"A survey suggests British women often judge the character of prospective mates based on their text messaging abilities.The "Text Appeal" poll of 2,000 adults by inquiry service 118118, found 76 percent of female respondents said they judge potential dates by analyzing their texting style, The Scotsman reported Friday.Forty-one percent of women polled said they are turned off by poor spelling and grammar -- including popular text shorthand such as using the letter "c" in place of "see" -- and 67 percent said they would be more likely to be impressed by a man who sends longer texts that include wit, humor and flirtatious undertones."http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/07/11/Poll_British_women_prefer_good_texters/UPI-58601215820001/
"A survey suggests British women often judge the character of prospective mates based on their text messaging abilities.
The "Text Appeal" poll of 2,000 adults by inquiry service 118118, found 76 percent of female respondents said they judge potential dates by analyzing their texting style, The Scotsman reported Friday.
Forty-one percent of women polled said they are turned off by poor spelling and grammar -- including popular text shorthand such as using the letter "c" in place of "see" -- and 67 percent said they would be more likely to be impressed by a man who sends longer texts that include wit, humor and flirtatious undertones."
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/07/11/Poll_British_women_prefer_good_texters/UPI-58601215820001/
>Forty-one percent of women polled said they are turned off by poor spelling and grammar -- including popular text shorthand such as using the letter "c" in place of "see"Translation: women seeking men don't want men who remind them of other women. Now if that's not insightful journalism ... (sigh)But hey, maybe one good thing will come from this story: the death of so-called "chan-speak."
>Forty-one percent of women polled said they are turned off by poor spelling and grammar -- including popular text shorthand such as using the letter "c" in place of "see"
Translation: women seeking men don't want men who remind them of other women. Now if that's not insightful journalism ... (sigh)
But hey, maybe one good thing will come from this story: the death of so-called "chan-speak."
>>7393Chan speak? You mean AIM speak, right?
>>7393I think this article focuses on a study done on an older demographic of women. Maybe they view short-hand texting as 'immature'?
>>7393
I think this article focuses on a study done on an older demographic of women. Maybe they view short-hand texting as 'immature'?
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