Like: What R U doing that 4?
It bugs the crap outa me; its like the world has gone illiterate.
2006-07-13 19:34:57 · 15 answers · asked by Custo Dian 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I'm sure it doesn't take that long to say the real word you are trying to say.
2006-07-13 19:35:41 · update #1
I myself am an 18 year old teenager and I hate it. Seeing my peers use it makes me think that everyone is just lazy or something.
2006-07-16 16:08:09 · update #2
They do not realize that it is teh dumbing down of America by doing it in the normal everyday life. I see people doing it on resumes now. People don't know how to spell anymore as a result.
2006-07-13 19:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Mark W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can understand it on a cell phone, otherwise it would take me all day to text someone. But all the other stuff is annoying, and I don't know what half the little acronyms mean...for a long time I though brb meant bath room break...
2006-07-13 19:43:25 · answer #2 · answered by keri gee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In online conversations over AIM, etc., people type quickly (especially in chatrooms, etc.). That is why people will type "omg lol" instead of "Oh, my goodness! That was so hilarious, I am laughing out loud as I type this!" It makes the conversation run more smoothly this way.
Outside of instant messaging and texting, most of these Internet abbreviations should probably be avoided.
2006-07-13 19:42:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be trendy I guess and to look like you know how to do it. Personally I don't like to do it b/c it takes too much time and I could easily write out the word with little effort since I know the keyboard and I don't have to just finger waltz.:) But I do it sometimes to just be different and not look so old or boring.
2006-07-13 19:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does not. However, this could be the new literacy :-)
Lets face it. We were forced to learn this language in order to type less on keyboards and more importantly on SMS windows. So this is in itself a new language. But people should not use it everywhere. Atleast, not yet!
2006-07-13 19:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by SamWiseGamgee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fad. Not fabulous. Not new.
But every generation thinks they have come up with some fabulous new thing. And it's probably relatively harmless--as long as they can spell if they need to.
2006-07-13 19:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by Einsteinetta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who speaks in other than his mother tongue tends to speak grammatically. Too much use of abbreviations only make everyone mad.
Ramachandran V.
2006-07-13 19:51:34 · answer #7 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is annoying, but language changes all the time. Soon the proper form of you will be "u". We must get used to it.
2006-07-13 19:39:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eye do not. Eye write every word completely and fully so there can be no misunderstanding about what eye mean. :)
2006-07-13 19:39:53 · answer #9 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it takes a long time to be on the phone with someone. it is convenient
2006-07-13 19:38:46 · answer #10 · answered by lovely 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋