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Vlammetje Posts: > 500

HAH! I always knew this, and thankfully now I have the research to back it up! SMS 'shorthand' annoys people!!!

Quote:Text shorthand is not popular, the survey found, and is only used by 13 per cent of all mobile users, but 23 per cent of 18-29 year olds admit to using it. 54 per cent of respondents said that messages in shorthand were "difficult to understand", with 41 per cent seeing text messages as "sloppily written". Seventy Seven per cent would oppose the inclusion of common text abbreviations in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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So stop using it! Now! The world will be a better place

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Posted: 2004-12-09 20:57:47
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whizkidd Posts: > 500

Thz gr8 news. :-D Wht do ya thnk ppl? This message was posted from a T230
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Posted: 2004-12-09 21:04:17
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Gigs Posts: > 500

iv lwyz h8d it

(I'm not good enough to be able to shorten 'it' like some txters out there

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Thats what I love about the P910i, you can text entire full length non abbreviated messages in a short time.
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Posted: 2004-12-09 21:34:42
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Lynx69 Posts: > 500

it ent dat bad, ppl use it cs it shrtns da lenf of da txt so dey cn fit mo wrds in2 1 txt dat allws 160 chrctrs
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Posted: 2004-12-09 21:38:50
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whizkidd Posts: > 500

Tht 160 chrctr rstrctn is t main rsn y sms shrthnd bcame so poplr. This message was posted from a T230
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Posted: 2004-12-09 21:43:26
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govigov Posts: > 500

U r rite i use it wen i hv2 shrtn d msg. Nt lwyz. This message was posted from a K500
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Posted: 2004-12-09 21:43:38
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Sammy_boy Posts: > 500

But it can be a right royal pain in the arse to read. Perhaps we should use text shorthand to send secret messages - except no bugger can understand it!

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Posted: 2004-12-09 23:15:19
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Lynx69 Posts: > 500

i fnk dts nt a gd idea cs a lta ppl cn reed wt im typin

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Posted: 2004-12-09 23:17:05
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Sammy_boy Posts: > 500

grrrr

I wonder when they're going to ban vowels? Can you imagine Countdown or other word-based gameshows with everything 'text' style!

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Posted: 2004-12-09 23:25:52
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Vlammetje Posts: > 500

If all abbreviations were just the vowels removed... but ther's loads more... completely unintelligible.

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On 2004-12-09 23:17:05, Lynx69 wrote:
reed
And then there's people who misspell words without abbreviating them to add to the general confusion.
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Posted: 2004-12-10 15:05:48
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