theymos answered Sunday April 29 2007, 9:22 pm: Why do you need to abbreviate, are you in a hurry? Chatspeak makes your message unclear, and it takes longer for the untrained eye to decipher it. It also makes you look stupid, and it's annoying. There's no way to get around the chatspeak detector in questions.
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Y DO U NED 2 ABREVIAET R U IN A HURY CHATSP3AK MAEKS UR M3SAEG UNCLEAR AND IT TAEKS LONGER FOR DA UNTRANEED EY3 2 DECIPHAR IT ALSO MAEKS U LOK STUPID AND ITS ANOYNG TH3RES NO WAY 2 G3T AROUND DA CHATSP3AK DATEC2R IN QUASTIONS [ theymos's advice column | Ask theymos A Question ]
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