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I don't know why so many people shorten "you" or "your" to "u" and "ur". Are you really saving that much time not typing 2 more letters? It's not 2008 anymore, it makes them sound like a moron when I read it.
That's just my "old man yells at clouds" opinion on it.
There there, grandpa, let's get you back to bed
Shakes fist while rambling incoherently about back in his day
So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say.
I understand it is somewhat commonplace to use those abbreviations when people aren't being 100% serious
i.e. if a situation like this where you're making it clear it's a joke
You should use u'r on the open internet. People love it. lmao
You what?
Off to the slammer with you!
I feel the same way; it’s not just you. Something about it bothers me.
It took me so long to realize that "v" is supposed to mean "very." V long, one might say.
I don't think it's a huge deal. Languages evolve and change in both formal and informal ways. What's most important is if the message is comprehensible to whom it's intended for.