Re: txt msgs & BrSc
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 17, 2001, 16:28 |
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Irina Rempt wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Compared to normal English (or indeed any lang written by the Roman
> > alphabet), Abbrev makes it easier and faster for the writer but more
> > difficult for the reader.
>
>Not for people who have already automated typing in the real
>language; it takes me up to ten times as long to work out the
>abbreviation as it does to type the unabbreviated word.
Well, you'd be amazed who quickly one can automate writing, say, "u" instead
of "you".
But what's more important is that most of the Abbrevians are
chat-frequenting teens with little typing experience.
Andreas
PS "Real language" is a rather misplaced phrase here, don't you agree? From
context, it seems clear you meant "standard spelling".
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