The TXTR Submitted by James
Are you a TXTR?
When it comes to “texting,” the rules don’t seem to apply. The casual bastardization of the English language is sneaking into your every day life by way of your mobile phone. At first, it might seem completely innocent, perhaps even cute. It progresses, and U suddenly realize that the acronyms and abbreviations R piling up. There is no way 2 stop it; there is no escape. You respond with fully-formed sentences, proper capitalization, and an increasingly rare use of punctuation, but it doesn’t matter. The damage is done. This ship has sailed, my friend. DING! You have a new message.
A lot of texting going on.
This year, the world is on track to produce about 2.4 trillion (over two million million) text messages. Just imagine all the LOLZ…
English gets shorthanded.
The concept of “mail” is all but a distant memory in your past. Mobile messaging has spawned a new “shorthand” version of the English language. Acronyms and abbreviations abound, created for the sake of speed and convenience.
The TXTR-DRVR!
Driving while drunk makes you four times more likely to cause an accident. Driving while texting makes you eight times more likely. Don’t be a TXTR-DRVR.
I can’t stand this…even people who are otherwise intelligent seem to like this sort of communication. Once it starts, it’s like it spreads to other mediums! Bah!