Acceptable and NON-acceptable Online Abbreviations

[*bratcat*]

 

[lilminx]

I think "R" should be unacceptable- as in "R U going to his place tonight?"
oh, and "2"...

 

[sexy-girl]

DMY
TMI


whats olb ?

 

[LordMagicMan]

sup brat-cat, I gots sumethin 4u and all my ppl.

oh nm...

Time to go hang with my peeps.

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Cheyenne]

BJ is blow job only. No fair trying to make BJ be something else.

 

[*bratcat*]

what else could it be??

 

[*bratcat*]

FO is bad!!

 

[cymbidia]

DMY
TMI

What are these, darlin?

How about
MYOB, IMO/IMHO, and BTW?

As been discussed a number of times before on this board, we're all perfectly capable of writing the words "are" and "you" and "to/too". They're short little words, friendly words, really, and to refashion them into online chat shortspeak is bad enough but to then drag those patheticlly dwarfed words here, where one has time to consider what they say and how they say it, is (at the very least) doing a vast disservice to the English language.

IMHO.

 

[lobito]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

NO l33t 5p34k d00dz (elite speak dudes, for those of us over the age of, oh say, 18!)

And yes if the words only has 3-5 letters in it, SPELL THE DMANED THING OUT!

Shit I'm old!

R

 

[sexy-girl]

What are these, darlin?

DMY = dont mess yourself


TMI = too much information

 

[Oliver Clozoff]

Add "NE" to the list...

as in "R U horny? NEbody want 2 fuk?"

 

[Saturn Return]

I have an objection to the use of..

"Nuff said," and "aight" for the word "alright."

But I'll breeze over these words and the like, if I enjoy what you have to say.


Have absolutely perfect grammar and you still can be an asshole I'm not interested in tracking.


Caps, though..are just ridiculous.

 

[shadowsource]

I hate 'em all -

and smiley faces, too!

 

[koalabear]

lmao.............roflmao.....yes we need people to tell us how to speak...........roflmaaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Mischka]

I've seen weg (with evil grin) around here, and it seems accepted. I personally don't like using any abbreviations, though I do use the faces to convey the same idea as lol, etc.

 

[Wizard]

We will have to double-check with Cheyenne, cymbidia and DCL, but I believe these ARE acceptable:

lol
lmao
roflmao
wtf
omg
olb

NON-acceptable:

u
4
ppl
peeps


Any others?

Ok but call me silly................................Why would we have to check with anyone?.............

 

[bilbonfrodo4evr]

Shadowsource

I have to agree I hate them! They are not being used just online either. Kids are using them at school. I hate it when they have spent a lot of time doing an assignment and I get an b/c or R U. What are they thinking?

 

[Mischka]

Re: Shadowsource

What are they thinking?

Perhaps you could enlighten us, 4evr.

 

[Harbinger]

Point to Mischka! BTW, you DO have a sexy name, but the new AV is great.

 

[LedAstray]

Ain't botherin' me none

The abbreviations don't bother me a whole lot. Just look at it as another regional dialect, which I'm sure many of you speak in your home towns.

Aight y'all?

LOL, but for the record, there's not too many I use myself -- I just find them extremely interesting.

 

[bilbonfrodo4evr]

Ouch

Got me right in the heart!

Have you ever sat at the computer for an hour trying to find a handle that hasn't been taken...

I really guess I will have to fix that, and start over.

Damn.

 

[bilbonfrodo4evr]

Okay, I took care of that issue.


Signed: sch00lteacher@netscape.net

Formerly known as: bilbonfrodo4evr

 

[sigh]

Re: Re: Acceptable and NON-acceptable Online Abbreviations

Ok but call me silly................................Why would we have to check with anyone?.............

i suppose i agree with this, but personally i only use the laughing ones (lol, etc.) because i prefer using whole words

typing out "laughing out loud" looks stupid, though, so lol is actually better than the words

 

[cymbidia]

Re: Re: Acceptable and NON-acceptable Online Abbreviations

Okay but call me silly................................Why would we have to check with anyone?.............

Well, at least in my case, would it be cuz i'm the raging bitch that keeps flaming people for stupid abbreviations?