This one's not political, it's a major pet peeve of mine that is, people who use "Netspeak" (omg, etc) NOT 133t (just to make that clear) so much so that their sentences become illegible loose all original purpose.

Now I realize it is convenient , and I use it when I need to be quick (ie sup, u, etc). I just feel as though some people over use it, hence causing all loss of purpose to the comment/post this in turn causes me to often sell the poster of said comment short and consider them stupid (in the severe cases).

Now whilst I feel a great love for shorthand, I've also seen many people actually get linguistically dumber or less literate from an excessive use of shorthand, I've also noticed some people gain a smarter sense of that orgy of a language we call English, when they cut back on the amount of Netspeak used. All-in-all I think Mark Twain would be rolling over in his grave if he were aware of what we were doing to our beloved language.

That's it for me, today's article is brought to you by the word, "enunciate." Kids, can you say "enunciate?"
Signing-Off

Myles Taylor

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