I find textspeak really difficult to read, too. We spell out words, even our 14-year-old who sometimes gets teased from her friends for doing so. I rarely use punctuation, though, or upper case letters when texting (unless they are added automatically), it's too laborious; plus how difficult is it to figure out "are you on the 56 bus yet" or "could you pick up some bananas"?
Sometimes I get tired of pecking at the letters and will use "u" or "ur" or "ikr" to shortcut, but usually by then, I phone the person to finish the conversation.
Sometimes I get tired of pecking at the letters and will use "u" or "ur" or "ikr" to shortcut, but usually by then, I phone the person to finish the conversation.
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