I feel the same way about typos in communications 😅 of course a typo here and there is unavoidable at times, but consistent typos demonstrate low effort “IMO” lol.
I write out full words in texts though tbh I did put a 'tbh' in a comment earlier today. Even then it was because I'm in a writing group with the person who wrote the article, and I know them.
Reading the abbreviated version of the text messages in your example also made my brain hurt.
Maybe the young people find it easier? My young adult kids all use the abbreviations, to them it's normal.
I try my best to be very grammatically correct, but sometimes I'll abbreviate if I'm truly in a rushed situation... or if the person I'm talking with talks that way -- almost as a way to relate. (typically when I'm interacting with my high school athletes haha)
I feel the same way about typos in communications 😅 of course a typo here and there is unavoidable at times, but consistent typos demonstrate low effort “IMO” lol.
Same here 😄
I write out full words in texts though tbh I did put a 'tbh' in a comment earlier today. Even then it was because I'm in a writing group with the person who wrote the article, and I know them.
Reading the abbreviated version of the text messages in your example also made my brain hurt.
Maybe the young people find it easier? My young adult kids all use the abbreviations, to them it's normal.
How old are your kids, Wendy? ☺️
Young adults, early 20s.
You should definitely send this one to them.
I bet they’d reply “Thx mom!” 😄
Or "OMG, WTF??" - They like using a lot of question marks and exclamation marks too!! LOL!!!
My brain hurt as well.
I, too, sometimes use abbreviations, when texting with close friends or colleagues.
But out of 100 occasions I could abbreviate, I’d say I do it 5 times max.
LOL IMO IDK TTYL Giacomo
WTF, Nick!
:D
Haha
I try my best to be very grammatically correct, but sometimes I'll abbreviate if I'm truly in a rushed situation... or if the person I'm talking with talks that way -- almost as a way to relate. (typically when I'm interacting with my high school athletes haha)