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I'm not sure if this is leetspeak or AIM or text message talk but I am annoyed by the shortening of words that are not intended to be abbreviated. Words like because. I saw a thank you note from a mother of one of our graduates (OK, NICU graduate so it is appropriate for the mother to write it) that used b/c for because. I'm seeing more and more of what I call 'lazy writing'. The abbreviations and shortcuts are so rampant that there are times that I can't understand the notes in the chart. Am I the only one who thinks this looks ignorant? Didn't the writer pass 2nd grade spelling? It is one thing to shorten words when text messaging but totally inappropriate in a formal letter, even a handwritten thank you note.
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