Ok, I know all about shorthand for text messaging purposes, but some people take it a little too far.
The following is a short text conversation with a wrong number that I had earlier this evening. I've been getting alot of calls for someone named Angela or something lately. I really can't tell exactly what her name is when they ask, but the closest approximation would be Angela.
Person I don't know (PIDK): "I call u bac last night"
Me: "Do I know you?"
PIDK: "Who dis"
Me: "This is Tiffany. If you're looking for Angela or something like that, this is not her number."
PIDK: "Naw my b i gt da wrong numba i gt da rite 1 now thank u doe"
I mean really. Come on people, shorthand is one thing, but is it really that hard to type "the" instead of "da" or "tho" instead of "doe"? I mean no offense to people who use slang in speech, I do it too, but text message shorthand is hard enough to read already without the added confusion.
Bleh.
/rant
