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Old 06-30-2004, 02:30 AM   #41
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You know I hate how often people use "lol" and such.

Now I'm going to go play some ffur.
lol, ffur?
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Old 07-1-2004, 01:36 AM   #42
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Say FFR like it was a word. "Ffur" should be what comes out. Since Neo's and my posts, has the rest of this had any relevance to the original topic at all, or is it just previously stated opinion. Sorry for being rude, I just bitch slapped a troll in another thread.

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Old 07-1-2004, 02:28 AM   #43
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Oh right... heh.

I can't stand numbers and crap in words. One of my reasons to hate linkin park. Trying to name all their tracks with numbers and ugh... it's just stupid.
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Old 07-1-2004, 10:11 PM   #44
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As a general rule, I don't mind acronyms like the LOL mentioned in the first post. However they started, they're common enough that it's not really an issue to me. I use some myself now and then in casual electronic conversations. Smileys/emoticons, too. I wouldn't use them in real writing though. It's the other stuff that bugs me -- the bad grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc. No, this isn't English class, but is it *that* much more effort to write properly and clearly? Most of the time I can easily overlook things if I understand what's being said (especially keeping in mind that English is not everyone's first language), but the less mistakes the better. When people start abbreviating everything they possibly can, it's actually harder for me to read and understand though. I have to think about it and kind of translate your shorthand code into real English. Legibility is sacrificed for speed. Don't be so lazy -- which is more important, to have your writing understood or to save a few seconds in typing it up?
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Old 07-3-2004, 01:13 PM   #45
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I try not to use "lol" as much as I can, but I just can't stop. Short hand is fine, eye jus h8 wen ppl taip liek tiz. Certain 1337 is okay for me, too, as long as it's just like "Yeah. I pwn3d j00 good." and "411 j00r b453 423 b310n6 70 u5."

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Old 07-3-2004, 02:40 PM   #46
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Bleh. When people put number in their names... just annoys me. I mean in the place of letters, ofcourse.

For example:

5uP32 N35D
bleh i can't come up with any more... the letter -> number conversion is too weird.
Arch0wl... really how much cooler is it with the zero? No offense, but my initial instinct is to just kinda... shake my head in disapproval and sigh, maybe some eye rolling.

4 2 ( [-] 0 vv 1
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Old 07-3-2004, 03:08 PM   #47
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Arch0wl is better than ArchOwl. 0s always look better than Os. Os are too wide.
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Old 07-3-2004, 03:12 PM   #48
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Moogy, real expert here... has 2 o's not 0's in his name...

I think the o looks fine.


...This has become the most retarded thread.
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Old 07-3-2004, 04:10 PM   #49
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he's talking about capital O's :P
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Old 07-3-2004, 04:26 PM   #50
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Oooooh. Need some ice for that burn?
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Old 07-4-2004, 11:40 AM   #51
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IJHWPUMUA

I just hate when people use made up acrynoms.
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Old 07-4-2004, 11:57 AM   #52
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I hate acronyms that try to become words and fail miserably.

I also hate new acronyms that try to become cool but just suck as Tank clearly stated above.

I just hate acroynms that aren't in the English dictionary.

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Old 07-5-2004, 01:19 AM   #53
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Again, I'll point out that all acronyms make language more efficient just so long as the person at the receiving end understands them. We all know what "lol" means, for the most part. If I said "mtfbwy,a" I'd have to explain it, thus making it less efficient. If you already knew it meant "May the force be with you, always" we'd have a much more efficient ending to a conversation.

In conclusion, acronyms are good, but only to the extent that many people know what the acronym means. If they don't, don't bother to use it.

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Old 07-5-2004, 03:42 AM   #54
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If I said "mtfbwy,a" I'd have to explain it, thus making it less efficient. If you already knew it meant "May the force be with you, always" we'd have a much more efficient ending to a conversation.
This just made me laugh... a good minute of it.
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Old 07-5-2004, 10:12 AM   #55
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I'm talking about the acronyms people make up that not a lot of people understand, it doesn't help the conversation. I could probably type "May the force be with you always" faster than I could do each individual letter.

And when people use teh instead of the, it annoys me.

Oh and one more thing, when people do things like this...

(Insert sn here): Hey I g3g.
Same person: *g1g
Same person: **ggg
Same person: ***g2g
Same person: ll
Same person: *lol

I get those conversations all the time.
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Old 07-5-2004, 03:28 PM   #56
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i only use "teh" when i'm being goofy. like in an anime, when the characters suddenly go chibified and look all goofy.
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Old 07-6-2004, 11:43 PM   #57
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hmm... lol
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omgwtfbbq!??!?!?!?
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Old 07-10-2004, 03:44 PM   #59
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That's my job, Jamie. I make people laugh...just it turns out I never do it on purpose....ok, back on topic. This thread is practically exhausted. I've repeated myself so many times it's not even funny. Ok, yeah it is. Heh.

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Old 07-23-2004, 05:55 PM   #60
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It's relatively easy to guess what people are saying with their shorthand most of the time. But the problem I have with it is that I don't understand what they're talking about. On chat for example, they speak so 'slangy' that I find it difficult to follow what they're talking about. Could someone type out a list or something? I still don't get roffle and what's lagging?
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