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Old 06-07-2012, 05:09 AM   #69
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Originally Posted by Joshua.P View Post
I'd be interested to know the ages of people who can't understand:

"r u coming 2nite"

I mean, anyone under 20 could read that and get the message. Probably even quicker than if it was written out fully.
It's a matter of context. I don't think anyone would say that such spelling is inappropriate for personal messaging between friends, but when you're writing for a wider audience, it seems to me to be a matter of simple courtesy to at least attempt to write in a reasonably standard form of English (or whatever language it is you're writing in).
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