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LambdaComplexyesterday at 9:31 PM3 repliesview on HN

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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maplethorpeyesterday at 11:40 PM

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.

crackiyesterday at 10:52 PM

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

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arduanikayesterday at 10:40 PM

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

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