Why do people use "ur" and other shortenings?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by drig, Jan 23, 2007.

  1. Correctus

    Correctus Straight Edge

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    #41
    21 Reasons why I hate this shortenings crap. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

    1. Its unprofessional
    2. It reflects Laziness
    3. Its stupid
    4. Its dumb
    5. Its Idiotic
    6. Only people with no self esteem online use it
    7. I hate wannabes
    8. Users dont know how to type
    9. Users dont care about making themselves understood
    10. Users are immature
    11. Users are losers
    12. The people using shortenings MOST LIKELY suck at English
    13. I can forgive Teens who live in an environment of shortenings but these people dont leave this shortenings crap even after coming to a HIGHLY professional webmaster forum
    14. Its because of people like these people that our Industry gets a bad name
    15. These morons call themselves webmasters and STILL INSIST on using such crappy language
    16. MOST of these losers don't have any sense of Grammar and I MEAN IT, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY F**KING SENSE OF GRAMMAR
    17. These morons type shortenings and hence even inspire others to use this crap
    18. NOBODY SEEMS TO MIND THESE MORONS WHEN THEY ARE AROUND
    19. Some users are actually well educated in their real lives
    20. These people don't even care to learn how to spell
    21. 99% of these people never cite their references when they are talking

    IT
     
    Correctus, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  2. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #42
    may i have some #21 for #12, #14 & #18 please?
     
    ahkip, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  3. Correctus

    Correctus Straight Edge

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    #43
    Yeah sure, I'll send that to you by PM, since you are the freedom of way of typing fighter for these people.

    IT
     
    Correctus, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  4. Coolalex

    Coolalex Banned

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    #44
    I am a teenager but definately do not use any kind of that speak in professional places like when designing websites, writing articles, posting on forums such as this one, and these kind of areas. The only time I use "1337" speak is when I am on my cell phone, Or for a while if I have to type one handed because my other is broken :( (Couple weeks ago You might have noticed me using those kinds of words for that reason)
     
    Coolalex, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  5. The Rock

    The Rock Well-Known Member

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    #45
    Yes I have also use short words but only when chatting with my friends. When I have send professional emails (like Work status report) to my clients then always use exact word without using any short words.
     
    The Rock, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  6. rays

    rays Active Member

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    #46
    doesn't make any difference for me, "time is money" and if you can innovate some ways to save your time. i appreciate it ... it is similar matter of using linux and windows ... both are good but what matters is user friendly...
     
    rays, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  7. Game Producer

    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    #47
    Well, why people say "SEO"? Took me ages to find out whadda heck that means :cool:
     
    Game Producer, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  8. prue187

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    #48
    They use shortcuts to save time and space. Especially on cell phone text messaging, some cell phone units has character limit, if you type long words you might not be able to type your whole message.
     
    prue187, Jan 25, 2007 IP