Thanks Post-Dispatch readers: Good reason America needs newspapers

Flash · Oct 22, 2006

As much as it pains me to do it when I'm texting, 'you' does become 'u' and 'tonight' becomes '2nite.' Apostrophes take way too much effort. And unfortunately, people do understand the result.

steveu · Oct 22, 2006

cranberry said:

Dude said:

I almost see it as the evolution of language.

How much different is English today than it was 100 years ago? 1000 years ago? Someone from those eras would look at what is considered proper English today and be disgusted or befuddled by it.

Maybe this step in evolution, with "LOL" AND "ROFL", is a product of being lazy or uneducated, but it's a step either way.

jk
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Good point. Maybe someday "you" will be "u" and "are" will be "r" and it will be considered the correct spelling? Smaller and telephone keyboards have made people seek typing efficiencies. The endless acronyms I could do without, however.
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u r correct, sir.

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