Even if I am doing it from my cellphone.....

Most of the time I use full words on both sites. I don't understand all of the short terms and hate having to always ask people what they mean. Like you said using full words can eliminate misunderstanding what you are saying.

Hi sanuanu! When cellphones were made people used to type or write in a shorter way. I love it before and gotten use to it. But as I grew older, I realized it doesnt make sense because I became dumb with spelling. When in high school, I noticed myself to be good in spelling but when cellphones and SMS became popular, I began to realized myself thinking for a second how some words will be spelled correctly. So I agree witt you on that.... typing or writing a complete word makes sense and wont create confusion with people who actually are not good in words.

We should write with whole words when responding or creating topic here in mylot. Not everyone knows how to read messages like mobile phone SMS where words are being use with short terms. So,it is a must to write the whole word/text. have a good day

Hi, Sanuanu, I'm glad that there are people like you. Sometimes we need this short way of writing - when we are in a hurry or when we are typing SMS. But if this becomes a habit people began to forget the correct spelling of the words. I think that this is a serious problem all around the world. I appreciate the efforts of myLotters to use a good and clear language. I wish all the best to you.

yeah here are people from many countries and not all of them are familiar with some shorts so it would be great if all people will write here complete words ;)

I commonly use short words (chat speak, sms talk, acronyms, shortcut typing, whatever you call it) only when I send sms messages. For me typing in short words also have an advantage especially if you are "on the go" and need to reply on something via mobile. But I never use them when replying in emails and here in myLot. Well, I do use acronyms such as LOL, OMG, etc but mos of the time, I type in full, straight English. Using short words all the time also have an disadvantage like making a person poor in spelling. Short words are OK but they should be used not be used in almost everything.

I never use short words here myself. maybe with some exception. I much prefer to spell words out. when I text message I use long words also. I do not know all of the expressions except for a few.

Though mylot doesn't have a rule disallowing that, I think people won't be too comfortable with short sms type of words. If you want to be understood and you want your message to go through, I don't think you would do that. And yes, i agree, it's just too informal and we are discussing here with people from all over the world. NObody wants to be misunderstood.

I was just thinking about this and saw your discussion, telepathy?? well, your point is good and relates to the present generation. My fb friend used ND in one of the posts. It took me five minutes to understand that it meant AND. I dont why people use capital and small letters in alternates to post and somtimes the smileys are also hard to understand because I belong to the older generation. SMS languages were adopted to reduce the cost but now every service offers free sms and still children write in scripts. The funny thing is tha they ubderstand and respond to the 'scripts' sms, but cannot comprehnd history lessons.

Also a problem of all these short words is that many people, especially teenagers are not able to write normal words anymore. Personally I find it annoying to read, although I do understand it can be a case of money too if you only use short words. You can say more in one sms. I also try to write as less short words as possible.

In some case, you can not use the shorted word to show your idea, especially for official. But i think the shorter words also have the good points. It will save your time and you can catch up your mind faster when you use it. In mylot, I think it is not nesecery to not allow using shorter words because here, everyone just share their thinks, knowledge, questions.. not to do a report.

Well, I agree to you a little bit, I use short talking sometimes. But it isn't fun if you don't know what people mean when they say, LOL and OMG.. and all more there is. I don't like to use it all the time and I don't like when other people says it all the time, cause some people does. regards oliver