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Texting styles can identify the author.
This is interesting. I came across this information in a magazine and have just done a bit of online research.
I suppose it makes sense and I thought others might find it of interest too.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080908073841.htm

Sue

ow dos it werk ?

Interesting article Sue. Worth reading.

Jill

In your case it should be obvious

Sue

I can write clearly if I want to but who would know it was me

so accordin to dat aricul ous can determin a peeps age from me lol I mus be a teeny

Hardly
It simply sounds like someone older trying too hard.

Sorry and all that.

Funnily enough we know who is who by the names we use..........original idea I know but the majority of us find it really works!

Sue

lol Sue Im 38 its not txt spek

Failing that we can always check the number!

Personally I find that text language on the phone is only just about acceptable. I spend so long trying to decipher it though that in the end I just delete it!

Text language in any other context is just plain ridiculous. What's the point? If you can type and type in normal language then text language is what - an affectation? laziness? Is it some sort of downgrading or dumbing down of the English language? Is it as stupid and lazy as swearing?

Next thing we know we'll have all the parents up in arms about their little darlings not achieving the requisite number of A levels. Wonder why that will be then? LOL

Jill

ah well.........if you like to think otherwise that is your perogative Mel.

But it seems pointless to me. You have already said you are capable of writing normally.

Just don't expect intelligent answers to gibberish lol

Sue

lol Jill they all tark like it by me

Well Sue I type it bkwards then frwards I type wit me toes n me nose meks no difo but its me Im v alternativ in real life too ~ ax them who met me they hada shok

So the rest of us are not alternative? We're all boring? Or normal? Or, God forbid, sensible? Don't make me laugh!

Still no excuse for not typing normally on an open forum!

Jill

Laffin I gots no time to fink bouts grammer n spellin av to contend wit it at werk

lol u kno me by now I loike to be me ~ wen I werked in a sweet shop I cudn't touch sweets tis jus the same ere

Havoc u met Annie Murray ?

well i for one really struggle to understand all this text talk.... my youngest uses it all the time an i just text back ..""What"...so she has to put it in semi english for me to understand..xxx

Talking and writing are not the same thing.

Many writers use dialect writing to distinguish one character from another when writing dialogue in novels but it is not normal to use it on forums.

We don't usually alter our spellings to try to show our accents.

We can all be proud or otherwise of where we come from but it might be chaotic if we all did likewise.

Sue

That's just like me Rachel! I use the predictive text and spell it all out - although my son had to show me how to the do the numbers as I was spelling them all out - LOL!!

she writes stuff Havoc all bout Brum very good ~ but I prefer Meg mesen