your own reading speed to decipher what is being said - I also believe that the board is bound by an "English Only" rule as well, but then that opens the debate on how bastardised it can be before deemed "Not English"

In terms of not knowing how to speak English, my argument against that would primarily be that in order to understand and communicate in text speak you would already have to know what structure English originally entailed, thereby allowing you to drop vowels and substitute numbers for entire syllables.

I have no problem with mis-spelling, an exceptionally intelligent colleague of mine has dyslexia and asks me to proof-read high level reporting Emails before he hits the send key, but bastardisation of English to the point where you can openly say "m gng 2 the pub, u cmng m8" is poor form.

In my opinion.
Fairly sure it would be '2 da pub'... Whch is another thing, pointless abbreviation (there is no character limit on the internet) is one thing, but it just seems that a lot of people do it for the same reason as the kids near me who've grown up in Cambridge yet speak like they're from Hackney..

Clever isn't cool unfortunately - anyone seen the film Idiocracy? that's where we're headed...
 
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2011-03-24 , 15:20
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Dude, idiocracy was amazing. Not the movie per se. The movie was good but not great. But the idea behind it, brilliant!
"And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose *** it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again! "
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2011-03-24 , 15:21
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What of the username... do you guys think it's a kewl spelling of 'mad', or is he suggesting that the serpent is medicated?
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2011-03-24 , 15:21
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To get this back on track, medserpent, look at the epic mods thread or screenshots thread and in there you'll find out how to change the menu-launch icon, and the toolbar if you want that changed too. How to change everything basically, so it depends how extensive you want your 'theme' to be
 

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