On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: #A generalization like this stimulates a reflex in me to seek #counterexamples. How would you classify the abbreviations and symbols #used in short messaging, which cause so much uproar (IMHO deservedly so) #when they appear in formal registers? ... and now I see I'm coming late to this party, too. -- Mark A. Mandel