Ahhhhhh, stop typing that!

[Thunderfoot]

See, that never made any sense to me either. 8 already has a t in it, so that way, you'd be stuttering, late-ter. Should just be l8er.

Actually, it should be 'L8R' since the 'R' is pronounced 'Are' -- L + 8 + R = Later
For as much as I hate 'Leet' speak, and I do hate it, the phonetics used to create the original TXT style words are really no different than shorthand in the steno pool at offices from the 20s - 80s; the word isn't as important as the context and the meaning attached.

'If clarity is achieved, brevity is appreciated' was a common catch-phrase and honestly, 'LEET' has managed to accomplish this, however, the modern language evolving from it, 'lollerskates' for example, is a real problem; it is neither clear, nor breif.

 

[Thunderfoot]

I has a shovel.

ROFLCOPTER

LOLLERSKATEZ!1!!!111

You will loose to me!

Pwned noobz!!!111!!

c u l8ter guyz

My hat of u is gr8! U suxxor!

 

[TarionzCousin]

And don't even get me started on "less" vs. "fewer."

Grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest USA all have the "X Items or Less" line in their stores. Of course, everyone here knows that this is grammatically incorrect, right?

/except Albertson's, which is local to the area, I think. Their signs say "Fifteen Items or Fewer" but their selection is poor and their prices are high.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest USA all have the "X Items or Less" line in their stores. Of course, everyone here knows that this is grammatically incorrect, right?

/except Albertson's, which is local to the area, I think. Their signs say "Fifteen Items or Fewer" but their selection is poor and their prices are high.

No, Albertsons is here, too. But I hate them.

At least some HEB stores I've seen get it right.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For me, it is the persistent abuse of the apostrophe.

All over D/FW, you can see signs that advertise "gun's," "taco's," sales on "weekend's" and "snack's" including "fruit's and nut's"...

I've even started getting similar stuff in emails.

ARGH!

 

[Dioltach]

"End of". End of what?

 

[Mouseferatu]

For me, it is the persistent abuse of the apostrophe.

All over D/FW, you can see signs that advertise "gun's," "taco's," sales on "weekend's" and "snack's" including "fruit's and nut's"...

I've even started getting similar stuff in emails.

ARGH!

God, yes! That's one of the ones I couldn't think of.

I want to have it stamped on my forehead for others to read.

"YOU DO NOT USE AN APOSTROPHE TO INDICATE A PLURAL!"

I don't think it'd fit, though.

(Similarly, what's with the signs I see where people put something in quotes in order to emphasize it? )

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'm pretty sure that among the most common responses you'd get to your tattoo (if it fit) would be:

"What's an ap-oh-strofe?"

 

[Bront]

(Similarly, what's with the signs I see where people put something in quotes in order to emphasize it? )

DON'T FORGET TYPING IN ALL CAPS AND WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!11!!!one1!eleven!

 

[Mouseferatu]

DON'T FORGET TYPING IN ALL CAPS AND WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!11!!!one1!eleven!

But at least that, while obnoxious as all get out, makes some amount of sense. I can understand how some people would see it as extra emphasis.

The quotations thing, though, just floors me. (In addition to being blatantly wrong by all rules of grammar.)