Lets Use Big-Boy Word

IMNSHO - (In My Not So Humble Opinion) these texting shortcuts and abbreviations have gotten way out of control and need to be stopped. Have we become that lazy people? If are message to someone is that long, how about we do the old fashion thing and call the person with our cell phone (usually this is cheaper anyways). I have also noticed that these text message abbreviations have made there way into common language.


This site: http://www.swalk.com/ has literally hundreds of abbreviations that can be used. "I h8 every1." There are abbreviations for ridiculous phrases like rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak, and ok, old man, good night. Who uses this crap, seriously?

WTS? (What the shizzle) Texting should be used in the extreme case in which either you or the other person cannot literally talk on the phone. (In a bar, club, church, at work, in a meeting) Thats it. Otherwise it is a slap in the face to the other person, that you don't even want to talk to them, you just want to text them. I have seen people have 20 minutes conversations with people, one in which they have sent 8-9 messages. This conversation on the phone would have taken 3 minutes. If you are going to text someone, just use real big-boy words, not these crazy abbreviations that really mean nothing.

I have also seen these abbreviations make their way into common language. I was recently reading a blog on the show Lost about some theories this guy had. I literally could not read it, he used abbreviations for every other word. It made no sense. When you are typing on the computer, there is no reason to not type the whole words, it will take an extra 3 seconds per sentence at most. I have also seen people use common abbreviations like U, 2mrw, 2day, 4ever, when writing normal, business type, documents to be read by others. If you want someone to think you are a complete idiot-douche bag, then please keep using abbreviations in common documents, otherwise use real words. If aliens landed on our planet, they would think we started a new language, but would then quickly figure out that really it is just that we have become incredibly lazy.

BFN (Bye for Now)