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Old 04-27-2020, 05:10 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Notjohn View Post
I now see "wanna" used so frequently that I am beginning to suspect that some people actual believe this is standard English usage. Please tell me that it doesn't appear in Webster's Collegiate 11th edition? Must I pay $18.33 to find that the language has degraded so much since the 10th edition?
I do it simply to save on title space. There's a character limit with some forums.

wanna = 5 characters
want to = 7 characters
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