So... have you ever noticed just how often you see ellipses used in lieu of periods? it's rampant in forums, game chat, chatrooms... it's a sign of something, but i'll be damned if i know what it is... probably awesomeness... that's right, i'm one of them... i'm not omitting anything or trailing off when i add the ellipses, it just feels wrong to use actual grammar when i don't want to bother capitalizing, etc...
Acronyms are all over, also. Everyone with access to TV, cell phones, internet, billboards, little sisters, wish-I-were-still-cool mom's, and any other form of anything knows "lol" (laugh[ing] out loud, to those of you who think it's just a word). Smileys fit in here also, as they are acronymous emotions =P. There are hundreds of less common ones: rofl, wtf, stfu, ily, etc. Numbers and single letters instead of words are common 2. U R likely 2 see them used in texts, especially since they save a couple characters, limiting your chance of going over 160. All of these I try to avoid. They are making me a grumpy old fart when I'm not even 30 yet. I don't like to read words that aren't words, nor do I like to read numbers when I'm not doing some sort of counting. I won't hold it against you if you use them, but there's a good chance I'll zone out and "uh huh" through a conversation. Control C is my favorite!
I can't speak for anyone but myself (yet, the control-the-world plan still has some bugs), but I feel that the world would be a happier place if the people in it would take the time to use language as more than a means to rush conversation. Words can be beautiful when put together well, so let's combine them.
As long as the combination is "crazy monkey banana goodness."
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