If there is one thing I miss about My Space, it's the blog function. There's nothing better than venting crap into cyberspace to clear the geeky grey matter. Let's see if this BookFace app works just as well shall we?

Refering to the title, I honestly believe I have some form of OCD when it comes to bad grammer and spelling. Not in anyway implying that people who can't spell are fools - that's not what I'm about. Occasionally lazy speech grates me too (a scenario today has prompted me into action with this blog). As for the spelling and grammer, I'm an Arsehole for correcting people. I don't mean to be it's just second nature to correct them or, as mentioned, mild OCD (possibly).

Anyway, the point being here is the whole Text Message culture. I got a message from someone today (who shall remain anonymous) and it actually made me quite frustrated - I couldn't read it! I tried routing around my desk for some form of Enigma code machine to decipher it but didn't exactly come up trumps. It was that bad, I nearly had to cave in and Google a translator. The worst part was they had tried their very best to shorten words - but it'd all gone c**t up quite frankly. The word 'later' cannot shortened by changing it to 'l8ter'. That's what's known as 'defeating the object' you turnip. The worst thing is when there is a typo involved. That's me lost in an ocean of letters and meaningless abbreviations (ironic that word is so long, don't you think..?)

Maybe I'm not hip and cool enough for texting or maybe I prefer the proper language of good ol' Blighty. I dunno. Answers on a postcard to the usual address...

With regards to lazy speech, I'm not perfect. After a few drinks I have a habit of adopting a Northern twang. I've lived down here in Bridgeside all my life so i can't help on the whys or the origins of it. Maybe i'm so pissed a Northern slur requires less effort to deliver? Either way i need to embrace my roots (no, I'm not moving back to Arbury to nick a stereo or knife someone). 'I am a Southern Shandy Swiller and proud!' Maybe not that dramatic, but hopefully you get the idea. Anyway, I digress.... The worst form of lazyness is people who cannot say 'bye' properly on the phone. Why do you say 'ba' or 'ni' or just make some noise that not even onomatopoeia could define? how is it making things easier? ooo you knocked a letter off, aren't you cool? IT'S ONLY 3 LETTERS IN THE FIRST PLACE!! My God does it grate. In fact it makes me cringe and shudder. If i hear it twice in quick succession, i look like i'm fitting. And believe me, despite equal oppurtunities in the work place, it's still not a good look...

Sorry to go on, but I really think people should take note. I know English is one of the hardest languages to learn and that it has fuck all structure to it, but is 'R U out l8ter m8?' really the way forward? Can you imagine what would happen if English went the way of Latin all because some chav tart is too lazy to learn the language? We expect tourists and immigrants to learn our language - after all there in our country, and of course we are expected to do the same when we visit their countries. Isn't it time we learnt are own language before caning foreigners for being incompotent?

By the way, The Verve's new album is a bag of wank.