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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Less clear to you. They are perfectly clear enough to the people they are texting with, else they would not communicate in such a fashion.
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If the "texting" spellings actually
were restricted to texting, you would be correct. When such spellings make their way into
written communication (e.g., undergrad papers), that is
not the case. That's my whole point: The acceptance of texting spellings within texting contexts is irrelevant. It's when it expands into
written usage that it affects intelligibility.