Are people who use text speak really that annoying?

I don’t know about 24-year-olds, but it sure is annoying to me. And none of it more so than “u”. To me it seems rude, as if to say “I can’t be bothered to type two more letters 4u.”

I can’t manage the thumb thing either. I bought myself a stylus (actually, a half dozen of them) and use it for all my text and tablet typing. I still have to fix a lot of typos, but it’s much better than fumbling for every key.

 
I would say the txtspeak is annoying, but not necessarily the people who use it.

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u r lz

If you care about someone enough to want a romantic relationship with them, then one way to greatly aid that important aspect of your life, could be to invest the time and energy required to communicate clearly with prospective romantic partners.

Including, taking the time to go back and review what you wrote, before you send it.

The amount of such qualities as energy, attention, care, thought, cleverness, and sensitivity, invested in communication, can convey a lot about how much care and interest they have, not only in that conversation, but also in life in general. And thus, also in what they have to offer, what they are like as a person, their intentions, their capabilities, and so on.

If I am in a relationship it is usually voice memos then.

I am stubborn.

I don’t know maybe to clarify, I am not THAT bad. To me, texting is informal so I partially just don’t care.

Didn’t you just say that you type faster than you can write in your other question?
Text speak doesn’t annoy me, it just makes me think the person using it is slightly stupid.

Ohhh! Yes I did! I meant typing on a laptop, my question is about texting on a phone.

I will sound hypocritcal (again) I do agree though. Some people use text speak waaaay too much that it comes off uneducated. I do fairly well and I don’t tend to use “u” or “r” unless I am really in a hurry.

I suppose I meant more like lol, hru, etc. If I was texting a boss, of course I spell stuff out. This is mainly with friends.

I am weird with texting. Dating apps I am a bit better, then once we move to Snap, boom, laziness.

I can’t really describe how hard my thumbs make it to type though, so I never feel bad. I feel I have somewhat of an excuse, I try, but I’m not going to spend minutes typing out a message most people can type in 30 seconds. (Yes, it does take me minutes sometimes depending on the length of the text.)

Txtspk is annoying for me because I am officially a geezer so I am not fluent. It’s irritating to have to translate.

I do get it about the fluidity and evolution of language, but I am just as happy, at this place in my life, to not have to learn both slang and an alternate form of the written word.

If it makes you feel any better, I don’t know half the acronyms. I have to look a lot up, especially slang. The textspeak I use is probably outdated and basic.

I can’t use my thumbs either so I use my index finger to text. I’m pretty quick with typing one fingered. I do not like text speak because it takes me longer to figure out what the text speak means that I get frustrated and stop reading.
And I’m an old geezer too, so you can’t take what I say as relevant.

In little bits it’s ok, but a lot of it is annoying. I only have one friend who uses it regularly, she’s Scottish and in her 50’s. I always wondered if maybe the Scotts use it more?

A lot of my friends speak English as a second language, including my husband for that matter, and even though their English is very good to excellent, I think abbreviated writing would be difficult for them so I would never use it in that situation. I just imagine text speak in Spanish, I’m sure I would be lost.

My dad and one of my friends use the thing where you speak into your phone and the phone writes the text. It is incredibly annoying to be near them when they do it, way worse than being near a phone conversation for some reason, but it seems to work well for them.

EZ PZ. It’s all good to me and I’m an old geezer.

It takes me forever to type on my phone; I’m just slow. Then I discovered that little microphone icon and voila! Now, I rarely text on my phone unless it’s one or two words. I “textspeak”. You might want to try that. Just speak somewhat slowly and enunciate. You’ll get the hang of it.

But to answer your question, for me, yes it’s that annoying. Like others here, I have to look it up. Not worth it to me, either reading or trying to write.

I find it annoying because to me, it looks childish. I don’t mind seeing emojis, like heart emoji, or flowers, or coffee, and I use them myself, but when people write “luv u” or “c u l8r” it just looks stupid. Maybe I’m showing my age by saying that. I don’t know anybody who really texts that way. The phone suggests words and it’s so easy to just take the words they suggest, like “you” or other quick suggestions that take a second to tap on, so to me, text speak is unnecessary.

Friends who use talk to text, I find it often writes incorrect words and they don’t correct it. For example, a friend was writing the other day about menopause and it came out menu pause.

Most (if not all) smartphones have autocorrect and predictive keyboard features. They use algorithms to predict and suggest the next word or complete a word based on your typing habits and context, making typing faster and more efficient. Using text speak on newer phones feels like making a smartphone stupid. I will admit that those features can be annoying the first few weeks, but it doesn’t take very long to adjust to your habits/style/abilities/etc.

@cheebdragon, I forgot about autocorrect. I have that turned off. Maybe I should turn that back on! Might save me.

It can be annoying, especially when they start using it in conversation while talking to you. When they literally say “LOL” instead of chuckling it can be a bit creepy

Not to me, but I can understand why some people don’t like it.

Education was pushed harder in the past, which means speaking proper english and being able to read and write properly.

Then, you find out there’s young professionals making more money than your average person, and they talk like children.

But as we’ve seen in the past decades, it was never about intelligence or merit, but instead networking and other things.

@seawulf575 The first time that I saw “LOL” I thought it meant lots of luck. HA! I’ve never used it.

This is interesting.

You guys are older than me. So this is a different perspective. I always use proper grammar and spelling in school work of course, I have never ever considered texting formal enough for that unless it’s a boss, coworker, etc.

Thanks for your thoughts. Interesting how differently people view texting.

Remember, @MakeItSo1701, that text speak developed because texting used to be so limited. Each text cost, and had a limited number of characters. The users adjusted accordingly. That’s not the case anymore, but the txtspk stuck, and became the written (so to speak) slang of a generation.