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Chocoholic wrote:As I said before, the use of shorthand typing or sms text makes messages very difficult to understand and read properly.
quatroporte wrote:Chocoholic wrote:As I said before, the use of shorthand typing or sms text makes messages very difficult to understand and read properly.
very true... its annoying sometimes the over use of shortcuts in messages
however, I dont find anything wrong with Misery called Life's posts being unreadable... they are fine with me
hey K-Dog.. i think you are getting old
Misery Called Life wrote:^^^Yeah it was kinda getting hot under the collar! Thanks for the support...I owe you one
Chocoholic wrote:It has nothing to do with age or generation. It has to do with making yourself understood. You make valid points, but it's clear that some of us give up reading your posts, because it's just too much like hard work.
How do you think your posts come across to people who's first language isn't necessarily English?
Do you understand how the human brain reads? You can take any word and mix up all the letters, but so long as the first and last one are in the correct place, then the word can be understood. Omitting letters from words is confusing and makes it difficult to read properly. I only want to have to read something once, not a gazillion times to understand it.
K-Dog wrote:Chocoholic wrote:It has nothing to do with age or generation. It has to do with making yourself understood. You make valid points, but it's clear that some of us give up reading your posts, because it's just too much like hard work.
How do you think your posts come across to people who's first language isn't necessarily English?
Do you understand how the human brain reads? You can take any word and mix up all the letters, but so long as the first and last one are in the correct place, then the word can be understood. Omitting letters from words is confusing and makes it difficult to read properly. I only want to have to read something once, not a gazillion times to understand it.
Choco you've nailed it. Thank you.
For the unemployed Dutch imbecile whose sole purpose in life seems to be adding post counts on a foriegn forum (how pathetic), I'm still gainfully employed and have a job lined up back home without even a day's break in between.
K-Dog wrote:Chocoholic wrote:It has nothing to do with age or generation. It has to do with making yourself understood. You make valid points, but it's clear that some of us give up reading your posts, because it's just too much like hard work.
How do you think your posts come across to people who's first language isn't necessarily English?
Do you understand how the human brain reads? You can take any word and mix up all the letters, but so long as the first and last one are in the correct place, then the word can be understood. Omitting letters from words is confusing and makes it difficult to read properly. I only want to have to read something once, not a gazillion times to understand it.
Choco you've nailed it. Thank you.
For the unemployed Dutch imbecile whose sole purpose in life seems to be adding post counts on a foriegn forum (how pathetic), I'm still gainfully employed and have a job lined up back home without even a day's break in between.