architeuthis
I see what you're doing!!
Briefly, here's my thoughts on abbreviated words... http://bit.ly/eeShFm
That's come funny shit right there.. lolFunny. While I agree that many ppl use 2 mny abbrevs - it gets very annoying, very quickly. That said, I've come to terms with & have accepted 'lol' & 'rofl' as necessary indicators of tone when sending a quick text, pm or email to someone. I often abbreviate, but nothing like this:
http://failbook.failblog.org/2010/11/11/funny-facebook-fails-in-england-are-they-grammar-bobbies/
whatchu talkin bout willis?LOL, sign number 1 that ur getting 2 old when u don't get the lingo of the ppl today.
exactlywhatchu talkin bout willis?
I hear you. I especially can't stand it when people use it in actual speech. I work with someone that instead of laughing actually says "LOLz" phonetically and "O-M-G"Oh I understand it alright... And using modernizations in speech are okay, but some of the TXT stuff is truly silly...