Save the Vowels!

http://carocat.co.uk/2006/12/07/save-the-vowels-my-view/

This is possibly very old, but I will post it anyway. I fully support this. I know sometimes/from time to time, I would use an acronym but it would always be one of the "most used" or "general" ones. For example, lol, afk, brb, btw (by the way), fyi (for your information), atm (at the moment), imo/imho (in my humble opinion). And I do it very rarely!

So please type out your words people! "sry" or "pls" or "thx" aren't words and they look stupid and make YOU look stupid. So stop using them! Also if you're texting, please enable and use Predictive Text.

I will quote something important if you're too lazy to click the above article link.

I believe that the English language is a great sounding and easy to pick up language. It uses fairly straightforward grammar and the vocabulary isn’t that big compared to other languages. Many words share the same pronounciation and it is important that they are spelled correctly to keep the meaning.

Over the recent years people have been using txt spk not just in text messages, but also elsewhere. For example on internet forums, in letters, on blogs, IM services and chat rooms.

In my opinion, these people are just lazy. They use txt spk to save themselves time and effort, yet it takes me double the time to read what they are saying. So I have to spend more time/effort, because they are lazy? I don’t think so.

Sure, another option would be to ignore what they are writing, but how exactly do you do that in a thread with several people using txt spk? I would be missing out of opinions and wouldn’t be able to reply properly.

This needs to stop and it needs to stop now, before it is too late!

I want to create the ‘Save the Vowels’ Movement! No more txt spk! Who is with me?

Cat