I have had a brief interchange with a recent commenter on my blog. I know, hard to believe. This person, whom I believe to be a young, male, Mormon, wrote this:
Wow ur kinda immature..
Rand
I’m sure you can imagine my response, but just in case you can’t, I’ll post it here for you.
A person who uses “ur” to indicate YOU ARE is calling ME immature? Can you say teenage MORMON? Too funny.
My friend Rand wrote back.
How does my “lingo” indicate whether I am mature or not?
I answered:
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. No one over the age of 25 uses the verbiage of the young and gramatically challenged. Only the immature use “ur” and think it stands for the real thing.
I realize you were trying to cut me down, but it didn’t work. I’ve heard much worse.
As for you, I can tell you are a young Mormon, probably male, possibly getting ready to embark on a mission or just getting back. Only Mormons take offense at my writing, and not all Mormons at that. Some of them laugh along with me, and realize I am poking fun at a culture that has many amusing aspects, and if you can’t laugh at yourself, then you are FAR too uptight.
Rand then said:
Does it really matter how old I am? Using ur doesnt affect anything.
Hmm. Methinks I struck a vein. He’s pretty bugged that I know he’s young, and identified him as such. And also tagged him as exactly what he was. A young male pre-or post-mission. Another one who wants his fifteen minutes of fame. And who am I to deny him?
I wrote back:
You keep telling yourself that. And all this will be posted on my blog, so keep watching! It’ll be your 15 minutes of Mormon fame….
So here it is, as promised. My mature young friend Rand’s email exchange with me.
