Seems to me that "people" and "please" are short enough that they don't need shortening. A very slight annoyance to me. (SO STOP DOING IT NOW!)Are they just web-isms or are those words commonly abbreviated in Europe.
requiem
5:44 pm on Nov 23, 2003 (gmt 0)
I think it started with SMS, and later found their way to the web. Language and it use are changing, why fight it?
AAnnAArchy
7:43 pm on Nov 23, 2003 (gmt 0)
<<Language and it use are changing, why fight it?>>
Because after awhile, everyone will be functionally illiterate.
Distel
8:15 pm on Nov 23, 2003 (gmt 0)
Language evolves, and this is just another evolution. Not much you can do about it I think.