I hate texting abbreviation language. Language should be about communicating clearly. There are way too many people who can't spell as it is, and who use incorrect words (that usually mean the opposite of what they're trying to convey). The abbreviations used for texting aren't really needed anymore with predictive text being so common, and generally accurate.
Don't have a smartphone. Don't need one. Have never texted. Never want to. But I have communicated in acronyms, prowords and prosigns in the Navy. It was for brevity and for machine read messages. Useful, but it can turn Jack into a dull boy.
"Zulu Echo DE Sierra Bravo K. DE Zulu Echo K. DE Sierra Brave XTF corpen stbd 240, sta spd 25, base spd 18, take sta my 170 at 2000, K. DE Zulu Echo RAR." (Yawn) 2 minutes later "DE Sierra Bravo, execute, K. De Zulu Echo RAR."
Ham radio has had abbreviations for most of its existence. The early days were CW (Morse code) only and when you're tapping out letters any little bit helps.
TNI, Mistress Begley
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Oh my God, Gee whiz
Thou nailed it, Mistress Begley
Nicely done, Madam.
brb. Long fmt, chat only 74 char. UNIX frvr :)
I hate texting abbreviation language. Language should be about communicating clearly. There are way too many people who can't spell as it is, and who use incorrect words (that usually mean the opposite of what they're trying to convey). The abbreviations used for texting aren't really needed anymore with predictive text being so common, and generally accurate.
Definitely a fair point! I rarely use most of these myself. Thanks for reading and for your thoughtful comment.
Don't have a smartphone. Don't need one. Have never texted. Never want to. But I have communicated in acronyms, prowords and prosigns in the Navy. It was for brevity and for machine read messages. Useful, but it can turn Jack into a dull boy.
"Zulu Echo DE Sierra Bravo K. DE Zulu Echo K. DE Sierra Brave XTF corpen stbd 240, sta spd 25, base spd 18, take sta my 170 at 2000, K. DE Zulu Echo RAR." (Yawn) 2 minutes later "DE Sierra Bravo, execute, K. De Zulu Echo RAR."
Ahahahaha. Fantastic. I nearly didn't open this because I HATE abbreviations.
Ham radio has had abbreviations for most of its existence. The early days were CW (Morse code) only and when you're tapping out letters any little bit helps.
SOS isn't an acronym, contrary to popular belief. It's simply a fast, easy code. ...---...
Perfect alternate for "wtf" (says the man with the French wife).
avoid lol folks! Killed my girl Lizzie Siddal.
But definitely brb