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[Closed] Can we ban all the initialisms/ acronyms in posts please?

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I find it terribly confusing!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:31 pm
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Ok.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:31 pm
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Yes, DWTSOT.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:32 pm
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Yes, let's ban TLAs.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:32 pm
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U OK HUN?

TXT ME


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:32 pm
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WTF


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:33 pm
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IMHO the OP has it all wrong - IME TLAs help enormously to clarify the situation. HTH


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:33 pm
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ROFLMAO


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:33 pm
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WWSTWD


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:34 pm
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I am over 40 for lords sake!

Use the Queen's English!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:37 pm
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I struggle with long sentences 😉


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:38 pm
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I have no useful contribution to make 😉


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:39 pm
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TLDR


 
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[img] [/img]


 
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IITYWYBMAD


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:41 pm
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UR THRD IZ SRCNG!

(Old skool, innit)


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:41 pm
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UR SHZ R SARCIN


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:42 pm
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I am over 40 for lords sake!

I am 54 shortcuts are good, less typing and strain on the eyes. 🙂


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:42 pm
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jambalaya - Member
I am over 40 for lords sake!

I am 54 shortcuts are good, less typing and strain on the eyes.

Probably are good when you know what they mean.Lol


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:45 pm
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Lol

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Posted : 15/12/2017 10:46 pm
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***** sake!

I really didn't realise I used "laugh out loud"!!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:48 pm
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Don't you mean FFS?


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:52 pm
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oh - thought that was lots of love

more TLA's ftw


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:52 pm
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Well, this was only ever going to go one way.

In the spirit of obligatory STW (oops) pedantry I'd point out that these are all initialisms, not acronyms.

HTH.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:53 pm
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WTF OMG LOL


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 10:54 pm
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In the spirit of obligatory STW (oops) pedantry I'd point out that these are all initialisms, not acronyms.

I've just been having that argument with a friend on WhatsApp! Laugh Out Loud!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:02 pm
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Ooooh, can we ban onomatopoeia too?

My new word for today!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:05 pm
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Why would you want to ban that? It means exactly what it sounds like.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:10 pm
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Why would you want to ban that? It means exactly what it sounds like.

This is getting complex!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:11 pm
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[quote=Cougar ]Well, this was only ever going to go one way.

It's almost as if it was deliberate...

In the spirit of obligatory STW (oops) pedantry I'd point out that these are all initialisms, not acronyms.
HTH.

LOL FTW


 
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ROFL Harris!


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:17 pm
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This is getting complex!

Hey nothing wrong with sesquipedalian loquaciousness.

LOL


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:20 pm
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That's easy for you to say.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:23 pm
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GrahamS - Member
This is getting complex!
Hey nothing wrong with sesquipedalian loquaciousness.

I might break Google tonight.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:23 pm
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Awesome gif flashy


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:30 pm
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phew, I have no useful contribution to make


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:36 pm
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Bah, BITD you could use I have no useful contribution to make but these days it seems to do the same as I struggle with long sentences


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:40 pm
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What on earth are you on about scaredy?

?BTL


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:46 pm
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😯 - [s]pitchfork[/s] [i]ducking stool and silver bullets[/i] at the ready here !


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:51 pm
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wysiwyg or sometimes not. 😆


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:53 pm
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What on earth are you on about scaredy?

?BTL

*looks at you*

How did you do that? Unicode?


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:56 pm
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Actually, there's an easier way.

lBTL


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:57 pm
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I blame Mumsnet for the multiplicity of acronyms and the resulting syntactical inexactitude.


 
Posted : 15/12/2017 11:59 pm
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Bah, BITD you could use I have no useful contribution to make but these days it seems to do the same as I struggle with long sentences

I think you created a singularity there!


 
Posted : 16/12/2017 12:00 am
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bah, thought I had it then


 
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