Writing online and writing with a pen and paper are very different. i along with everyone else has done both. i feel like when im talking with my friends online i write a lot different then i do in person with them and i feel that is how most people are as well, i mean no one is going to say brb in real life or ttyl or even lol. its just something everyone does online. if i were to write a note to someone with paper i probally would say some of the slang words i use online but not as much. also i wouldnt talk to an adult the same way i would talk to my friends online. for example i talk to my mom daily on facebook (yes my mom is my friend on Facebook), and i talk 100% differently to her then i do when i talk to my friends from back home, or if i write an email to a professer im not going to end the email with ttyl because most likely they wont understand what that means. were in a different generation now most people now communicate through texts or chats on facebook or myspace. adults dont understand the new lingo that we use today because its not the same as when they were kids our age and they're not used to the same sayings we use today. even though everything is online now doesnt mean that everyone uses the internet. but the lingo between parents and there children will never be the same as when they were kids.