I agree with analog about most of the problem being laziness. The casualty of this is communication. This is not a debate over who gets to define what as common English usage. It's commantary about how it is becoming just plain harder to understand people because of their shortcuts, acronyms, and weird unclassfiable text inserted into conversations. The evolution of language should never head in a direction that makes communication more difficult. When it does, something is wrong. As an example but not to pick on him, I find roachboy's unique style hard as hell to understand at times.
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