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Wrangler-Rick

Wrangler-Rick

Just Horsing Around…
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Goofyernmost said:
To be serious for a moment... to me it's not so much that we, as a society, have started to abbreviate everything because of cell phone usage, it is that we feel the need to carry it over and make it a valid part of our official language. We can't seem to turn it off. We carry it over even when it is as fast to spell things out and that is getting more and more confusing as people attempt to condense words and phrases that are known only to themselves. Just look at the two different opinions on just two letters. Some thought the D in DS, that our intention was "Dear" and others felt it was "Disney". The intent of the communicator was known only to them.

Every form of activity has it's own identifying language. I'm sure that in architecture there are many things, words, phases and abbreviations that are used for what you do in your field. That doesn't mean that outsiders are aware of what those things mean so they are kept within your field and not forced out into the public. They are compartmentalized.

The habits that I got into originally, the, at least attempt at, punctuation, capitalization, etc. have me almost completely unable to not carry it through to my posting and texting habits. It just feels wrong to me, but, this is the world I live in so I just try and confine that activity to someone else and continue to do what is comfortable for me. That said, I guess I don't care if you or anyone else goes that route, but, I also think that one takes the chance of not fully getting their message out there because so many people don't understand what is being said.
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Perhaps I can assist!! I ran across this a while ago and it really helped me! :)

http://www.wdwmagic.com/acronyms.htm
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Wrangler-Rick said:
Perhaps I can assist!! I ran across this a while ago and it really helped me! :)

http://www.wdwmagic.com/acronyms.htm
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Yes, I have that on my Favorite list and I refer to it often, but, as of late people are just making up their own. Not to mention the fact that in order to understand what was being said we have to go through the effort of looking up the meaning. Why? So others don't have to go through the much simpler method of just spelling it out to begin with. Doesn't seem like a good trade off to me.
 
Wrangler-Rick

Wrangler-Rick

Just Horsing Around…
Premium Member
Goofyernmost said:
Yes, I have that on my Favorite list and I refer to it often, but, as of late people are just making up their own. Not to mention the fact that in order to understand what was being said we have to go through the effort of looking up the meaning. Why? So others don't have to go through the much simpler method of just spelling it out to begin with. Doesn't seem like a good trade off to me.
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But, but, they might get callouses on their fingers from all the typing! ;)
 

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