Had to Google it. Came right up.________
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:-( ...
Had to Google it. Came right up.
Chris K-Man:________
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:-( ...
the same applies to other languages - and we all know, not only
languages, but senseful thinking and logic, too...
Do you know the song by NoFX "The Idiots Are Taking Over"?
It´s far from new, but foreseeably even more applicable than when it
came out.
On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 6:48:37 AM UTC-4, Phil W wrote:
Chris K-Man:________
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:-( ...
the same applies to other languages - and we all know, not only
languages, but senseful thinking and logic, too...
Do you know the song by NoFX "The Idiots Are Taking Over"?
It´s far from new, but foreseeably even more applicable than when it
came out.
The only "foreign" language I cannot tolerate is "HBD BFF," and other stuff
folks today are too fucking lazy to T Y P E IT O U T I N F U L L
On 13/05/2022 2:45 pm, Chris K-Man wrote:_____
On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 6:48:37 AM UTC-4, Phil W wrote:
Chris K-Man:________
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:-( ...
the same applies to other languages - and we all know, not only
languages, but senseful thinking and logic, too...
Do you know the song by NoFX "The Idiots Are Taking Over"?
It´s far from new, but foreseeably even more applicable than when it
came out.
The only "foreign" language I cannot tolerate is "HBD BFF," and other stuffHow about FOAD ?
folks today are too fucking lazy to T Y P E IT O U T I N F U L L
geoff
Well it most certainly don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. I suspect most younger folks have no idea about the Count and Ms Ella..
BTW, does anyone know what a Quantum duck says?
g_wolf <g_wolf@howl.com> said...news:aO_fK.573$cvmb.301@fx06.iad:
Well it most certainly don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. I
suspect most younger folks have no idea about the Count and Ms Ella..
BTW, does anyone know what a Quantum duck says?
Quark quark ?
david
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:(...
On 5/12/22 03:22, Chris K-Man wrote:
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:(...Actually, I understood the subject's acronym just fine!
I'm also familiar with the tune evoked by the comic but
didn't put it together until I googled the caption.
Toby______
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 10:33:37 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
On 5/12/22 03:22, Chris K-Man wrote:______
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:Actually, I understood the subject's acronym just fine!
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:(...
I'm also familiar with the tune evoked by the comic but
didn't put it together until I googled the caption.
Toby
The problem is people actually write, and talk, like that.
It's impossible, for someone like me over fifty, to understand
what the heck folks are talking about any more!
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined common
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 10:33:37 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
On 5/12/22 03:22, Chris K-Man wrote:
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11:20:43 AM UTC-4, Tobiah wrote:
Had to Google it. Came right up.________
English is dead in 21st century.
Acronyms and abbreviations rule
:(...Actually, I understood the subject's acronym just fine!
I'm also familiar with the tune evoked by the comic but
didn't put it together until I googled the caption.
Since I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were aroundToby______
The problem is people actually write, and talk, like that.
It's impossible, for someone like me over fifty, to understand
what the heck folks are talking about any more!
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined common
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:16:47 PM UTC+2, Chris K-Man wrote:
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined commonSince I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were around
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
They are not new.
On 01/06/2022 14:12, Angus Kerr wrote:_____
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:16:47 PM UTC+2, Chris K-Man wrote:
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined commonSince I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were around
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
They are not new.
Originally on dial up bulletin boards as used before usenet, because connections were s l o w, (300 baud when I started) and you could work
out a cost per byte...
They saved bandwidth, and let others know you were one of the "in" crowd.
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 11:57:14 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote:
On 01/06/2022 14:12, Angus Kerr wrote:_____
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:16:47 PM UTC+2, Chris K-Man wrote:Originally on dial up bulletin boards as used before usenet, because
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined commonSince I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were around
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
They are not new.
connections were s l o w, (300 baud when I started) and you could work
out a cost per byte...
They saved bandwidth, and let others know you were one of the "in" crowd.
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normal person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normal person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
On 02/06/2022 03:19, Chris K-Man wrote:________
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normal
person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
That is your choice. Had you been on line when I was first on line, you
would have been using the same abbreviations as the rest of us, for the
same reasons. We also logged on, downloaded all the messages, logged
off, then composed replies offline and sent them as a batch when we next logged on. Good snipping of extraneous material in a post was a
necessary skill.
The luxury we have now of many megabauds of transmission bandwidth, and
not paying per kilobyte and second on line for using it has changed
things over the last 40 years or so, though phone keyboards have brought
many of the abbreviations back into use to save typing time. Txtspk is
just a modification of what we used in the 1970s. The yoofers who use it
now think it's NEW! and EXCITING! and use it as a way to get round the
160 character limit on SMS messages and the old 140 character limit on Twitter.
Cul8r. :-)
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
On 2/06/2022 2:19 pm, Chris K-Man wrote:_____
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 11:57:14 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote:
On 01/06/2022 14:12, Angus Kerr wrote:_____
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:16:47 PM UTC+2, Chris K-Man wrote:Originally on dial up bulletin boards as used before usenet, because
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined commonSince I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were around
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
They are not new.
connections were s l o w, (300 baud when I started) and you could work
out a cost per byte...
They saved bandwidth, and let others know you were one of the "in" crowd. >>
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normalUnfortunately not 'think' though.
person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
CP3O - OK, what does that mean ? Crap, Poo, bum-shape, Orifice ?
geoff
On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 5:03:22 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote:discourse.
On 02/06/2022 03:19, Chris K-Man wrote:________
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normalThat is your choice. Had you been on line when I was first on line, you
person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
would have been using the same abbreviations as the rest of us, for the
same reasons. We also logged on, downloaded all the messages, logged
off, then composed replies offline and sent them as a batch when we next
logged on. Good snipping of extraneous material in a post was a
necessary skill.
The luxury we have now of many megabauds of transmission bandwidth, and
not paying per kilobyte and second on line for using it has changed
things over the last 40 years or so, though phone keyboards have brought
many of the abbreviations back into use to save typing time. Txtspk is
just a modification of what we used in the 1970s. The yoofers who use it
now think it's NEW! and EXCITING! and use it as a way to get round the
160 character limit on SMS messages and the old 140 character limit on
Twitter.
Cul8r. :-)
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
"Cul 8 r"? Never mind, anywho..
My biggest issue is that people - of today - have adopted this "txtspk" into their daily, non-internet, verbal and written
Someone left a post-it on my locker door at work: "HBD, Chris!"
My first step was to find the individual who left it there. My
second step was to ask them to translate it into something I
understood:
"Happy Birthday!"
Now is it really that much effort to write happy birthday on
that same post-it? Has this thing called the internet made us
that lazy to type out such a common, simple expression as ones
annual milestone?
Stop your complaining!
LSMFT - Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/oldest-abbreviations-in-english/
On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 1:39:08 AM UTC-4, geoff wrote:
On 2/06/2022 2:19 pm, Chris K-Man wrote:_____
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 11:57:14 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote: >>>> On 01/06/2022 14:12, Angus Kerr wrote:Unfortunately not 'think' though.
_____On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:16:47 PM UTC+2, Chris K-Man wrote:Originally on dial up bulletin boards as used before usenet, because
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined commonSince I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were around
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
They are not new.
connections were s l o w, (300 baud when I started) and you could work >>>> out a cost per byte...
They saved bandwidth, and let others know you were one of the "in" crowd. >>>>
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normal
person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
CP3O - OK, what does that mean ? Crap, Poo, bum-shape, Orifice ?
geoff
Re: C3PO
Watch Star Wars much?
Original 1977 android character.
On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 1:39:08 AM UTC-4, geoff wrote:I like R2D2. It was on a film can (Reel 2 Dialog 2,)but George Lucas liked the rhythm of it and used it for C3PO's robot buddy
On 2/06/2022 2:19 pm, Chris K-Man wrote:
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 11:57:14 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote:
On 01/06/2022 14:12, Angus Kerr wrote:_____
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:16:47 PM UTC+2, Chris K-Man wrote:Originally on dial up bulletin boards as used before usenet, because
This amazing thing called the internet has ruined commonSince I was first on r.a.p. in my thirties (I'm now 56), these acronyms were around
discourse, and has also harshened our political difference
They are not new.
connections were s l o w, (300 baud when I started) and you could work >> out a cost per byte...
They saved bandwidth, and let others know you were one of the "in" crowd.
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
F- the "in crowd". I choose to talk - and type - like a normalUnfortunately not 'think' though.
person, not a string of letters, like C3PO might understand
CP3O - OK, what does that mean ? Crap, Poo, bum-shape, Orifice ?
geoff_____
Re: C3PO
Watch Star Wars much?
Original 1977 android character.
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