What yeargdribble says is true, you will be much more respected in the FFXI community (heck, in almost ALL communities) if you take the time to spell things out properly.

Not saying that you shouldn't use abbreviations or acronyms sometimes, cause everyone does that for convienence, but when communicating with other players it's appreciated when you take the time to spell out words like "you" and "everyone".

If I get a /tell from someone saying, "do u want pt wit ur WHM?" I would automatically assume that was a death party waiting to entrap me, no matter how talented or skilled the player may or may not be.

It doesn't take much time to say, "Excuse me, would you like to join our party in Qufim?" And people will appreciate it and will generally respond more favorably than if you had said something in netspeak. I sure do.