Textspeak
[Moozik: Dead Can Dance - Carnival Of Light]
Reading Wil Wheaton's ill communication this morning made me smile. I find textspeak particularly annoying at the best of times but I've found that it is slowly creeping into places it shouldn't. The other day at work I was copied on an email which amongst other things, had the following gem:
plz try l8r, i need ur ip addr frst
We're all doomed. Doomed I say. Now, get off my lawn!
Dear god. Is that someone in SysOps or NetOps? *shudder*
SysOps. Not *our* SysOps, someone in another group within VzB. And your "Dear god" comment pretty much summed up what I was thinking as I read the email.