people who use txt abbreviations in e-mails

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dud, obviously.

I hate txt abbreviations so much that I can't even write imitations of them.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

haha!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

wt r u tlkng abt?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the Vicar is referring to "text-messaging" abbreviations.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes. "Text-messaging" is widely used in countries with advanced mobile phone systems.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Er, I urge the Vicar to consider that they may still be lovely people (and their husbands may be reading this!)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, yeah. I have violated my "hate the sin, love the sinner" approach to life - the thread title should in fact be "using txt abbreviations in e-mails - classic or dud".

― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"txt"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh; well, completely dud then.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Txt abbreviations give you more space to wax lyrical sonnets to the lucky guy/gal's (insert name of body part), though....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, but surely the bigger the better in this context? therefore long, well developed e-mails win over runty, flaccid ones.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Packs more of a bang, you say? Only when the flow is long and strong.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

quite simple:

in emails to friends - classic
in business emails - dud

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't even use them in text messages for heavens' sake, none more dudder (wobs excepted)

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

DUD all the way. I'm maybe more annoying by my determination to write proper prose in text messages, but the way it filters into some people's other communication squicks me. All that "u r cming ovR 2ite?" shit... sounds like prince is trying to score. Ugh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

wht ensmallens the wrd embiggens the culture obv

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

ppl who hate txt abbrevs hate fun.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

fn!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Predictive text misspellings>>>>>>rubbish text abbreviations.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

see predictive txt SOUNDS like a prescription for hilarious confusion ensuing but it is merely poor

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:50 (twenty-one years ago)

like the person who tried to tell me she was tired and actually told me she was three?

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:57 (twenty-one years ago)

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people who use txt abbreviations in e-mails - classic or dud