![]() ![]() It is acceptable to misspell a word, so long as the phoentics are present, such as "tho" instead of "though". The basic rules of this dialect are simple, though. Going through the effort to actually type an entire perfect sentence usually indicates that the writer considers the thought to be an important one and most people do pay better attention to these. Typing in all capitals is considered shouting and using quotes is giving emphasis to a particular word. ![]() Since it is impossible to use body language, voice inflection, pitch or tone nor can you make eye contact, other compensatory measures have been taken to fill in these communicative gaps. The most difficult thing about learning textspeak is developing a sense of nuance. Oddly enough, this new dialect has only a written form, as any attempt to speak it out loud is both impractical and unusually difficult, despite the fact that all the specifics are words and phrases used in everyday speech. These words are almost always either just a few letters long or occasionally can be longer if a modifying prefix is used to make a whole new word. Text speak also includes the use of short-word slang as well. Most of the time this dialect is only used in a situation where there is limited space (such as in an anline video game, where you can only write one line at a time) or when using a cell phone to send messages because the alphanumeric entry process makes writing complete words/sentences impractical. A newly developing dialect whereby the speaker can convey a lengthy or complicated thought by abbreviating phonetically or through the use of substitutive letters, numerals and characters. ![]()
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