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Why you is written as you when it can simply be written as u?

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Jackson6612  #434950  Fri, 26 Oct 07 03:02 AM
Why you is written as you when it can simply be written as u? Likewise, why are is written as are when it can be written as r?
  
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Vorpar  #434952  Fri, 26 Oct 07 03:17 AM
Same reason that we try not to misspell every other word.
  
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Philip  #435011  Fri, 26 Oct 07 06:22 AM
'u' = you; 'r' = are. '4' = for; but these are only in text messaging and chatroom language.  We wouldn't ever use 'i' for 'eye'.
  
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Yoong Liat  #435012  Fri, 26 Oct 07 06:25 AM
 Jackson6612 wrote:
Why you is written as you when it can simply be written as u? Likewise, why are is written as are when it can be written as r?


Your suggestions are acceptacle when sending SMS messages. It is harder to use the keys on the mobile, so it is okay to use short forms. However, this practice has caused many of us to become poor spellers, especially among students.
  
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CalifJim  #435228  Fri, 26 Oct 07 07:58 PM
Why you is written as you when it can simply be written as u? Likewise, why are is written as are when it can be written as r?
These words are written out in full rather than as abbreviations to show that the writer is not common, vulgar, and lazy, that the writer is willing to follow, in a spirit of cooperation, the standards of communication understood by all, and that the writer has some respect for those to whom he is writing.
There are thousands of words that can be abbreviated, but in the extreme this can lead to difficulty in comprehension.  This effect is seen in silly juvenile jokes:

--What did the lady say to her purse when she saw that it contained no money?
-- o i c u r m t


How would you like to have to read sentences like that all the time? 
It wdnt b e z.

The effect is amusing at first, but I assure you, it wears off quickly.

Smile [:)]
CJ

  
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