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Originally Posted by goodellboy
I'm a huge fan of slang. However, I believe that the writer should do enough work so that his or her readers don't have to do an excessive amount. Think of writing as a service to your readers.
The work to read that sentence with all the abbreviated words in it was nigh on excruciating for me.
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You make a good point. Since I see it everyday, it's almost like a english dialiect. But you're right one should modify thier language in respect to thier target audience. But because one person does not understand what is said does not make the "language" invalid or non existant. The reality is that words like pwnd are here to stay since the internet community becomes larger and the "net lingo" is seeping into the "meat lingo". ( meat being real life)