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24-01-2008, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by eeyore 
....other common ones are
btw = by the way
imo = in my opinion
imho= in my honest opinion
ime= in my experience
there are also a host of less pleasant ones such as GAL = get a life and numerous featuring the letter F but hopefully no one will see or use these on wab
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The only other useful ones that I've seen as they are often used as the opening or closing word/text :
IIRC = If I remember correctly
TBH = To be honest
Took me an age to work those out 
I also translate IMHO as 'in my humble opinion' which is different to how you interpret the abbreviation. This really goes someway to demonstrate that people should not be lazy and instead should be typing out the full word to save any confusion. In my experience, I have noticed that the more core users who use these expressions, the more they will crop up until every thread will have abbreviations of some kind.
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24-01-2008, 09:39 AM
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The trouble is you can tell me till the cows come home (cch?) what all these things mean, but by tomorrow I will have forgotten them. They just aren't in my vocabulary... so my brain just refuses to remember them.
I agree that to stop any confusion it's much better to write things out in full.
Why not just keep posts short and to the point?
Instead of saying IMHO (in my humble opinion) say "I think", instead of ROFL (rolls on floor laughing) say "funny!" - quite simple really...
Jane
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24-01-2008, 12:25 PM
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.........I have to say this thread has had me guffawing with laughter all over the place - I haven't read anything so funny for a while 
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24-01-2008, 12:42 PM
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me too pmg, pauline....and I've learnt alot too. It's a very useful thread |
24-01-2008, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by naturelover So glad someone has exsplained this to me at last,i am of the older generation and i have trouble knowing what all these letters mean,i have alway wrote how i speak,i even text the same, then every one knows what you are on about. | I can't text in abbreviations - it takes me so long to work them out/remember them that it's quicker to key in full!
I think the whole point about this is that for abbreviations to work everyone involved must understand them. WAB would probably be understood by everyone on this forum but out in the wider world it would mean something different. And ask a selection of people what AA stands for ...
Of course everyone has a right to write what they like but surely the aim of writing is to communicate something. If the person receiving the message doesn't understand it then your'e not communicating and are wasting your own and other peoples' time ... |
24-01-2008, 09:02 PM
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FYI i am 46 years old and slightly dittery in my dotage but all i can say is PMSL at all the comments. reading the replies was 'awesome, dudes'.
you have restored my faith.
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24-01-2008, 09:16 PM
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No idea what PMSL or AA means.... I need that spoon NOW Black Rabbit... where have you hidden it???
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24-01-2008, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tigger No idea what PMSL or AA means.... I need that spoon NOW Black Rabbit... where have you hidden it???
Jane | PMSL -P'd MySelf Laughing.
AA means, i need the spoon when you're finished. it's all too much for me now. 
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24-01-2008, 09:47 PM
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 Put..the...spoon...down...
AA = Automobile Association, i.e. the 5th emergency service.
However this ones going to get you reaching for those spoons the ultimate abbreviation which I have already used in this post:
i.e. = ????
We all use it...we all understand it...but what is it short for?
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24-01-2008, 09:54 PM
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id est, that is, and exempli gratia, for example, both Latin.
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24-01-2008, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Surrey Sam Put..the...spoon...down...
AA = Automobile Association, i.e. the 5th emergency service.
However this ones going to get you reaching for those spoons the ultimate abbreviation which I have already used in this post:
i.e. = ????
We all use it...we all understand it...but what is it short for?
A bonus point is available for the similarly used 'e.g.' too. | i.e - Id Est
e.g - Exempli Gratia
bring on the prize
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24-01-2008, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercadante id est, that is, and exempli gratia, for example, both Latin.
Do I win a spoon? | it's my thread, i win.
if i dont win i want my ball back and youre not playing anymore LOL!!!!
SURELY WE NEED TO BRING SOME CLOSURE TO THIS? 
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24-01-2008, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by trampas45 FYI i am 46 years old and slightly dittery in my dotage but all i can say is PMSL at all the comments. reading the replies was 'awesome, dudes'.
you have restored my faith. | Please don't ditter in your dotage, Some of us are eating a meal.
46 and dittering? go see someone about it. |
24-01-2008, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi Please don't ditter in your dotage, Some of us are eating a meal.
46 and dittering? go see someone about it. | i did. there's no hope. it appears that my body is older than my years.
p.s. dittering is fun as long as it is done with consenting adults, try it you will be .............. sorry ,can't remember.
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24-01-2008, 10:35 PM
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Have a bash at doddering. |
24-01-2008, 10:38 PM
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OK, how about I trade you the Magnificent Thread Owner's Ball of Victory for the humble Consolation Spoon of Smugly Knowing I Was First? |
24-01-2008, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi Have a bash at doddering. | tried it. put my back out.
dabbled in scatty but now have an asbo.
the future's bright, the future's prozac!
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24-01-2008, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercadante OK, how about I trade you the Magnificent Thread Owner's Ball of Victory for the humble Consolation Spoon of Smugly Knowing I Was First? | maybe i should challenge you to a shoot out? i am a cowboy after all and handy with a six shooter.
meet you at high noon.
who am i kidding, it's a deal.
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25-01-2008, 12:32 AM
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But amazing how many people use i.e. when they mean e.g. or vv ( vice versa!).
But to some people AA means Alcoholics Anonymous or, for people of a certain age, Anti-Apartheid also some others that I can't remember at this time of night .... try a Google ... Quote:
Originally Posted by Surrey Sam Put..the...spoon...down...
AA = Automobile Association, i.e. the 5th emergency service.
However this ones going to get you reaching for those spoons the ultimate abbreviation which I have already used in this post:
i.e. = ????
We all use it...we all understand it...but what is it short for?
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