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MoonageDayscream t1_j6hlbe7 wrote

Reply to comment by mattatattat45 in Most longer words will soon disappear. by TheConstructorFL

Nope! Mid 50s.

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brenlin7 t1_j6hmg2a wrote

me too... and you for some reason don't think we started this? please, we both had alphanumeric pagers with a very limited character space per message, and since we were charged by message... we definitely started this, the youth of today just perfected it

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MoonageDayscream t1_j6hnru8 wrote

I don't think they were shortened because they sound better, that is what I said. They were shortened because it was easier to type. Remember having to hit a number key three times to get a "C" or an "F"?

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brenlin7 t1_j6hp4hr wrote

omg that was horrible, you are correct though, we shortened them out of necessity, not out of an attempt to sound better

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