C this takes twice as long

Sarah, you are right, its not hard at all, most juvenile things aren't. But why would one want to learn how to use it? It was adopted as a way to get round the limited technology of 1990s cell phones and their txt limits prior to extended txt and predictive. Leave it for children to play with.

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A way of society? It's scourge on society. It's EASIER to use predictive text. There is no excuse, or reason for using this ridiculous system, which people deign to dignify by referring to it as a 'language'. There is nothing to learn, because there is no set of rules dictating its use - any shortening of a word could be included.

In the right context (text messaging) is fine. It is there to shorten words because you have a character limit and it can save time.

In emails, message boards, responses to articles, and anywhere else, NOT OKAY. It makes whoever wrote it look less intelligent.

Sarah I can use text language. Heck I speak fluent 1337, so text language isn't hard. The issue here isn't that people use it, it's that people who use it *can't* use real English if they try. Like you. Did you ever learn about capital letters, full stops, or grammar? Could you even use correct English if you tried? I'm genuinely curious here.

I'm noticing that more and more these days. I was talking to a twenty year old yesterday who didn't know what the word "obscure" meant. I died a little on the inside.

Get over it. its a way of society. use it.learn it. UNDERSTAND IT!

not that hard!

These messages arrived on my mobile and I'm still trying to work out what they mean:

Hae dis issah...is dis api? My guess is "Hello, this is Isaiah ... is this Api?"

To which I replied that the sender might have a wrong number, prompting the following:

umm ahk mah bad sori lolz

BTW I've been on superann for yonks and just grasped T9 and wonder why I didn't use it years ago. The first few characters may look stupid but once a search of the database shows only one or two words can match that pattern I usually get the one I want, if not I cycle through the option with *. It's a no-brainer to press one key for s instead of hitting p 4 times.

These messages arrived on my mobile and I'm still not sure what they mean:

Hae dis issah...is dis api?

To which I replied that the sender might have a wrong number, in reply to which, the following arrived:

umm ahk mah bad sori lolz

Anyone who uses text abbreviations shall be repeatedly struck over the knuckles with the edge of a ruler until they learn the Queen's English. If they persist, they shan't be allowed a cellular phone. Anyone using text abbrevations in a written document or in daily speech will be sent to live on Mana Island, where they will be forced to live in their own filth, and feed on others like them in order to survive. - The Book of Paulo

t9 is stupid

I thought that text speak was obsolite due to every phone having T9, it's far quicker just to text using proper English.