… not everyone understands 'text speak', least of all a lot of the international Uno fans who also use this board.
'Txt Spk' came about when the early mobile phones had a limit on how many characters could be used in a message, and also because it was such a pain to enter the characters in by a telephone number pad. Using text speak meant more could be said in a message and it was also quicker to enter.
However, on a discussion forum we can write as much as we want and have a full size keyboard to write with. It just makes it easier to understand for everybody, and it doesn't take THAT much longer to write the words in full!

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