Originally Posted by
canam73
Language evolves. Modern electronics and ways of communicating will force changes. Go with it. Of course, there are also dumb asses and always will be.
There's a difference between:
(a) gradually mixing in new words and alternative spellings (the way language has historically evolved), and
(b) a wholesale abandonment of the rules of grammar for textese, or whatever it is that some people post on forums.
Using
friend as a verb is language evolution. Posting "its all good" is just lazy.