Why you should think twice before using shorthand like ‘thx’ and ‘k’ in your texts
My brother’s text messages can read like fragments of an ancient code: “hru,” “wyd,” “plz” – truncated, cryptic and never quite satisfying to receive. I’ll often find myself second-guessing whether “gr8” means actual excitement or whether it’s a perfunctory nod.
This oddity has nagged at me for