*vomits, then collapses on keyboard*

[!`Grammar Faerie`!]

Ok, so this wasn't on Gaia, but on the back of the December 2006 issue of Seventeen magazine. It just is really......ugh.:

"Hey Sar...how r u? I cnt b leve T is d8ng Shea. Now she thnks we r BFF...ugh. Idk wy he is so n to her...whatev. I wish I cld tl him my tru flngs. Bcnu soon. L8r sk8r."


I know it's not as bad as some other "TXT TLK" horror stories, but it just disgusted me.  

[Sheep Kitchen]

-vomits- Whoa... lookit' the macaroni...  

[Galadedrid Damodred]

*head explodes*

burning_eyes burning_eyes burning_eyes burning_eyes burning_eyes burning_eyes burning_eyes  

[rae-chan-sensei]

This was published? In a magazine? ...What section? sweatdrop And what the hell!  

[Nahxsua]

It's legal to speak that way in magazines?

THIS IS WHERE FREEDOM OF PRESS GOES TOO FAR. YOU CANT UNDERSTAND A SINGLE THING PEOPLE SAY IF THEY TALK LIKE THAT.

However, it is kinda fun if you're really bored to try and read chatspeak. It's like a puzzle or something.  

[Emmanuela]

See, this is why I do not buy these sorts of magazines. I refuse to give my money to anyone who promotes steriotypes of "beauty" and now promoting the incorrect useage of the English language... What has the world come to?  

[!`Grammar Faerie`!]

It was printed on the back page, as an "American Rag" ad or whatever the hell the store was named.  

[Fintastic]

WHAT!? I can't believe my sisters read those magazines! Evil thing.....