hey hw r u? :) 2day was 1drfl...i hd a gr8 time @ the prk..there ws 2 many ppl tho lol :P
i will c u 2moro asap.. ttyl luv ya!!! <3
Honestly, if I ever saw someone texting like this, I would never respond back to them. I understand when people use some text message lingo or abbreviations like "lol" but to talk like that? Okay, maybe I'm a little guilty for texting like that, but that was a long time ago.
When I was younger in middle school, I used to text like the first sentence. Whenever I could, if I didn't have to write a full word or sentence I wouldn't. I would text my friends all the time using as little characters as possible. Granted at the time I had a box for a phone that only allowed a certain amount of characters. Now when I text, I am very formal with coworkers or professors, and a little informal with my friends. I will add an "lol" or a few smiley faces, but do I text as bad as the lingo above? Absolutely not. Why? Well, I'm older now, I have a iPhone that has autocorrect and allows a lot of characters, and I know when it is acceptable and when it isn't.
The article "I h8 txt msgs" talks about how language is being ruined by text messaging. But I don't necessarily agree with that. Just because we use emoticons and certain lingo while texting, doesn't mean we will forget and move away from our normal language. Language changes every day. Text message language will become adapted into our society, but will never replace the way we speak and communicate with others.
Reading:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-483511/I-h8-txt-msgs-How-texting-wrecking-language.html
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