Re: txt msgs & BrSc

>> It seems that ordinary, linguistically naive people have not the
slightest
>> problem in using symbols in this way.
>
>Some, but a lot of people find things like "R" for "are" and "U" for
>"you" to be very annoying.
>
<rant>
Ugh, that reminds me. There's a whole group of people here at school who
insist on using frankly dyslexic spellings on purpose when using ICQ
messaging. It's not like it makes the words any shorter, its probably just
natural for them.

A prime specimen would be: "u noe dat thing u r doing, hav u dun it yet?
fanx ^_^"
This is exactly the same group of people who also insist on using ASCII
symbols all over the place.
</rant>

Imperative

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