Text talk also does my head in, but as has been mentioned multiple times, twitter encourages this as you only have a certain amount of characters to get your message across.
I really worry for kids applying for jobs. I know personally that there are people in recruitment that dismiss applications out of hand if there is any hint of textspeak included. Unfortunately it is becoming more prevalent with the Twitter generation.
Quote from: LukeJames on September 20, 2016, 11:02:16 AMText talk also does my head in, but as has been mentioned multiple times, twitter encourages this as you only have a certain amount of characters to get your message across.Except you're not limited by how many you can send. If you can't fit what you want to say in one, send two.
Quote from: Dave on September 20, 2016, 11:56:08 AMQuote from: LukeJames on September 20, 2016, 11:02:16 AMText talk also does my head in, but as has been mentioned multiple times, twitter encourages this as you only have a certain amount of characters to get your message across.Except you're not limited by how many you can send. If you can't fit what you want to say in one, send two.I'm not big on twitter but do people send two? I thought the whole point of it was to get your message across quickly.
I think it's quite good that he keeps it short and a little indistinct. If he explained himself really fully there'd almost certainly be enough there to hang him with. It's probably a good thing that we can say 'Lost in translation', 'only 140 characters' 'not entirely sure if that was what he meant' - because some of the tweets may have been a little too close to the mark if they were really clear.On the other hand, it's nice to hear from him regularly saying things like 'be patient', alongside other more opaque tweets saying he's not standing for any nonsense. At present its working quite well I think.
Quote from: Ron Manager on September 20, 2016, 12:09:07 PMI really worry for kids applying for jobs. I know personally that there are people in recruitment that dismiss applications out of hand if there is any hint of textspeak included. Unfortunately it is becoming more prevalent with the Twitter generation.It's not the Twitter generation that use it but the mobile phone generation. My aunty even uses it and I haven't a clue what she means half the time.
Mick Quinn's been on Twitter himself apparently trying to wind up Villa fans ahead of Saturday. Something along the lines of we'd sell out more home games if we looked at them as passionately as we gave him stick.
Quote from: Deano's Mullet on September 20, 2016, 03:21:17 PMMick Quinn's been on Twitter himself apparently trying to wind up Villa fans ahead of Saturday. Something along the lines of we'd sell out more home games if we looked at them as passionately as we gave him stick.Can't stand the bloke. Neglects racehorses, has no integrity as he's a Scouser working for Murdoch and tries to wind Villa fans up everytime we play Newcastle because of the 2009 relegation and his Cov links play a part too I'd have said.