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General => Forum Support => Topic started by: Cob-Web on July 25, 2006, 10:29:52 PM
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I've just had my wrists slapped on another thread - is there an "official" COL position on common shorthand/abbreviations in posts?
I only use what I have picked up from other members here, so assumed it was OK to use ph34r ph34r
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I am sure it is all ok. :D
I think the other comments were just tongue in cheek, not too serious !!
i have trying to guess what some stuff means. Then found out i was totally wrong..
:lol:
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I've just had my wrists slapped on another thread - is there an "official" COL position on common shorthand/abbreviations in posts?
I thought it was tongue in cheek too ;), Cathy and yes it took me ages to find what that meant and also DD1 and DS 2 etc :005:
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I think since time began (or rather the internet became accessible to all) abbreviations have become used on forums and chat rooms regularly.
Abbreviations I see being used regularly are:
Family Members =
DH or OH - Darling Husband/Other Half
DW - Darling Wife
DD - Darling Daughter (DD1 if she's the first child DD2 if she's the second etc)
DS - Darling Son (DD1/DD2 etc)
MIL/FIL - Mother/Father in Law
Others =
HTH - Hope This Helps
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
PMSL - Peeing Myself Laughing
ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean
IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
FWIW - For What Its Worth
FYI - For Your Information
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
OMG - Oh My God
IOW - In Other Words
Now my minds gone blank anyone got any more?
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I only clicked tonight what IYSWIM stands for (I always just read it as 'I swim'). I think the thread in question also had FT CH and SH CH in the posts so Jean may have assumed it was another technical term. I don't think it was specifically aimed at you Rachel, more the whole thread in general! I have had to post before now to ask what some abbreviations mean. And I'm about to do it again! :embarassed:
Emma - what does DD1 and DS2 mean?
Edited to say: Oh I know now! :D Posted at the same time as MrsMac!
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No, as far as I'm aware there is no 'official' COL position on abbreviations as long as they're not offensive :D
They seem to be part of everyday internet chatting ;)
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Emma - what does DD1 and DS2 mean?
Its Dear Daughter (then what ever order the child your referring to is) and Dear son (same as)
It can be complicating, I know I do abbreviate but I think sometimes its nice to read if the words are written down in full ;)
I am glad though that no-one on here tends to *text speak* as that I can't understand atall :005:
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There are lots of sites which list commonly used chat room/forum abbreviations - a Google search will bring up many pages but HERE's (http://www.ucandoit.org.uk/knowledgebase/webacronyms.html) one to be going on with ;)
There's no official position on the use of abbreviations on COL - if you want to use them, that's fine and if you don't understand one, just ask what it means or use a search engine :D
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i used to post on a parenting forum , and someone asked for a rundown of the abbreviations used and one girl, who was having a "bad day" with her DH, wittly supplied that she thought DH stood for d**k head :005: :lol: still makes me laugh a couple of years later ...
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no slapped wrist honest . am just slow on the uptake.
no offence meant.
As you will see by reading my other reply am not even good at texting. i Will always be slow on abbreviations I fear.
cant beleive i didnt get it straight away.
dont mean to cause waves.... just smooth them!
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LOL @ Pootle :005:
Jane I should have done a linky! Thanks.
Must admit I'm thrown by the FT CH and SH CH (Show Champion I think) abbreviations sometimes but thats because I'm new to the bloodlines and breeding side to owning a pedigreed pet :D
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I've just had my wrists slapped on another thread - is there an "official" COL position on common shorthand/abbreviations in posts?
I only use what I have picked up from other members here, so assumed it was OK to use ph34r ph34r
I didn't know any abbreviations until I joined COL as I'd not used forums before, and I'm sure there are others in the same boat. We all have to start somewhere. ;) Some of them I managed to work out for myself, some I had to ask. I'm not against using them, but sometimes I feel stupid for asking. ;)
Thanks for the list MrsMac, all I have to do now is remember them. :005:
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Its Dear Daughter (then what ever order the child your referring to is) and Dear son (same as)
That's a bit complicated for me! :-\ I have 4 children: b,g,g,b - if everyone follows that abbreviation! ;) So would I have DS1, DS2, DD1 and DD2? Or would it be DS1, DD2, DD3 and DS4?
I am glad though that no-one on here tends to *text speak* as that I can't understand atall :005:
I cannot bring myself to do 'text speak'! Whether that is the teacher in me or not, I don't know! :-\ I have typed out a text like it - and then had to go back and spell everything correctly and put all the apostrophes in the right places! :embarassed:
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I didn't know any abbreviations until I joined COL as I'd not used forums before, and I'm sure there are others in the same boat. We all have to start somewhere. ;) Some of them I managed to work out for myself, some I had to ask. I'm not against using them, but sometimes I feel stupid for asking. ;)
Thanks for the list MrsMac, all I have to do now is remember them. :005:
Print it off, cut to size and bluetack it to the side of your screen - thats what I did at first. You'll soon get to used to it, if not using it then definitely reading it :005:
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but what do you do when its an actual text and you cant find your specs, :P
am fed up of text speak will never get the hang of it.
............never say never eh?........
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I couldn't do real text speak, it drives me crackers trying to decifer it. I can text no bother at all and I'm quite fast but I don't do text speak and I don't do predictive text either - my sister thinks I'm nuts :005:
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I can do predictive text.... a pensioner showed me believe it or not .. :lol:
we are not allowed to use abbreviations in the NHS so I think thats why Im so rubbish at it. ;)
however will print out the helplist and bluetack it to my forehead... :lol:
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however will print out the helplist and bluetack it to my forehead... :lol:
LOL :005: :005:
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however will print out the helplist and bluetack it to my forehead... :lol:
Won't that make it even more difficult to read? :shades: Unless your eyes are on stalks that is........... :005: :005:
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heh heh heh !! :005:
point taken...
perhaps not!! :lol:
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I couldn't do real text speak, it drives me crackers trying to decifer it. I can text no bother at all and I'm quite fast but I don't do text speak and I don't do predictive text either - my sister thinks I'm nuts :005:
I'm the same, I'm actually faster typing the stuff myself than using predictive text.. everyone thinks I'm mad :005: and I can't use text speak either, it just looks wrong! If I tried it I'd end up deleting the message and doing it properly... I even use apostrophes etc. in texts ph34r
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I run a livery yard and one of the owners is a 16 year old girl who sends me text messages quite often.
She might as well write to me in Serbo Croat for the amount of sense they make! I always end up phoning her to ask what on earth she was trying to say!
Personally I despise this text abbreviation - I may be a daft old fool, but what's wrong with the Queen's english!! (IMHO) OOOh! did I say that!!! :005:
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Personally I despise this text abbreviation - I may be a daft old fool, but what's wrong with the Queen's english!! (IMHO) OOOh! did I say that!!! :005:
IKWYM :005: