SilasBarta comments on Zwicky's Trifecta of Illusions - Less Wrong
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Well, he might not want to point to such a text message in his defense, because it would work against his claim that less than 10% of the words are abbreviated!
Seriously, only 10%?
It sounds plausible to me, depending on what's being communicated. There aren't really a lot of words with convenient shorthand. Though you can usually get away with leaving out vowels.