I think this is a class thing
What are the words you would choose?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 9:15, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I don't think I would shorten chocolate
because the results can only be choc or choccy, the sound of which just grates on me. It reminds me of that annoying comedienne Sarah Millican.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 9:39, Reply)

She is fucking terrible.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Hmmmmm
Many people on here reduce their words to text speak, which I hardly understand. Very few people speak without using coloquialisms, and the posts on here are really a cross between writing and speech. This means, in my honest opinion that some "slang" is acceptable.

I agree that Sarah Millican is very annoying though.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Slang, like swearing, enriches the English language immeasurably
I'd say. Id' be lost without terms like 'shirter' and 'helmet'.

Text speak, however, is an abomination.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 10:17, Reply)