It is common among the youth of today to type in abbreviations. On all form of social media and online fora, down to applications for chatting, we are getting further immersed in this 21st century phenomenon. What are its gains? I don't see any. Disadvantages? I'll list a few.

1. It affects our spelling. At the beginning, you think you have it under control, in fact you do. However, like all bad habits, it creeps up on you and before you know it, you can't spell as well as you used to. You then spell a word like 'enough' as 'enuf' and think it's right.

2. You get so used to abbreviating, you start to include in official correspondence. This goes from students in examinations to young job seekers in their applications. Heck, adults are not left out as some make these mistakes in business proposals. What this means in society is a situation like we have now where employers of labour are lamenting that Nigerian graduates are unemployable.

3. We may be setting a wrong trend for the next generation. It's all good, in fact, brilliant to be technologically savvy and all, but it shouldn't end there. We should teach those coming after us why they need to use technology the right way. One of the things they should be taught is how to spell. If we do, we'd be raising a generation positioned to make a positive impact in society. Our parents endeavoured that we be taught how to spell, so please let's help the younger generation achieve that too.

Feel free to add yours also. Thanks

I was here

me too

So was i

Lalasticlala come and warn all these space bookers o

Many people don't know it's a bad habit they think it's faster to type that way but recently almost everyone is using Android and all these Android phones have spell checker, so why can't they make use of it?

U try oo

Permit me to say there are good abbreviations and bad abbreviations.

ar u sure, pls trow more lyt

Bad and annoying habit by some youth.

OP is 100% right..

Spelling some words today is an issue..
Infact, NEBOSH will wonder what country I Came from cous on the exam day, I noticed I could not help it but abbreviate cous of time.

Today, I hardly use "because" instead I use "Cous"..

Have sent numerous correspondence with abbreviation, how I wish I never started cous it's hard to stop.

It rili dosnt affect myne

I have no regret saying I have tossed several hundreds if not thousands of CVs into the trash can because of this same act.

If you want to reduce the number of applicants applying for a vancant job. Just insist it should be sent alongside a cover letter (hand written or typed) and you just have to sit, relax and watch graduates goof away.

Once someone starts a chat, text or email using short text, I discard them immediately.


SOME SHORT TEXT THAT CAN MAKE SOMEONE THROW UP:

Jux - Just
Yels - yes
Tho - Though
Tof - Tough
Con3- country amongst many other silly ones.

Hmmm

It's so common nowadays
Some even use some silly letters that you will have to ask them for the meaning

Exactly

Sunnycliff:
ar u sure, pls trow more lyt

see wetin we dey talk

Only lazy people use abbreviations when typing.

I'm mostly irked with I see people use kk in place of OK or Okay. I mean, dafuq?!

hmmm

Noted

WHO ABBREVIATION EPP?? ??

Nice write up. My girlfriend neva let me rest wit "tho" and others. Pls help me tell dem o.

It affects students mostly during examinations.
I could remember me getting 0/20 just for writing 'and' as '&' on a essay writing due to my strict examiner

Wht do u xpct m 2 say abt dis ur aticul now?

Very irritating.. the moment I notice this habit in someone, I no longer initiat chats with him/her. I don't take such people serious.

If you're older than 18 and you still use textspeak such as 'scul' and 'enuf', you need to get your head checked.

Naturally I don't write using abbreviations

Ask seun he'll tell u

I don't even allow it. Almost everyone around me knows; so they are always cautious when chatting with or sending me a text message.

Whassapp

Noted!

okay