Short on Patience, Long on Words
What is with our passion for abbreviations? And while we’re at it, why is “abbreviations” such a long word?
I firmly believe in spelling out words entirely. Chatspeak is a last resort for me, reserved for those who don’t deserve the effort. For example, if I were typing a breakup email (yes, I’m an awful person), it might read something like this…
Sup Ex,
Yes, u hurd me… U r my ex now. We r thru. It’s ur fault. U shouldn’t have wlkD away aftr our fyt. Y did u leaV? Y did u do dis 2 me? If u reply 2 dis letta, I dnt care f u say u will BRB or BBL. The fact is dat u rly said TTFN. Omg. I m seriS. I m nt LOL… nor m I ROFL or LMAO… I m nt evn ROFLMFAO. IMO, I honestly <3’d u. U wr my qt. U made me say ILY. U hurt me. WTG, jerk. FML.
I wish I knu the 411. Nt every1 n the wrld has ESP. It all hapnd so fast… 1 day I was @ the comp, but thN, I went AFK to vzit u. And as I went n 2 ur home, wut did I c? I saw u and ur other luvr. I wuz ^set. I ran 2 anoth AVE, BLVD, RD, ETC… I jst had 2 get 4, 4 away. The runN made me lose a lot of lbs (IE. APPROX 2).
@ home, my ETA wuz 4:00 PM. I prolly ran @ a pace of 1k MPH. Not dat u care tho. U always had a lo IQ. N e wA, here’s the surpriz: I filmd u cheatin on me. LOL! Take dat! Wld u like a copy on VHS or DVD? Uhh… well… no 1 rly uses a VCR n e mor, but I’ll gladly make a VHS 4 ur parNts. Yes, dey gt a copy. ROFL. FYI, now u r the 1 dat is SOL. Dey will gt 2 watch evry sec of it. The day I send it is TBA. Liv n’ fear!
O, no need 4 thx… I’ll gladly say yw n advance.
RSVP 4 ur doom ASAP! (BYOB)
RIP,
Ur Ex Luvr
PS: FU
Okay, I lied. That took way more effort than writing the actual words.
I think I’ll ditch the shortcuts and cutesy initials. In terms of communication and a clearer exchange of ideas, it’s just better PR.
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AnneMarie
I read the first paragraph of that letter, and LOL my head hurt. How do people write that kind of stuff? I mean every now and then I use a abbreviation like LOL or BRB when I talk to people but I don't like typing like that. It's so aggravating.
Hahahaha, I thought the champagne glasses in the limo were all neat and stuff. Hahahhaaha, but I didn't drink any. Sadly, I didn't get a chance to talk to the orangutan. We had to leave for another show so I didn't get to go to the stage to say hi. >.< But he is adorable isn't he? I loved him .. I think it was a him I can't remember. Hahaha.
Jill
Thank ya 🙂
Yeah I SPRINTED to the bathroom when the movie ended lol.
Taversia
…That breakup letter should clearly be published as some kind of fine work of literary genius, imo. ;]
Justin Robbins
That gave me a headache.
Kaela
That was when I was litte… 😛 But yes, I think there are still some there…
Thankyoo!
Sweet Jesus! I couldn't even understand what the heck you were saying! You are right, only talk messed if you don't like the situation. But sometimes I'm a lazy sod and do that. xD
Ben
I type. I tend not so speak like that.
Masoud
Thank you. 🙂
Things are going great. At this moment I actually have no worries at all 😛
What about you? How are thing going?
The birthday was really funny! Everybody except from me had felt a sleep, so I decided to wake all of them up by playing "Greeting" (music-tone which will be found in most Sony Ericsson-cellphones) all-night.
By all-night I mean from 3am to 7am 😛
And I learned to skate (h)
Casee
Thanks Justin for the comment, do you return all comments, if you do it MUST suck…rofl
Chrys
AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHA. I understood most of it. But what the hell is "TTFN"?? I actually spent about 5 minutes trying to work it out. Is "WTG" what the god? And what is "AFK"?? Hahhaa. I love this letter!! Oh and what's "BYOB"??
Everything else I understood. I think. Or I made something up that kind of makes sense.
I usually just ignore people who type like that. I say "Sorry, I don't speak idiot" and then I leave =/ T'is rude, but t'is true.
Anyhoot. Yeah, I've never hosted a SOTM contest. So… We'll just have to wait and see how badly I fail.
Layoutingness. Have you tried saying that? It's a brilliant word 🙂 Love it.
dkid
^ that was my half-wit attempt at twiddling thumbs AND typing. My fingers kind of stick out and it's impossible =/
Shur
I know right. How shameful is that? The owner herself ditching the pledge, haha.
Meaghan!
Of course (: It's like my official catch phrase now haha.
I'm taking summer school for geometry =/ I failed my second semester cause I didn't do homework haha.
I hate when people abbreviate. HAHA. Whoa, your "breakup" letter was so hard to read xD
Ana
I use chatspeak when I'm being sarcastic, lol. But it's very annoying when people blog using it and expect the visitors to spend a whole 10 minutes trying decipher what he or she is really trying to say. Haha
Allie
LMAO. I hate chatspeak. I wrote a blog on that too! :/ It gave me a headache READING it! I couldn't decode a few words, though. xD
LOLOL. you recorded it? As in a "movie"? Hah. And that brings us back to you and your boyfriend and whatthehell you guys were doing for two hours last night. 😛
Aimee
Lmao! You're so funny
I hate it too especially when someone goes overboard with it OR the other thing that annoys me is when people talk "JuSt LYkE ThIS lYkE tHeY dOnT hAvE bRaIn CelLs!!!!" I just text or type it all the way out and ppl don't understand why.. Umm because I'm not lazy!! >.>.. kinda
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