Why do some people spell “probably” as “prolly”?

easier. It’s shorthand!!

shorthand can be learned in college. you break down words so u can still understand them but they have fewer words =]

like-

e.g. my nme is mlsa @ 14 yrs prst

my name is melissa at 14 years present…

>_< also some ppl can b just lazee...like me sometimes

Well, “prolly” is a spelling error. That’s how some people speak informally on a day to day basis, so I guess that’s how they spell it.

my best guess is that this is due to popularization of instant messaging programs. unlike e-mails, instant messages are in real-time, and therefore requires a much quicker response. this has led to shortcuts, with “brb” “lol” “afk” being one of the most popular ones. using all lowercase letters like i’m doing now is one of those shortcuts (although all-lower-case writing has been used pre-Internet to look “edgy” such as the original logo for espn 2: the deuce). and once people got used to such shortcuts, it probably expanded to e-mails and other Internet-based written exchange.

but if you see a guy write “prolly” in non-virtual world, he’s prolly just ignant.

Because they’re lazy. There is no such word as ‘prolly’ and it is not a recognised abbreviation, the only one being ‘prob’ when used in concise writing.

They spell it the way they SAY it.

Others spell it “probly” because that’s the way THEY say it.

Sadly, there are a LOT of people that actually talk this way.

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People are not only lazy but love spelling things the way they like pronuoncing it because slang is just oh so cool

SO turee dudette!!!

thisis bcz they want to show USA accent

another reason is the real sound is very odd and not very easy to say it quickly..!

By the way nice question i had a long arguemnt with my sis on this abt a month ago!

Because they are horrible spellers…or they are too lazy to spell it out correctly.

B/c it’s an abbreviation and sounds more like the whole word when you say it than “prob” does.

They are lazy and didn’t learn how to spell correctly.