A friendly reminder

[cookieluver7]

I'm sorry Karen, I do that a lot. I always write things like b/c for because, and u instead of you, ppl instead of people, g2g instead of got to go, etc. Thanks for the reminder to help me remember that I'm not chatting online with my friends, but with people from all around the world who don't know what all of this means. I will try harder to not use these abreviations.

[guineapiglover4life]

I so agree! Chatspeak makes me...ughh...puke! Spray chatspeak-be-gone on all the inproper grammer posts!

[carole]

cookieluver7 you are not alone here, when I first joined I too used chat talk, as I was new to the internet and had just learned it, and was enjoying my new skill, but i soon realised it was not really appreciated on PT by many, so I made the changes, and it was no big deal. I still use the odd one like BTW by the way, and LOL laugh out loud, but that is about it nowadays.

One has to go with the majority.

[hamsterman]

ok karen

[Vette]

Uhoh. im in trouble then. i never have used that slang stuff but i never have added commas and stuff like that to where they belong.

hope i dont get into too big of trouble. can everyone understand me okay?

[Lexi_Lover]

Would we still be aloud to use LOL and PT


See, you read it Just kidding!

[luvofallhorses]

I think that that is great that you asked that it kind of bugs me too even though I sometimes get lazy and use unproper punctuation and capitilization but thanks for bringing it up, Karen

[Suki Wingy]

I try to type w/ correct capitalazation and gramar, but sometimes I see it and I'm too lazy to go back and fix it. I like tying to desihper other people's codes! I am a really slow typer, so I like to abbriviate. I will never stop using "pics"!

[Harmanie]

I have a question, can I still say jk( just kidding)

[Karen]

You can, as long as you realize that many people won't understand that. Typing out "just kidding" is safest!

[Harmanie]

Okay, thats understandable.

[GoldenRetrieverLover_01]

Thanks, it makes it easier for newcomers to understand- you're right. I'll try not to write as much slang-I have a habit of it. Sorry!

[sandragonfly]

...a new favor please? I keep on seeing the real names and sometimes I had no idea who is talking about who.

real name along with (username) would be nice! especially for the newbies -- I remember my few first weeks...months actually, I was sooo confused. ha ha.

thanks for letting me appreciate!

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by Gina's Ark Inc.
...a new favor please? I keep on seeing the real names and sometimes I had no idea who is talking about who.

real name along with (username) would be nice! especially for the newbies -- I remember my few first weeks...months actually, I was sooo confused. ha ha.

thanks for letting me appreciate!

I know, I sometimes still have a problem figuring out who people are talking about. And, I think there are several Karis! Ha, that's always fun! But, I understand all the abbreviations, but, I really don't like them, they remind me of high school or being a teenager or something.

[Anita Cholaine]

I aggre with you, Karen, sometimes it's hard to understand some messages, especially for those who don't speak English naturaly (like me, for example). So I think: is so bad my English that I can´t understand a little thing?