Woof. That was a little
too serious for me...!
Since May of '07, I've been a member of exactly two message boards...both Disney related. The first one is now defunct, unless you have a Facebook account (I do not - plus, that board used to thrive, but, was almost totally dead before it went to FB), which is where they now do all their messaging. So, now I only post here.
Anyway, being a newbie to all things message boards, I lurked on the other board for quite a while before finally joining. All the acronyms and abbreviations, of course, confused me a bit, at first. DW was one of the first I encountered (which, I have now even expanded beyond wife to "DWifey"
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). In the context that it was being used in the post, and with the info given, I could tell they were talking about their "Disney Wife".
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At one point, I found out there was a thread that listed all the most common acs/abs
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(imagine my surprise when I found out DW was actually listed as "Dear Wife"
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). Before I finally joined, I was very familiar with most of them.
I use them here because that is how I was first Immersed in message boards, and I feel it simply makes things a little easier for me. I don't write or talk that way anywhere else.
If you look at the vast majority of my posts, I use punctuation extensively (almost too much sometimes, I think
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), and there are few spelling errors. Often, even in the middle of a post, I Google to make sure I have the correct spelling, and I proofread all of them, many of them several times.
As I said, I modify as I feel necessary. Recent examples would be me now typing SonIL and DSprings.
Anyhoo, over the last decade or so, I've found a style that I think works best for me. And, of course, others, such as yourself, have a style that they feel works best for them. Different strokes.
P.S.
And yes, in my line of work we have an EXTENSIVE list of acronyms and abbreviations that we employ.
Extensive enough to make a lot of folks choke...!