Does the word in the details have a sexual connotation to you? NSFW?

Um… it was probably a typo (he is 14) and you have a sick mind.

I’m sure that no sexual meaning was implied, but yes, that would make me a little squirmy.

I’ve seen SO many people with horrible spelling, that I just laugh it off in my mind.
Considering he spelled “beat” as “bet” and “you” as “u”, I’d have to classify him into the group of people who got so into abbreviating words for online purposes that their real life spelling is fucked affected.
I’m with @erichw1504 on this one. Get your mind out of the gutter.

obviously spelling is not his forte.

But what tends to make me think it’s just txtspk habits is the phrase ” bet (beat) you up”.

I’m inclined toward innocence here. I doubt a double entendre was intended.

Well rangerr and I were on the same wavelength. I’m just the slower typer :)

It would have some connotation if young people were not stupid illiterates who use homonyms interchangeably and uncaringly.

He types/spells like a typical teenager. Just like you did, typing “i dunno” instead of “I don’t know”. The fact that his misspelling of “come” is also a sexual slang for semen is irrelevant.

I really doubt this was meant as sexual in any way, shape, or form. He’s a bad speller who over-uses text speak and who would like you to get better. Period.

As others have said, in this case it is just text-speak.

I actually really dislike that word for sex connotation. Something about just really bothers me.

As for your question, my family has terrible typing, so I’m kind of used to seeing those kinds of messages. I probably would read it as “have to come up there and beat you up” but the back of my mind would go “errrr, used ‘cum’ instead of ‘come.’ eeeerrrrrrgh”

I’m with @Darwin on this.

I doubt he has a problem with spelling – he’s just writing English in a non-formal context. I imagine if you asked him what the correct spelling of every word in that sentence was, he’d be able to tell you exactly how to spell them.

Here’s an interesting story from The Guardian about a recent book by David Crystal (who, if you don’t know him, is one of the most pre-eminent linguists of our generation and the last).

I don’t think that he meant anything sexual by that. I think that he was just trying to save some keystrokes by using abbreviated text language, but he made a boo-boo.

It’s just txtspeak. It may be annoying, but it doesn’t mean anything. Quit thinking about it so much or reading too much into it.

Maybe you might want to point out to him that use of that particular word is inappropriate and enlighten him as to its meaning. :)

I’m sorry, but any 14 year old boy who has been on the internet for longer than six seconds in his lifetime has stumbled (or intentionally found) pornography in some form. I can’t imagine any kid that age who is ignorant of the connotation of that word. While he may not have been going for sexual suggestion, I can’t get on the “text-speak” bandwagon. I’d have to go with shock value.

In a message to his female cousin? Come on now, that just strains credibility way too much for me.

It’s difficult to know for certain what is in another persons head, but going by your theory, what would be the point?

Is it worth catching h*** from TWO sets of parents? Really?

@EVERYONE: I didn’t ask if he meant it sexually. I asked if it has a sexual connotation to you, the reader. I knew exactly what he meant. I was still grossed out. And weirded out at “joke” that he would beat me up for having the flu.

Oh, in that case, yes, it most definitely does have a sexual connotation to me.

@La_chica_gomela No, in the context you gave it has no sexual connotation at all.

No. In it’s context of crappy grammar and spelling it has no sexual connotation at all.

I also wouldn’t be quaking in my boots for fear that he may “bet” me up. I’m a much better poker player.

yes it has a sexual connotation. i cant stand when people spell it like that. type out ONE MORE LETTER so i can keep my mind out of the gutter, plz.

@La_chica_gomela, thank you for posting a PERFECT EXAMPLE of why txtspk is so abhorred here on this site. With the very best of intentions, the author can still communicate exactly the wrong message to his audience… a message he might not even know is possible.

@La_chica_gomela You didn’t mean it sexually?

”@EVERYONE: I didn’t ask if he meant it sexually.”

From your description: “When I read it, my eyes bugged out, and I was completely appalled! Ick ick ick.”

@erichw1504 read what you quote.

EVERYONE: I didn’t ask if he meant it sexually

That is, the OP wanted to know if we would have had the same reaction she did, not whether or not the kid was thinking of provoking that reaction.

@MrItty: Thank you. Exactly.