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
Christine
Haha, I cannot stand that. I honestly had to think really hard with some of the abbreviations you included in that letter. I wish I had sent something like that to one of my ex's as now it would just be hilarious, haha.
And thank you for the very sweet comment on my blog! =]
Ariel
You never cease to amaze me Justin…that letter seriously made my head hurt hahaha.
Nick
Haha, wow, that was rather mind-blowing to be honest. I'm quite happy that my girlfriend made me stop using chatspeak, it actually starts to get in the way when you're writing essays and such. And now I have the additional bonus of being able to sneer at all people who do use chatspeak haha.
Shen
Haha. Gosh, that was hilarious. I didn't read out the letter because it gave me an instant headache. It's so frustrating when people type like that. I feel like handing them a dictionary. >.< Jeez. How long will it take to spell out the words?
Sky
I'm in New hampshire 🙂
Oh my gosh, I hate slang. It took me like 20 minutes to decode all that using urban dictionary, haha. 😛
-Sky
Rachel
Oh wow, that really did nearly give me a headache. It was fun to try to read though! 🙂 Abbreviations probably take longer to type than the actual words when you have to think of so many. -_- Chatspeak is epic fail. 🙂
Gillan
I love you for joining the Icontest xD
Yeah,i am pretty busy because of those school activities who seems to hate me and wants to get back at me by cramming my schedule xD
Cozza
rofl! ok, i'll let you deal with levi. but trust me, the moment you saw him you would regret it *puke*
haha ikr!
omg i know it's so weird, abbreviation is like a mega long word, oh the irony lmfao.
LOL well i like abbreviating some times whilst talking to my mates, but that's mainly my style of writing – not slang though. but i do love speaking slang to people who frustrate me.
ROFLMAO @ your letter. oh man, that's wicked. best way to break up or what xD
Jackie
That letter made me laugh SO hard! My manager that is like 35 types like that in emails to the staff. I find it funny. You should leave a note like this for someone and see what they say. Will they reply in the same pattern or WHOLE words? Haha.
Lee
It's okay, don't feel guilty. I'm just trying to make my own WP theme but it's turning out crap because I'm slow. 😀
What's SOL? …And TBA?
Rita
Shit dude! That does give you a headache. i hate chatspeak. it tuk m3 lyk 4ev 2 r33d. teehee. :}
Thuyy
LMFAO dude, that was HARD to read. XD I never knew you could write so well in chatspeak! D= I didn't even know some of the abbreviations. xD
And yes, I do agree, why is "abbreviations" such a long word, and yet its definition means "short" word for a bunch of other words. >.<
xD That gave me a headache, as well. xP
Chiui
gosh! haha! that was funny! I dunno what the other abbreviations meant, but the rest were so hilarious XD XD XD
Amanda
ahah it IS delicious (:
ahaha, its like a game where someone stands out of the pool and they think of a topic and the people in the pool think of a thing inthe topic [ex. colors: pink, blue etc] and when your [color] is called, you're supposed to swim to the other side and not get tagged. The person outside of the pool has to figure out when someones going and try to tag them
Masoud
LOL – That was just freaking disturbing!
And yes, you should stick to writing the complete words (+) otherwise I wouldn't be able to read any of your texts.
I remember a few moths ago when my teacher brought this subject up to discussion, and she was freaking out because hardly anyone in our class can actually spell the words right.
Quotation: "Reading an essay written by a student who can't control capital letters.. It's PAIN."
Long time I've spoken to you Justin. How are you doing nowadays? 😛
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