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
Trish
The only time I do that is when I'm texting, and that's because I'm lazy when it comes to phones. I hate when people blog like that, though. Especially when they're trying to sound intelligent with their moronic opinions. Look what you did, you got me on a rant. Way to go, Justin.
Clairessa
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o.0
I have a headache too lol. I stopped trying after the thrid attempt @ that sentence but it was kind of funny hehe. lol @ the length of abbreviations 🙂
Felisa
I noe rite! Hahaha
I'm guilty of typing like that back in my AIM days (middle school!) but now I only use abbreviations to make fun of myself. I call my friends my BFFFBs… "best effing friends forever bitches!" Classy, I noe! 😛
That's all I have to say… ttyl! Haha
Georgina
Hahahaha. That really does hurt my eyes. And my brain. I bet it was a pain to write. D: It always takes a long time to write like that. XD
"I went AFK to cum vzit u" – that made me laugh for some reason. And the billion MPH. 😛
Actually I should show you this totally old site my classmates made. Just beware, it's really girly and whatever. But take a look at the writing. It is SO BAD: http://freewebs.com/haiym
Jen
LOL Justin! Yes maybe you SHOULD risk it, you already did anyways; hit the submit button XD
Jay
im not a fan of chatspeak. i'm sorry, but only read the first paragraph of the letter 😛 it took me awhile just to decipher that.
my sister and i texted each other in chatspeak just for the fun of it 🙂 we gave up after a couple messages.
it takes so much effort!
Becca
oops clicked enter too early :/
I was saying;
i h8 it whn ppl tlk lyk dis cuz it rly anys me whn i cnt wrk out wht thyr syn n i dnt wna ask cuz u lk lyk a ttl nob if u dnt no! RIGHT? Um, yeah. I'll stop now. You're right, it does give you a headache typing like that!
Becca
hahaha I *lol*-ed at that (nicely inserted there eh? ;))
That would actually be a perfect letter. It might come in handy one day, you'll see!
I absolutely agree with you about the whole abbreviations though. I h8 it whn pi
Gillian
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the blog and thanks for the twitter advertising lmao. (:
LMFAOO, the letter made me laugh so hard. I struggled to read it but i finally got through with some kind of understanding of what the letter said in the end. xD
But wow I've never thought about that.. I use abbreviations a lot and it's so ironic that the word itself is so damn long.
Jill
Ah sorry, I just put it on when you made it and haven't really thought about it.. lol that sounds bad..
Yeah the ending was like nothing. My friend and I really had to go to the bathroom during the like climax of the whole movie. Only because she knew that part was important did we not leave then to go lol
Sabryna
Cutenews! <333 I don't see why people hate it so… they just don't understand it!
Ha, that letter of yours gave me a headache, too. I had a lot of trouble reading it… Teh lax of grammarz hertz. The PS: FU was a nice touch, though.
Francine
my favourite movie was the second one,i dont know why,but i liked it because of the basilisks and snakes,plus the quidditch was good too. lately all the hp movies are just too much about the story,theres hardly any quidditch anymore…
Diamond
Haha. Lol I might. =3 Hehe! Let it be if it's so! =P Haha I see! Don't worry I'm sure it was. Sometimes it cannot be put to words. 🙂
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Wow. I read that slowly but I did get it all. I just didn't understand terms like BLVD, RD, AVE and ETA. Lol. The rest I managed. At the end it actually DID give me a bang in the head… LOL. Psychology or smth? =o XD
Myra36
Those short forms give me a headache too. Don't get me started on emoticons. Texting has turned the written communication skills of some into mush unfortunately.
Greg
Heyy (:
I'm back, my holiday was great thanks for taking an interest!
I couldnt keep updated when i was away cause i had NO I REPEAT NO interent :'(
I was seriously crushed haha!
CYA SOOON!
toodles
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