I'm serious, asking because I don't know and want to learn. It can't be timesaving. I had to stop and think about it, while if I had just spelled out all the words I could have zipped through it. What is the purpose behind "license plate speech" on the internet?
2006-12-27 15:33:58 · 12 answers · asked by cruztacean1964 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I've given every one of you so far a thumbs up for excellent answers. It's going to be hard to choose a Best.
Jered: I had to think about it, but I got it. Ha, ha!
2006-12-28 00:52:21 · update #1
Not going to pick a best. They're all good. I'll leave it to the voters.
2006-12-29 11:03:58 · update #2
Lazy and/or uneducated.
2006-12-27 15:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by BAnne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Instant messaging has given birth to that abbreviated form of communication, and so have sites like this one, where one is limited to a certain number of text characters. However, the result comes across as laziness and/or illiteracy. I cringe when I read it, and it always makes me think that the person is uneducated, which may not be the case at all. Sometimes I think good grammar, punctuation and spelling are lost arts in this age of technology, and I shudder to think what the written language will be like ten years from now.
2006-12-27 15:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by gldjns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found a letter once in a Bus Depot. The author wrote it like she talked. So...I'd say that some ppl write like they talk.
2006-12-27 15:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lazy, ignorant of the English language or they just don't know any better and they type like they talk.
2006-12-27 15:38:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a shortcut for certain words, but I agree with you, it's rude since most 'ppl' have to try and decipher it when reading it.
2006-12-27 15:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by Sammy Da Bull 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wonderful question that I don't know the answer to but I definitely agree with you!!
2006-12-27 15:38:58 · answer #6 · answered by Donna J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saves time. You know in America we're always in a RUSH!
2006-12-27 15:44:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never got that either. That and poeple who TyPe LiKe ThIs...very annoying.
2006-12-27 15:37:17 · answer #8 · answered by jade_143 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know it makes them sound uneducated and illiterate. Maybe they talk like that too!!
2006-12-27 15:39:48 · answer #9 · answered by xo_preciouscharm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's techno shorthand.
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2006-12-27 15:36:20 · answer #10 · answered by truthhandl3r 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋