I catch this one from both sides. As a professional writer, I also don't care
for it. It actually blocks the flow of my reading.
But that's when I'm reading, When I'm writing, I have to remind myself to
use the shorthand it when I'm texting or IM-ing. Then, countering the previous
sentence, I often find myself replying to an email and having to remind myself
I'm not texting or IM-ing, especially if I was recently texting or IM-ing..
It's almost like beig able to speak two languages and sometimes bouncing
inadvertently between them, sometimes within the same paragraph.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Craig Froehle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Vishal,
> I'm not picking on you with this question...you can post however you
> like...it's just your post reminded me that I wanted to ask this
> question:
>
> Does anyone (else) find txt shorthand in emails (e.g., "u" and "ur"
> instead of "you" and "your/you're") aggravating to read?
>
> It's not that I don't understand it, and I assume people do it because
> typing on the Treo is best when minimized, but it's like reading the
> same typo over and over again (I do a lot of proofreading of students'
> papers, so I am forced into "editor" mode more than I'd otherwise
> choose).
>
> Grammatically indignant,
> - Craig :-)
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2007 2:18 PM, Vishal Sheth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > does ur car player has usb in? This is a new thing. U can plug ur hotsync
> cable into that & use ur music player or use those sqw through which u can
> use
> treo as card reader. Another thing u can do is get usb drives with high
> capacity. Plug it into ur car player.
> > Ur car player would have auxi in from behind, ask the music guys to give u
> > a
> usb connect - the way they give the ipod cable.
> > I think something should work for u.
> >
> > Vishal
>
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