mattatattat45 t1_j6hkunj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:22 AM

Reply to comment by MoonageDayscream in Most longer words will soon disappear. by TheConstructorFL

You must be young, this has been happening way before phones and texting

MoonageDayscream t1_j6hlbe7 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:28 AM

Nope! Mid 50s.

brenlin7 t1_j6hmg2a wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:42 AM

me too... and you for some reason don't think we started this? please, we both had alphanumeric pagers with a very limited character space per message, and since we were charged by message... we definitely started this, the youth of today just perfected it

MoonageDayscream t1_j6hnru8 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:58 AM

I don't think they were shortened because they sound better, that is what I said. They were shortened because it was easier to type. Remember having to hit a number key three times to get a "C" or an "F"?

brenlin7 t1_j6hp4hr wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:13 PM

omg that was horrible, you are correct though, we shortened them out of necessity, not out of an attempt to sound better