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.
135 Comments
Chynna
That letter gave me a headache. It actually did, it took me a while to decipher it – no joke. I'm not used to this type of writing except maybe the occasional LOL & OMG. I need some paracetamol now… haha 🙂 x
Vivien
Wow. Well, that was an interesting letter. Let's just say I feel bad for whoever is going to receive that.
LOL. Yes, I am sure you would love to laugh and disagree, etc, etc.
We'll see if I ever actually write a review though. I kinda got sick of the idea three days after I thought of it. /um.
Julianne
I was able to understand most of it, but honestly I stopped reading less than half way through and skipped to the end! It is annoying when people use most of those abbreviations. And I actually know some people use them offline, like this one kid I knew used to say L-O-L during class, it was actually pretty lame.
Kat
what. the. fuck!? hahahaha i couldn't understand that and i'm glad as well i only read like one line then thought fuck this its too hard LMFAO
most of the time it's easier just to make complete sentences because you actually have to think of the abbreviations and it's like uhhhhh what do i shorten this word to
Gillan
Lol,you're letter did gave me a headache.
And i think only people who thinks they're cool mostly uses Chat speak even offline xD
Jill
Rahh that did hurt my head haha, but I still got most of it (lol).
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I believe in using your words, writing in complete thoughts without all the shortcuts and cutesy initials. In terms of communication and a clearer exchange of ideas using your words is important, however, chatting online or sending cell phone text messages, using a few new SMS abbreviations to spice up your conversation limits time consumed.
Ben
Omg. That must have hurt soo much to write!
I remember I used to speak like that. I still do on msn when I'm feeling really lazy.
:S
Lea
hahaa that is so true. I love your blogs. they are really entertaining.
Lee
OMG Jus10 dat lettr wuz soo Qt! I unnrstan mst of it LOL! "Ur Ex Luvr" xD LOL Jus10, jus LOL!
Jhase
Uh, wow..I did not understand any of that.
I agree, spell the words out. Abbreviations are annoying when used like that.
Oh and Justin, never demonstrate that again. My eyes seriously hurt. Lol
Quynh
hii justin ^^
rooofll. IMO, that takes up more time than typing proper grammar+english. =P epicfail.
Sean The Boyfriend
WOW! That did give me a headache. I had to stop reading it. haha. I think you and I have had this discussion before. The annoying thing is when people say these things out loud. No one should ever say LOL. And whats with Tots? Say the whole words damn it! Before you know it we will be talking with click sounds like Ethiopians. Or Beaker from the Muppets.
Casee
Did I mention my favorite song is BYOB?
Casee
I love SOAD! XD
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