[email protected] writes:
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>I would assume that someone with 20 years of building experience would
>know that "u" is not a word.
Gawd. I'm a professional secretary, or have been many years of my life
(even had a service bureau for 12 years), and I send text messages such as:
"R U going 2 B there 2?" Of course, in a letter, it's an entirely
different matter, more like "Do your plans include attending the event?"
(yeah,right!)
I must admit, even in text messaging, I usually overcome the urge to
abbreviate, most likely much to the consternation of my eldest son.
Yup, in some sit-u-a-tions, "u" is a word.<g>
And, no, spell checkers don't catch such things as: There read dog chaste
the dear.
Glenna
who has tomorrow off and
new wood in the garage and
is in a weird mood tonight
(bought new wood clamps
this evening also)
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:12:23 -0800, [email protected] (Glenna Rose)
wrote:
>Gawd. I'm a professional secretary, or have been many years of my life
>(even had a service bureau for 12 years), and I send text messages such as:
>"R U going 2 B there 2?" Of course, in a letter, it's an entirely
>different matter, more like "Do your plans include attending the event?"
>(yeah,right!)
There's a difference between a text message, where you have a limited
amount of space to send a message, and Usenet, where you have no
limits. As a secretary, I'm sure you don't use shorthand when writing
online, any more than it should be acceptable to use "text-speak"
outside of the text message environment.