Chopped up texing or full disclosure?

I've been texting for the last hmm... 10years or so. And believe me when I say that texting has made a lot of changes in our time, and one thing that I've noticed, is that people can't spell no more, they can't even laugh the same no more (LOL)! But on my end, I've been fine with all of it because I don't shortcut the words when I text. I really spell them out. I not only spell them out, I make sure I use the proper punctuations and proper grammar. Yeah, it may prove taxing for some, but the benefits of spelling it out correctly and using the right grammar would astound you when you realize that unlike the average texter you still know how to spell and you won't have to go back to school in order to learn grammar once again. It does have a lot of benefits on your end when you do it right and not ride with the fad.

I've always texted as if I'm sending an e-mail (so no abbreviations). To me it seems if your shortening everything, it just takes up extra time for the other person to understand it, and there may be misunderstandings. Thankfully my new phone (T-mobile G1) pretty much corrects everything, including apostrophies and commas which is very helpful.

Though I can admit that I can still comprehend words that get composed in shortened ways through text messaging, I still prefer to reply or compose messages with complete words. I have grown use to getting replies that I have to figure out.. I use to complain like, why compose your messages that way when you could still use more characters since your just sending a short message after all? To hasten process of sending messages? Then there are those that compose that way when they are sending long messages? Honestly, can you appreciate someone who is angry with a message that gets composed with shorten words? Why not just call the person to have everything heard, especially the tone~? Up to now, I still compose my messages in complete words. Good thing mobile phones now-a-days have dictionaries in them, it has made it really convenient for me, less button pressing too. (^_^ )

The only time I shorten or abbreviate words in text is when I'm trying to fit it within the 160 character allowance before it turns into another text. Some companies will cut off texts if they are too long, and others just send multiple texts one right after the other. Verizon, which is what I have, will let you text up to 7 texts worth in one message. Which is great when you have lots to say, but not so great if the recipient doesn't have verizon too.