Sandie Seward
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It is English......I think, but not as we know it.I've just been reading my Local Paper online, and in an article regarding a very severe fire that totally gutted four houses, I came across this post: I have reproduced it in full. If this is the standard of written English that our schools are turning out these days, then it's no wonder Britain has become the laughing-stock of the English Speaking world.
"It wood appeer that evrywon iz piking up on the fings that aint impotent. famylees have bean made home less and all u lot kan say iz dat the skools are know gud. these peepal have lost fings and familys hav bean riped two shredz and it aint fair. I live in Pitsee and theeze peepal are my frends. I hope this never happans too you lot.
By the way. befor anywon sayz it is a deliberat fire then thay are rong coz it sayz on the fire brigade site that it iz an electric falt. it iz probably becoz of a badly fittid electric metre."
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Ken R
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It seems like we are developing our own version of pidgeon English doesn't it Sandie ! I bet they know enough English to fill in a benefits form though !!
Perhaps we could call it Text-lish or Engl-text, it certainly bears very little resemblance to the English I was taught and use everyday ! 
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Sandie Seward
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I really despair Ken, if this is the standard of written English our schools churn out. If I had handed in written work of this standard, I shudder to think what the reaction of my Teacher would have been. 
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JoJo
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And do you understand text speak,I don't 
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Sandie Seward
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JoJo, I find "textspeak" very difficult, in fact, I find "texting" difficult as well.
My phone is never used for texts, only voice calls.
In fact, most of the time, my mobile is switched off.
In the "early days" of mobiles, I was proud to have one, and used to carry it around with my Filofax. (Remember those)
The phone was quite a large one, about four times the size of the one I use now.
This was in the days when only Business People had them, and the kids had not taken them over, and abused them, they way they do now.
Once the youngsters got hold of them, I started wearing mine in a case clipped to my belt, and stopped carrying it openly.
I always take my phone out now with me, but it lives in it's little protective holder, alongside one of my small digital cameras, all secured onto my "bum belt", and firmly clipped around my waist.
It's only for "emergencies" now, or when I'm away from home.
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marieann
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I think that is someone having a laugh. It's too full of mistakes to be real, no matter how bad a speller there is no way you could get every word wrong.
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JoJo
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Isn't it funny how we can read it though
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Sandie Seward
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Actually, JoJo, reading misspelt words is quite easy for us. So long as the first letter and the last letters are in the correct postition, it does not matter to much how a word is spelt. Our brains still unscramble it and make sense of it.
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JoJo
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Didn't know my old brain was so clever
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browneyes
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there you are you see now you know why you cn red wot i pt on th site 
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JoJo
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You little devil browneyes 
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browneyes
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Aaaaa but you have to remember that iv got 4 grand children that text me all the time Jojo im going to put a picture on now and if you click on it it should move.
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browneyes
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| browneyes wrote: | Aaaaa but you have to remember that iv got 4 grand children that text me all the time Jojo im going to put a picture on now and if you click on it it should move.
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no not this one i will try again later........im getting so clever i just cant believe myself
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JoJo
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I was going to say Yep you were right it moved to another page good try 
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browneyes
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oh bum Jojo im still learning 
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