And just for grins, this is what it spat out. Slightly different than the post's version, which is far LOLer.
1. IM DA LORD UR GOD
2. U SHAL NOT MAEK FOR U AN IDOL
3. U SHAL NOT MAEK WRONGFUL UES OF DA NME OF UR GOD
and so on.
Marc said 2 days later
I thought it made for some very efficient reading. You knock one character off a couple words and you can read and write millions of times faster. It's a proven fact, the interwebs tells me so. Maybe you geezers will catch up some day. ;)
GJ said 2 days later
it's all about faster texting--has nothing to do with faster reading. Science (tm) tells me so.
Kristen said 2 days later
I have become bilingual without realizing it just by the nature of my job. Couldn't figure out what "slip" was today though--some new nickname for a drug. Couldn't get google to cooperate. Let me know if you can figure that out!
Kristen said 2 days later
Just found the government site with a comprehensive list of street names for drugs--no "slip", but have you ever heard of a "smurf"? A cigar dipped in embalming fluid! I don't think I could ever get that bored.
GJ said 3 days later
The Partnership for a Drug Free American doesn't know of slip. Then again, they don't know of smurf, either.
Of course, with a little reading comprehension, you know they're talking about a drug when they use an unfamiliar term, you just don't know which one. Does it really matter which one? Just curious.
Kristen said 3 days later
Doesn't really matter-just trying to stay up on the lingo!
Steve said 3 days later
You guys had difficulty reading those? Really? Guess Parsla has had me texting too much for too long....
GJ said 3 days later
wht drvs me crzy is ppl who im this wy, speclly ppl @ wrk. its vry hrd 2 tak thm srsly, ya knw?
Steve said 4 days later
I hate people that try to sell you something and type like that. I was interested in buying a car from a used car dealer, the used car salesmen contacted me with that kind of text. Needless to say, I didn't bother to respond.
GJ said 4 days later
Yeah, for some reason some folks think there is some kind of changing of the guard here regarding this kind of chatspeak, as in we're all going to convert over to it because it's so easy. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but it takes me far longer to decipher that then plain old properly spelled English.
Marc said 5 days later
There's also, obviously, no standard for shorting of the words, which is part of the reason why it feels like reading a new language every time.
I noticed with a lot of younger kids in college, who were big on texting, that they weren't capable of writing a formal document from both a grammatical and spelling standpoint. It was quite common to find those words sprinkled in too, but usually when they went to spell those words, they didn't know how.
GJ said 5 days later
They have their place and time--IM and phone texting makes some degree of sense. Writing long form, in emails, blog entries, letters, or essays should use the full language. But of course, if you spend all your time practicing the short form...well, you know what happens as a result.
Marc said 5 days later
BTW, Thanks for the birthday card GJ. This topic seemed like a fitting place for thanks. :)
GJ said 5 days later
LMAO!!!! Only wish I could say I planned it that way!
