GreedyTop
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Joined: 5/2/2007 From: Savannah, GA Status: offline
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There are certain 'textspeak' things I don't mind.. thx, lol and it's variations (I see them as text emoticons) and things in that vein. It's the 2, r, u, etc that drive me batshit. I don't see it as a language, I see it as an indication of laziness. in the days when cell text messaging was new, I believe it cost per character, so in that case it would make sense to abbreviate as much as possible (but most of the kids who use this txtspk now weren't even born then...). Now, when it's cheap to text (I think it's .05 p/ msg AFTER I've used my allotted freebies, which I have yet to do) there's no excuse for it, other than laziness.. Just my NSHO *grin*
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