Attention, nobody!

If you've noticed, something about my writing/ posting had changed a little bit.  Compared to my past posts, there's something different in my way of writing in my latest few posts.  It's a small change, though.  So, many of you might not be able to tell the difference.  Plus, it's nothing so important, I suppose.

Do you want to know what it is?

Can you promise that you won't regret it once you find out?

Are you sure you're ready to know about this?

Will you be able to take it in?

Have you got something better to do than to continue reading this post?

Are you starting to find that this post is getting annoying?

Okay okay.  I'll stop agitating you.

It's not something huge, really.  It's just that I want to point out that I've been instilling the habit of writing properly even in my online activities.  Before this, I would type out "i" instead of "I", "b4" instead of "before", "d" instead of "the", "2" instead of "to", etc.  Now, I've decided to pay my due and type properly.  I want to stop my habit of typing in short forms and expecting EVERYONE to know for sure what I'm talking about (even though I'm pretty sure that they actually do).  My reasons are simple - to avoid misinterpretations, and to become more professional in my writing even if it's in a casual situation.  It's something that I just want to do as a language lover.

If you catch me using short forms in the future, please pardon me if it's just one or two times.  I'm trying my best.  Besides, occasional usage of short forms or slang is okay with me.

Also, please don't confuse the short forms that I mentioned with fairly acceptable acronyms such as LOL, OMG, BRB, FYI, IMHO, GTG, IDK, etc.  I plan to still use those acronyms.  Here's a list of existing internet jargon for your reference.  I don't use most of them, though.  Out of the whole list, I think I only know and use about 15% of it.  I put "u" or "U" as "you" in the special case category.  I still want to use it every now and then.  "n" or "N" as "and" is another one, not forgetting "ok" or OK" as "okay".  It depends on how much time I have to write something out.

I'm not sure if I can do the same for SMS.  It makes me feel like a hypocrite.  *Sigh*  Why is life so complicated?