I'm getting old.

I bought an item off Ebay this morning (non photographic) using buy it now and just had a message from the seller which reads :

Dear ************,

thanks for ur purchase u ll get ur delivery in twoo working days

I don't regard myself as having the best grammar in the world (or spelling) but I do wonder sometimes ......

I know the feeling Mike.

Reading e-mails from my niece, a teacher no less, takes forever as I can't always work out her txtspk, poor grammar and other mistakes. Capital letters don't seem to exist in her world, nor any punctuation mark.

I tell her she can spell words in full with e-mail, but she seems incapable of doing so. I pity the children she teaches if she really can't do better.

My son laughs at me because I insist on spelling every word in full when sending a text message.

Eventually they will enter the dictionary as "the way" to spell. Another useless piece of information gleaned from a science programme. Older people tend to press a door bell with the index finger. Due to games console controllers and texting, the younger generations will do it with the thumb.

I know I'm getting old because I actually considered, if only for a second, buying a pair of slippers while shopping recently. Fortunately, I caught myself and resisted. They were even BROWN! - Yes. A man knows when he's getting old when it seems like a good idea to own a pair of slippers.
Confirmation will come when I start wearing pyjamas again, for the first time since childhood.
The temptation for an afternoon 'Power nap' is growing, too!

Well now I know I'm getting old ... because I found that quite interesting

It drives me spare. I think I must have been the last generation to bother to learn to use proper words.

Most of it isn't even "txt spk", it's just a mix of ignorance and laziness, especially when they add random extra letters. If regarding them as the lowest form of humanity makes me elitist then fine, I'll cheerfully accept the label!

I have exactly the same education available to any other individual, at least where English language is concerned. If I can use proper words then why can't everyone?

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise… They contradict their parents, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.” -Plato quoting Socrates 400BC.

Hrm, well I'm not sure if I'm old or young then. I'm 30, married, and ring the bell with a mixture of my thumb and index finger, but predominately my index finger. When I text I sometimes use text speak, but only half the time. Does that mean I'm both old and young at the same time... hmmm

My back told me this morning that I'm old. Damn gardening!

I'm old just about to put slippers on, and have a power nap, in preparation for the grandchildren's arrival.

What's this 'texting'?

Is it the yoof's new slang for writing a letter?

My daughter said
"just text normal words, the 'breviations are out of date"

Mmm, nice cardy...

... damn it, I think I'm getting old(er)

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73x7iN' i5 0u7 4nd L337 i5 73h 7hIN' n0w



ps. 124C41+ right?

I know im old because I dont have a clue what Stefan is talking about

That's quite normal where I am concerned .. he has to keep drawing diagrams for me.