I have no problem with "Internet shorthand," in many, if not most, cases. LOL and TTYL are fine with me, unless I'm writing professionally (unless a character is writing or speaking those terms). And I have very limited texting capabilities on my cellphone, so it's a lot easier to type "u" instead of "you." I don't have a keyboard on my phone that has a key for each letter. To type "y," I have to hit the #9 key three times, followed by the #6 key three times for "o," and then the #8 key twice for "u." Imagine when I have a long word to type!

When presenting myself in a professional manner, however, I always try to be at my best with my spelling and grammar. However, as I posted last, I'm a bit rusty, and trying to improve that.

I agree with notthisagain about hashtags. I barely understand them on Twitter; don't go putting them in everything else, too! I know they're about topics, and can help people find other posts on that topic, but I get all confused when they put them just anywhere in the post. Alas, I'm wandering off-topic.

I watch The View, I'm ashamed to admit, and Sherri Shepherd drives me nuts with some of the words she makes up. Recently, several times she used the word "agreeance." That is not really a word. It has been "continuously reinvented and recycled," according to Dictionary.com (Merriam-Webster.com doesn't even list it). The word she should have used is "agreement." This is one small reason I consider her not very bright.