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In reply to the discussion: Please, Please, and Please..Don't Use Abbreviations That All Do Not know..Please... [View all]PatSeg
(47,678 posts)There are quite a few acronyms that are pretty well known, like OMG or WTF, but I keep encountering ones where I haven't got a clue. Sometimes even Googling them doesn't help, as I think some people just abbreviate as they go, assuming others can read their mind.
I finally reached my limit and decided if people can't type out the actual words, I'm just going to move on to something else. I was spending more time trying to find out what they were attempting to say than it would have taken to type the words in the first place.
We have language for a reason, it is how we communicate our thoughts and ideas with others. We all here fortunate enough to have sufficient education to be able to use that language effectively and clearly. And when we come to a site like Democratic Underground, it is not like we are sending chatty texts on our phone to our best friends, who probably know what we are trying to say.