Shortcut Words when Texting
By mlhervas
@mlhervas (482)
Philippines
August 15, 2010 11:34pm CST
Have you ever received a text that so much shortcut words was used that you understood it in a wrong way? I mean, a lot of people are doing shortcuts when typing text messages that it becomes impossible to interpret when sent to someone who is not used to read those type of text messages.
Instead of typing "the" most people would use "d" so when you text "the river" it would be typed "d rivr" so it would read like "driver".
It confuses me a sometimes. Do you cut down on those text messages a lot?
6 responses
@mlhervas (482)
• Philippines
16 Aug 10
Jejemon is totally different from "text speak". It replaces characters in the words you are typing instead of just using shortcut. Instead of typing "hahaha" they type "jajaja". Really quite annoying, since you typed J instead of H for no greater purpose at all.
@lulu1220 (1006)
• United States
17 Aug 10
I have received messages like this before. There were mostly shortened words and I had not idea what they were saying. So I text back something like this....?.....Usually they will text back and explain in more detail what they were trying to say. It really is annoying.
@juryse (752)
• Philippines
16 Aug 10
I rarely use "text speak". I don't really care how long my messages are but I still send it. But sometimes, I would shortcut the words "you = u", "and = n" and "to = 2". If I receive a text that I don't understand, I would usually reply with "?" or "huh?" =)
@therenthead (298)
• United States
16 Aug 10
I never use "text speak". It's confusing and annoying, in my opinion. I take the few extra seconds to text out complete words/sentences instead.
@kchambers82 (19)
• United States
16 Aug 10
I use short cuts but try to stay aware of when it could be confusing to others. I believe that "text speak" is fine in moderation. I don't like when others overuse as I do get confused. I have found though that these short cuts are quite useful when taking notes in class. Teachers can talk really fast and unless you already know how to take notes properly and proper short cuts in note taking, text short cuts work great.
