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ws lukng up infrmatn abt nu splngs usd n txt cmmncatn n fns n cmputrs etc n mst of wut I fnd ws fckng wingng abt kds toda bng lzy n nt noing hw to spl prprly as f ts wr a mdrn fckng invntn

tr r sum difs n nw tngs hv bn dn wi em tt we ddnt do n t pst wi r telgrfs ex t nos splly r clvr

inform8ion, 4warned, 2day

bt t ida ws crtnly nt invntd bi 21st cntry chldrn s py rspct 2 ur eldrs wo wr fr bttr t bng incmprhnsbl tn ur kds toda

wn i gt trd f mi tny tlfn kybrd im guna rite al mi txts lk ts

[OOC translation for people who don't hate themselves:

was looking up information about new spellings used in text communication on phones and computers etc. and most of what I found was fucking whinging about kids today being lazy and not knowing how to spell properly as if this were a modern fucking invention

there are differences and new things have been done with them that we didn't do much in the past with our telegraphs for example the numbers especially are clever

information, forewarned, today

but the idea was certainly not invented by 21st century children so pay respect to your elders who were far better at being incomprehensible than your kids today

when I get tired of my tiny telephone keyboard I'm going to write all my texts like this ]

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no i understand the . behind thm, i just dnt see the faces in thm. ty look like ntng but punctu8ion 2 me.

You close one eye when you wink, right? :)<-both eyes open and a curve in the face. A smile. ;)<-A wink because one eye is closed. Seriously you didn't see any of this in your research?

No, what I mean is, I don't see the faces in them. They don't look like faces to me.

Well you can only do so much to make it look like a person. Unless you're one of those people with too much time on their hands. Like this

Now, look at that. That is impressive. Did you do that?

No! I'm not that artistic. Maybe you should try making one. Since simple smiley faces do nothing for you.

I haven't got the artistic ability for it.

Well maybe it can be something you practice in your free time. You're getting better at typing.

Don't you worry, I'll be sick of it soon enough.

Then you can just go back to sending telegraphs. ;)

n ill do it the way its done on ts wrld

wldnt want 2 b illegible

Sometimes people are just lazy. I'm sure you guys had your own shortcuts for words too.

tts mi pnt hr ys

Every abbreviation in the post was one of ours.

Wait. Seriously? I thought it was all long winded words to just describe the weather that day in fancy handwriting.

Of course not. We also needed to send short messages sometimes.

You're just pulling my leg, right?

Not at all.

And yet, here I am, totally not believing you.

Yes, I've got a master plan to lie to everyone about the telegraph abbreviations we use on my world. You're very clever for figuring this out.

Edited (ugh DW did its thing where it said the first one didn't go through) 2017-06-01 17:49 (UTC)

Smartasses existed back then too?!

Yes, and we eat and sleep and shit too, just like real human beings.

Now that's pushing it. I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that.

Well, I'm lying about the sleeping. Fucking bunch of insomniacs, we are.

That's surprising. I mean, what was there even to do back in the days of black and white? Counting tiles?

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