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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
You may be right, RAZD. Text messengers are more concerned with c-ing ppl l8er. (Although you would expect them never to see anybody at all, when they can just as easily text them.)
Anyway, phrases like "in my humble opinion" are not very likely to find their way into text message conversations between 13 year-olds. So you're probably correct in thinking it's more of a nerdy thing, originally. I still think we'd be better off without shorthand. Just spending a little more time writing what you want to say may also help in thinking it through a little better. This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 02-May-2006 12:12 AM
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
Of course there are more good writers among us I don't think Brad McFall ever uses those short-cut anagrams either though he has been known to use a double parenthesis. ABE: I draw the line at a double parenthesis. This message has been edited by robinrohan, 05-01-2006 06:20 PM
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
robinrohan writes: I don't think Brad McFall ever uses those short-cut anagrams either though he has been known to use a double parenthesis. Brad McFall is a different story altogether. His shorthand is other people's names. By mentioning seven or eight names - usually the same ones every time - Brad writes one-sentence essays in which each name stands for a whole body of thought. By stringing several of these sentences together, he writes complete theses nobody understands.
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Heathen Member (Idle past 1309 days) Posts: 1067 From: Brizzle Joined: |
fair point, you got me there (YGMT)
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ohnhai Member (Idle past 5188 days) Posts: 649 From: Melbourne, Australia Joined: |
Anying, smug and entertaining all at the same time....
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ReverendDG Member (Idle past 4137 days) Posts: 1119 From: Topeka,kansas Joined: |
no no you have it wrong its ROFLOMGWTFBBQ = rolling on the floor laughing, oh my god, what the f*ck, barbeque
its a sarcastic saying because of all the people who over use omg and rofl
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1431 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
There are some shorthands that only apply to boards like this:
ToE = Theory of EvolutionEvo = evolutionist Creo = creationist 2LoT = Second Law of Thermodynamics YEC and OEC as previously mentioned All the ID (Intelligent Design) ones IC - irreducible complexity and the like.SI - specific information Personally I don't have a problem with using shorthand in a long post with many repetitions of it, as long as it is defined or noted early on what the shorthand relates to. I also like to go to the other extreme sometimes:creatortionista = a creationist who intentionally distorts and twists information. we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
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ThingsChange Member (Idle past 5952 days) Posts: 315 From: Houston, Tejas (Mexican Colony) Joined: |
From Faith:
BIC = Bible Inerrant Christian for someone who believes the Bible is inerrant, as opposed to believing it literally
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Chronos Member (Idle past 6252 days) Posts: 102 From: Macomb, Mi, USA Joined: |
LOL - Love Our Lord! ( YTMND - lol, love our lord)
OMGWTFBBQ was an admin at something awful, but adding BBQ to other acronyms goes back before that despite what Wikipedia and other sites say.
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Phat Member Posts: 18338 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Rand, you really need to get out more!
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rgb Inactive Member |
Jeri Ryan writes
quote:I completely agree with this assessment. As a matter of fact, much of the points I took off while grading papers back in the old days were for sloppy writings. If you can't express your thoughts correctly in plain English, why should I believe that you are on top of the subject you are talking about? While it is not as prevalent on this forum, I have noticed that people on the internet either don't care much for the English language or actually can't write. The amount of crappy writing nowaday is disappointingly great in quantity. I'm not saying that my writing is perfect. But if you are going to spend the time to converse with someone else on a life or death topic like EvC, at least spend the extra 2 seconds write out the phrase rather than demanding that the other person spend the extra 2 minutes trying to figure out what TASF. PS - Wouldn't it be funny if you were actually Jeri?
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iano Member (Idle past 1967 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
The amount of crappy writing nowaday is disappointingly great in quantity. Hopefully tongue firmly planted in cheek here rgb This message has been edited by iano, 03-May-2006 06:11 PM
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kalimero Member (Idle past 2471 days) Posts: 251 From: Israel Joined: |
SG = Spontaneous Generation ( <> abiogenesis )
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Adminnemooseus Administrator Posts: 3976 Joined: |
Personally I don't have a problem with using shorthand in a long post with many repetitions of it, as long as it is defined or noted early on what the shorthand relates to. Absolutely agree. Other abreviations: AM - Activity meter. That color bar under the topic titles. This abreviation has spawned a bunch of "what is AA" type topics. The meter indicates the number of messages in the past 48 hours. It pegs out at 50. Occasionally also AM = Adminnemooseus. PNT - Proposed New Topic(s). POTM - Post(s) of the Month. PAF - Private Administration Forum. GC - A must define abreviation. Used for both geologic column and Grand Canyon. Adminnemooseus
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
rgb writes: I completely agree with this assessment. Thank you.
PS - Wouldn't it be funny if you were actually Jeri? I am. But it's difficult to keep up the pretense. Everyone here thinks I am this bloke from the Netherlands, but I don't know how to write English with Dutch mistakes, and sooner or later people are going to notice. Whew! I am glad I got that off my chest. Speaking of which...
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