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LambdaComplex | 13 days ago

Using the example from the article: "K let circle back nxt week bout it . thnks"

I'm not buying your argument. The amount of additional time that it would have taken to write that same message with proper grammar and spelling is minuscule.

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cracki|13 days ago

typed on a phone, so unlikely to have been at the office.

exegete|13 days ago

You have to deliberately turn off autocorrection on most phones

marcellus23|13 days ago

I'm not sure that's a literal quote from their boss. It seems to be an illustrative example, probably exaggerated.

maplethorpe|13 days ago

That depends on your typing ability. My mother only looks up at the end of the sentence to see if she hit all the right keys.

arduanika|13 days ago

The boss was following Strunk & White's advice to omit needless letters.

LeonB|13 days ago

You must be referring to the abridged Strnk n Wyt