No significant text-speak unless you're looking to be punished.

I hated emoticons and chat room acronyms for years, and then... my family stopped using the phone and letters and started using facebook. Since reading comprehension levels vary, I started using the occasional emoticon.

I hate it when people use them to be passive-aggressive, which is one of the reasons I'm such a late adopter.

Eh... I don't mind the text abbreviations so much. Emojis are fine as illustration, but I don't like them in place of words.

Wanna hang later? ??
Vs
U ?? Want ??

Email? Yeah, no, bring that shit correct.

Not a fan, so I have never used any emoji's. But I have no problem with folks sending them to me, I just don't know what they mean sometimes.

language is a moveable feast if you want it to stand still and comply with what you perceive to be correct good luck

My 8 year old daughter has me completely desensitized to both.

Ok in text, not in emails

I don't text - but I understand using the abbreviations for that

Anywhere else though ? No. Take the time to care, and write it out !

In texts, I understand the use of them, though I don't always understand their meaning. I guess I need to keep a list of all of the new abbreviations.

Hi, Zack, and welcome to the website!

I don't care if people use them. They are just trying to save time.

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I try to be flexible. As a communicator, my concern is: Am I making my point in a way that is understood by my audience, in a way appropriate to the medium. Works for texts to teenagers, articles in newspapers, or a speech at a convention. And, it all adds up to a greater vocabulary for me to use, a better “bag of tricks.”

I see nothing wrong with them. To me it is nothing more than a step in the ongoing evolution of the written word. I am still used to writing it all out but I don't care one way or another if someone uses it. And honestly it isn't anything all that new. Doctors and waitresses have used shortened words for some time. And words like can't and shouldn't are just 2 words mushed into one with some punctuation thrown in

I go as far as using punctuation after taking the time to spell the words. If I care enough to communicate, I do it intelligently. (Even though I do tend to be a comma Santa Claws).

It’s something my kids do all the time. I call it “text talk” because they actually speak some of the abbreviations they type. Like instead of “thank you” they say “ ty”, pronounced “tie”. Drives me crazy!
I don’t mind the occasional emoji but don’t go overboard and not in a formal setting.

Depends if its formal or not..

I speak English, not Acronym. Text speak seems stupid and lazy.

Emojis are fine, as long as they are not used to replace words.

Clear writing is important.

I HATE abbreviated words, it makes it look like a 9 year old wrote it.
I do, however, like emojis to convey "tone". But not in formal writing of course.

there are very few i use. i'm usually a stickler for typing out all the words.

Generally dislike abbreviated words but am getting used to them. "r" and "u" are particularly annoying for some reason. I prefer the old fashioned smilies and other signs that were more creative than those yellow things.

Makes typing faster so you can say more... Abbreviations take time to learn... Just like everything else in life.