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Lawn Spikers WTHDEHTHSMI?
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Exactly! Why The Heck Do We Have To Have So Many Initials? I am afraid I only speak English, I don't speak abbreviations or Mobile speak or what ever is giving rise to this ever increasing glut of initials/abbreviations or what ever you want to call them -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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Lawn Spikers WTHDEHTHSMI?
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from "David Hill" contains these words: WTHDEHTHSMI? Exactly! Why The Heck Do We Have To Have So Many Initials? I am afraid I only speak English, I don't speak abbreviations or Mobile speak or what ever is giving rise to this ever increasing glut of initials/abbreviations or what ever you want to call them. Abbreviation-to-initials was being used in usenet long before phone text messaging increased the use of word contractions. Initials, abbreviations, and word contractions were all used long before usenet was invented, in much older signal systems such as telegraphy, semaphore, morse code and road signs. Janet |
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"Janet Baraclough .." wrote in
message ... Abbreviation-to-initials was being used in usenet long before phone text messaging increased the use of word contractions. Initials, abbreviations, and word contractions were all used long before usenet was invented, in much older signal systems such as telegraphy, semaphore, morse code and road signs. Of course it helps if the letters are right :-) WTHD*W*HTHSMI or maybe it was meant to be Why the heck does 'e have to have so many initials? -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:53:09 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote: WTHDEHTHSMI? Exactly! Why The Heck Do We Have To Have So Many Initials? I am afraid I only speak English, I don't speak abbreviations or Mobile speak or what ever is giving rise to this ever increasing glut of initials/abbreviations or what ever you want to call them *Many* intials have been used in many contexts way before mobile phones or the internet. SOS is fairly recognizable. I think we all mail letters at the PO. You read about the activities of the WI. We say everything is OK. (R)SPCA has been in common use for quite some time. I live in the USA, perhaps you in the UK. The web and communication through typing has, indeed, resulted in a proliferation of initial shorthand. Many acronyms have become rather common for phrases used often. Like anything else, it can become mis- or overused. As long as we all agree on the meanings (or ask for explanation), it seems harmless enough. AFAIK. |
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