I don't know why so many people shorten "you" or "your" to "u" and "ur". Are you really saving that much time not typing 2 more letters? It's not 2008 anymore, it makes them sound like a moron when I read it.
That's just my "old man yells at clouds" opinion on it.
So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say.
I don't think it's a huge deal. Languages evolve and change in both formal and informal ways. What's most important is if the message is comprehensible to whom it's intended for.
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eareetator@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 104d
Manager says I have to stay, He will cuddle wife, Good teamwork
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 103d
Why go home when you can cuddle manager on the clock?
eareetator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 99d
Good teamwork and efficiency!
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 27 pts · 103d
I don't know why so many people shorten "you" or "your" to "u" and "ur". Are you really saving that much time not typing 2 more letters? It's not 2008 anymore, it makes them sound like a moron when I read it.
That's just my "old man yells at clouds" opinion on it.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 13 pts · 103d
There there, grandpa, let's get you back to bed
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 103d
Shakes fist while rambling incoherently about back in his day
rosco385@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 103d
So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say.
Mac@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 103d
You should use u'r on the open internet. People love it. lmao
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 103d
You what?
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 103d
Off to the slammer with you!
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 103d
I feel the same way; it’s not just you. Something about it bothers me.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 103d
I understand it is somewhat commonplace to use those abbreviations when people aren't being 100% serious
i.e. if a situation like this where you're making it clear it's a joke
toynbee@piefed.social · 3 pts · 103d
It took me so long to realize that "v" is supposed to mean "very." V long, one might say.
UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 103d
I don't think it's a huge deal. Languages evolve and change in both formal and informal ways. What's most important is if the message is comprehensible to whom it's intended for.
Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 103d
"
okay
I'll
tell
my
manager
that
i
have
to
leave
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