As a youth, I was a prescriptivist. I thought that correcting other people’s speech was doing them a favor. I overheard people saying “Where ya at?” into the phone and muttered, “It’s ‘Where are you?’” I was technically correct, and I sincerely believed that was the best kind of correct. When I finally got my own…
Source: LifeHacker – In Defense of Saying “BRB” Out Loud