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it is worse than txt speak brb
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Yes, certainly is something to think about....
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Whatever happened to education ...?
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Some of the text speak has its background in early radio communication https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code_abbreviations but that was for a purpose only so much you could do with dots and dashes and also with the standard 160 characters in a text message . But now most use smartphones why is there the need for poor communication .
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Not the meme I had in mind, but it will do:
Interesting @Bambino & those posts above ^ ^ ^ ... I hadn't thought of it like that before ... but ... you're right ... I text generally in order to be made understood eg I find it difficult to read when people use i for I & say tommo for tomorrow & c u as in see you ... to me it shows the quality or lack of education, but I do use eg att = at the / that time & atm = at the moment & aka = also known as & an old one from my office days:- asap = as soon as possible or pdq = pretty damn quick as the shop floor foremen would say ... I do use emoji 
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@AnonymousI dislike txtspk (lol) Though abbreviations such as e.g. a.k.a and asap don't fall into that category.
I still use a lot of medical abbreviations when talking to friends from that profession. A few examples
p.r.n, stat, t.d.s, q.d.s, b.d.
One type of abbreviation I use a lot (and didn't realise it was confusing to others) 2/52 (two weeks), 3/12 (three months) So we have another language of our own. Derived from Latin, supposedly a 'dead' language. 
