I’m eighteen, soon to be nineteen and I can’t but wonder if my age group continues to be ridiculed by the older (and self-proclaimed mature) people of Flirtbox (and perhaps many other dating sites)

Before you think, oh this isn’t about Dating, it is, just let me get to the point.

Teens, particular internet using ones (obviously) are rapidly declining in literacy. Things such as ‘chat speak’ or ‘n00b’ talk and ‘l33t’ speak make teenagers look bad. People are surprised, and I’ve witnessed this while surfing some of these forums, when an eighteen year old can spell properly! (Gasp, surprise, heart attack)

Although this can be rather annoying as many adults can’t spell worth shite either.

So, to come to a point, I have no doubt that illiterate spelling makes a bad impression on me but what about you? When someone sends you a letter riddled with spelling and grammar areas and are using words that you never thought existed, how likely are you to respond?

Not just for teenagers but ‘adults’ as well, doesn’t it make a bad impression if you can’t read it?

Does it turn you off to date someone and then find one day, as they send you an email, that their typing is a catastrophe and a veritable riddle?

I’ve noticed a link between illiterate chat speak spelling and people on dates sites looking only for sex. They aren’t interest in wooing you with words, hell, rip off of those virtual clothes and dance baby!

‘helo beutifully i was loking on the site and saw your profile and you are gorgous want to meet no strings atached?’


Yes, certainly nothing can be more hideous than that?

So, should I feel sorry for my age group? Unlikely, especially if a fifty-two year old man can’t spell better than my ten year old cousin.

But would I date someone who spelt like that? Hell no, but the question is…would you?

to be honest someone with bad grammer and spelling doesnt really bother me, as you can still make out what they say.
and we all make typos..

but people that use test speak annoy me, as theres plenty of room on here to type a message

No I wouldn't
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Wouldn't bother me either if the person sending the message can't spell... as long as the content of the message wasn't vulger.

In reality, as long as the first and last letter of each word are in the right place, the brain can usually work out what the word is.
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lol pics plz

Bad spelling doesn't annoy me, but text speak does. But I can tolerate it, unless it's overdone.

Wouldn't put me off somebody UNLESS it was every single word, though. I don't like having to translate things.

As a 19 year old myself, I find it annoying that people assume that we all type/talk/send messages like that. The majority of people our age that I have spoken to on here don't type like that at all. Far from it.

I can understand if somebody has dyslexia and has trouble spelling, but I don't understand why would somebody want to type like that when they have perfectly good spelling.

All anyone of us has to go on when internet dating is a picture and the words they write.

If those words come across as lazy, illiterate, sarcastic, angry etc then that will be the impression that we get of them, this is not wrong, it is just human nature!

Maybe the people who enjoy text speak will find happiness together but when someone sends me a pm and it is riddled with text speak my immediate reaction is to not reply, to get to know someone on the net requries time mailing and I could not deal with having to mail back and forth and decipher every mail.

Someone also mentioned love letters, a dying art but wonderful to receive - try writing one in text speak!

Hugz - I fekkin luv you!!!!!

I FUCK'N LUV U 2 BIRD

IZ DAT A YES 4 DA 4SUM?





ahem enough of that yes


Happy Sunday afternoon to you lady


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Happy Sunday to you too!

Hope you have had a good weekend!

I spent yesterday in the hairdressers lol - I am now officially a red head!

oooOOoOOoOOooOoooo

Very nice Havent dyed my hair for agggeeessssss

bet is looks really lovely!



I've had a really lazy quiet one

Saving my pennies for next month
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Kevin53846: Hah, how true. ‘Txt Talker Spelling Bee’ would be a show for the masses…


pollyanna37: You are right on the money! Picture + Text is all we have to know someone by.


Again, if someone has a problem grasping the concepts of communication because of a learning disability it is different but people who purposely use text talk as a 'way of life' need to find new lives.

I can see text talk on a text messages because most people get billed by the letter (which is stupid...switch plans then) but if I get a message riddled with text talking and numbers I'm bound to get a bad impression of them.