"shud d dictionaries adapt 2 d nu IM / SMS wrds / grammer?"\nU ,lol, lmao,  y ,2 ...\n\nSince that has become the norm and readable and none follows or knows good english.
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NO! It shouldn't.\n\nPerhaps there can be 'internetspeak dictionaries' that contain all the terms, but we don't want to reduce the language, not reduce it. That makes everything so much harder. It's not real, it's just stupid and pointless. It's unprofessional. English is a perfect, developed and perfected. We don't need to screw it up.\n\nAnd it's not the norm. Not everyone writes like that. There are many literate people. It's only the norm for lazy people, and it'll lead them into incompetence.\n\nYou're a prime example. You don't know much about /grammar/ because you speak like that. You've abandoned spelling. Grammar is spelled with an a, friend.\n\nEver read 1984? Let's veer away from a world like that and your modern day version of 'newspeak'.
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Dear Friend:\n\nExplain what and stuff.  (First example)\n\nIn a world without grammar I would go nuts.  I have no respect for those who cannot use the language properly or communicate well.  I cannot abide constant misspelling of words that is not due to English as a second language.  I will not read anything that someone has butchered words such as "with" with "wit".  Its not cute, its not cool, it makes the person look absolutely stupid. \n\nI refuse to read anything that is not paragraphed at all.   I am not usually so harsh, but this is my pet peeve.  GBYou
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Unfortunately, young people spend that much time “texting” (horrible word!) that this is becoming the only language they can understand or communicate in, even in forums such as this or their school work, essays, etc.  I can understand the shortening of words or phrases for mobile ‘phone use (for speed / cost purposes), but for general written use it is just lazy! Don’t these people also realise that this type of language when written looks extremely childish? Do they also not realise that writing words the way they do when "texting" will not exactly endear them to any potential employers?
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does anyone have a Ubergeek to english dictionary handy? I'm a nerd but this guy is either BSing or his frontal lobe is ginormous! at least his spelling sux....
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I got kind of lost!! Don't you know about punctuation?\n\nI think you talk to much and too fast!!!
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thk 4 that\n\nonly joking. I dislike text speak also. It's just down right lazy.
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I'm guessing you are talking about Messenger/chat jargon.  \n\nThat IS probably more annoying than using the cell phone, which was my first guess.
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Right on Cindy!!! I am with you 100%. Misspellings and poor grammar are running rampant here on Yahoo Questions. People, are you listening?
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Do you realize how completely annoying it is when people TyPe LiKe ThIs???  And words like beginnners, stockings, skirts answers all end in S, not Z!  Please, just because this is the internet doesn't mean we need to completely abandon basic grammar, spelling and formatting rules.\n\nThank you.
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IMing. Everyone's gotten out of the habit of spelling things properly. They just type them quickly, then move on without checking their spelling.
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i don't think they read them at all. they just start spouting off at the mouth. and watch out. people are starting to condemn each other for typos and misspelled words again.
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People use slang on purpose; it doesn't mean they're any less intelligent. Most just find it quicker and so easier to type in short hand. That doesn't, however, mean that the people who do choose to do that don't understand grammatically correct English because, believe it or not, we still do write in text books with teachers pointing out errors =). In fact, I actually read an interesting idea the other day on the Internet, about how if people show they can write and understand slang, it actually shows they're more intelligent (something to do with being able to convert easily, almost between two different languages. Apparently it challenges the brain, and so is actually useful.)
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The trend of (mostly) Americans to carelessly mispell words or to use them inappropriately is bad enough, but the ignorance it takes to use "text message" spelling is unfathomable.\n\nPeople who use "loose" when they mean "lose" or using "medal" as a verb can at least be comprehended.  But when some ignoramus types "IB Cing u soon!  howru?", I would like the ability to send ten volts of current through their keyboard and into their hands.\n\nOne could describe it as the worst parts of rap music and Prince bundled together.  Rappers try for a "cooler than thou" pose and use made-up "slang".  And while replacing a letter for a word may not be Prince's invention (eg. "I would die 4 u"), but he certainly popularized it.\n\nAny rapper who says, "You know what I'm saying" more than once every three minutes should be beaten over the head with a CD player (a home audio system version, not a portable) for each instance.
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I do understand what you're trying to say, and I do not usually try to make a big deal out of the grammar and spelling mistakes of others.  However, I do get very annoyed when I am trying to read a post that is written so poorly that I have to read the words more than once to try and figure out what the person is saying.  There is also a spell check on this board, so there really is no reason for misspelled words.  Now, punctuation is a whole different story, I suppose.  In either case though, there is still no reason for someone to be mean about it or to make fun of someone for it, even if it is extremely annoying.
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This is not the answer that you're looking for.\n\nI just have a major bee in my bonnet about the abhorrent standard of English used in this media.\n\nThanks. I have got it off my chest now !
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I am glad there are still people thinking like you, I agree, it is irritating. I don't even go into a chatroom anymore because its full of abreviations and duh, da words. The future lies within the children, we should teach them well. And it's the same in other languages as well, unfortunately. Good luck.
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I did some volunteer moderating for an english virtual chat site. I don't think of them as any different, other than the slang they use. Frankly, I can't STAND it. IE: "wot fancy fit fab lad wold like 2 bloody snog me???"