W? U meen U kn’t dig diz stuff?
HoW aBoUt tHiz?
The latter makes my eyes ache! Whenever I spot screen names written like that, no matter how anything else is printed, I just ‘nO’ it’s a kid.
Generally speaking, this is the reason I notice most kids having far less ability to communicate coherently, whether in writing or orally. More and more of their correspondence is in chat rooms and e-mail, where they are encouraged to write in this dippy “shorthand” everyone has mentioned. When the time comes to be formal, they haven’t a clue how to do it. Many have even taken to writing “@” instead of the word “at.” (I’m talking about handed-in schoolwork here.) How long does it take to write “at”?
Just found out that the numbers they post is their area code. Sorry I was pig headed and curious enought to find this out. 
You know, I reserve my right to never speak again to the sorry ass of anyone who would write me a letter like that.
BTW, I know it smacks of urban legend, but there was a point in time in my area where some of the local drug dealers wore one of their pant legs rolled up to signify that they were open for business.
in my area, the one pant leg rolled up was so they could show off their house arrest monitors. in my high school, it was a badge of honor to have one, and as time went on the wanna-be’s (how anyone would “wanna-be” on house arrest is beyond me…) just rolled up a pant leg whether they had the monitor or not.
just my $.02 from miami.
I personally hate hearing people say “LOL” out loud. AAAH! I’m talking to you in person; don’t you think that I would be able to hear you laugh out loud if you actually did?
I also hate how people swear all the time. There are enough words in the English language that can more accurately describe whatever one is talking about. Also when people bleep out their own swear words. If one feels that the use of a swear word is necessary, then one is probably too mad to worry about offending others.
One more thing…
I absolutely DETEST hearing the word “retarded” as an insult.
Whew…thanks for letting me vent. That felt good.