I almost always use full grammar and punctuation, even in texts, and often in IMs. I'm weird like that. I hope I'm not coming across as angry or stern without realizing it.
My text speak disappeared the moment I got Swype, and typing full words was hardly any harder than the abbreviations. Perhaps not using text speak is a sign of age, but it may also just be a momentary input-device anomaly too.
Right! I think in the future certain folks will be speaking pidgin txt while the rest of us that can afford the nicer phones or keyboards will use real words.
Or you come across as old. I do it all the time, as well, and that's something I've been told. (I'm over 50.)
I'm sure I would, were I not a sprightly twentysomething. Which is why I'm a bit surprised at the phenomenon described in the article, as I haven't noticed it. I'm unsure whether it's being overblown in importance for the sake of a story, or whether it's something that has been going completely over my head. Maybe it's more of a thing among modern teens who are growing up with smartphones in their pockets?