Judging by appearances

[fredericks]

Just curious - personally, the use of netspeak turns me off like no one's business. I'm not referring to grammar, as I trample it gleefully on a daily basis, but simple sentence construction, punctuation, capitalization, and the "ur" thing. When it comes to casual interactions (Myspace, LJ, AIM, e-mails) if you're in the middle of "first contact" what's your take on what you're reading?

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[devoosha.livejournal.com]

I use a little of it when I'm texting on the phone, because it's quicker. But if someone is talking to me on an IM, it hurts my eyeballs. The only one that doesn't bother me when they do it is my niece. She's only 13 and I know that it's 'COOL' to her to type like that. But yeah...guys that were trying to hook up (in my pre-Matt days) got nowhere when they netspoke :)

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Young kids get a pass. But only just. I expect my brother to use proper English when he's IMing me, or he gets to talk to the hand.

Hee. Guys trying to hook up with netspeak. It's like those guys that compliment your boobs and wonder why you don't take up their offer of a date.