Re: [was UEFI] someone does
On 13/07/14 14:15, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:58:28 +1200
> Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hello Chris,
>
>> Sorry, it was my idea of a joke.
>
> No need to apologise. I guessed you were making a point humorously.
> Your post was the ideal message to reply to from my PoV. I should have
> put a smiley in to denote I'd seen the joke.
>
> Text speak came about for similar reasons, I suppose; High cost of
> texts (in the early days) and limited texting line length. So,
> it was a way of getting longer messages into limited space. Nowadays,
> both restrictions are, largely, gone but 'txtspk' persists in some
> quarters.
>
Cobblers. Txtspk came about because kids (the main users of the form)
are lazy, and their thumbs get tired.
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