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Originally Posted by Rob Lister
I think there are unstated social contracts pertaining to different forms of messaging and their players.
Should a text message to my good buddy Bubba about our shrimp barbeque tonight really be meticulously typed and proofed?
We're very verbose here compared to many forums. Many here take at least some pride in making a message not only comprehensible, but often eloquent. Compare with your average gaming forum.
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Forrest Gump? Is that really you?
But yes, you have a point. Language, even written, is in essence about communication. Text speech is really just another language, and as long as it don't replace the more verbose ones, I can live with it.
I wonder what some famous authors, now passed on, would text each other about the afternoon BBQ (<--See what I did there?) . Shakespeare to Dante, or Conrad to Jules Verne.
