Back in the days of morse code and other limited bandwidth mediums abbreviations were an important and useful tool.
In todays environment, where my iphone prompts with the complete (correct mostly) word, they (such abbreviations) are mostly just plain laziness. People no longer know how to write, much less spell and sometimes even speak correctly. -- Larry Smith lesm...@ecsis.net On Fri January 27 2017 10:14, Adam Moffett wrote: > I thought so too until I saw a kid in the office hunt and peck with 2 > fingers on each hand. LOL must be easier for him than "That sure was > funny." I don't know why typing wasn't mandatory in his school (frickin > Harvard!). At some point this kid hunt-and-pecked his way through a > master's thesis. > > (You know who you are. If you read this email just know that I still > value your hard work even as you type it wrongly.) > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> > To: "af" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: 1/27/2017 11:00:16 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Why does txt spk bother me so? > > >I think it's perfectly normal to be bothered by it. In the days of > >typing on flip phones, it was understandable... but when I'm using a > >keyboard I just don't see how it's easier than typing actual English > >words. > > > >On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Jay Weekley > > > ><par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote: > >>ROFL > >> > >>Ken Hohhof wrote: > >>>U shouldn't be so sensitive. > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Nate Burke > >>>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 9:35 AM > >>>To: Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> > >>>Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Why does txt spk bother me so? > >>> > >>>The boss has gone to always typing 'u' instead of 'you', Email, text > >>>and Instant message, he does it everywhere. It's like nails on a > >>>chalkboard whenever I see it. I realize that language is evolving > >>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPV64Y2JfZY > >>><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPV64Y2JfZY> but this one just > >>>really bothers me. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>----- > >>>No virus found in this message. > >>>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >>>Version: 2016.0.7998 / Virus Database: 4749/13848 - Release Date: > >>>01/27/17
