I feel that the dumbing down of our language has grown in the last few years. While I can understand the use of technological shorthand in situations where only limited input is available, usage in other situations now borders on the ridiculous. I have seen and tried to puzzle through many posts such as the one shown; I now skip on, preferring instead to answer someone with a problem serious enough that they will spend the necessary time to clearly and concisely define it. And while I do shorten some words when using SMS ('thru' instead of 'through', for example) I still place them in a reasonable order. I also capitalize when using SMS.
DF7