aem wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>>
>> I just want to know why you'd want to use "ne", "u" and "2" in place
>> of real words? You use other three letter words, so why is "two",
>> "you" and "any" any harder?
>
> I don't know from experience, but it's possible that webtv, like text
> messaging on cellphones, leads users to look for all possible
> abbreviations. First because keying is a PIA and then because it
> becomes its own form of written language. I don't think it says
> anything about the poster's actual ability to spell. -aem

My former fiance was computer illiterate but he was actually quite literate
himself. When it came to using a keyboard he would take any shortcuts he
could and 'u' and 'ur' and '2' and other things like that drove me nuts. It
does, at first glance make a person seem either (1) illiterate or, (2)
teenaged. He was neither; he was simply new to using a keyboard. I *try*
to judge the posts by the content. It IS sometimes difficult to get past
the abbreviated words, but then, think about it. We use terms like "BTW"
and emoticons all the time and think nothing of it. I have a hard time
keeping things like "IMHO" out of my business email correspondence because
it's become so embedded in my online life. It is, however, IMHO (LOL)
better than U and UR. Heheh.

Jill