Message Forum: Re: Literacy

Re: Literacy

Posted By: Adam Bomb, on host 129.237.189.24
Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 14:00:07
In Reply To: Re: Literacy posted by SilverMoon on Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 13:39:21:

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> > I theorize that AOL Instant Messenger was the birthplace of all those internet acronyms such as "IMHO", "BRB", "ROTFL" and what have you.
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> I've never thought that those acronyms are really all that bad, though of course only for the usage of very slow typers. In instant chat and so on, when people are talking very fast and you can't type very quickly, they could help. It's when they're combined with bad spelling and a shift key that has either been pried off the keyboard or is PERMANENTLY ON that they get annoying.
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Neither have I. It somehow fascinates me how multiworded phrases and names are condensed to a simple acronym.

AB

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Message:	> > > > > > > > I theorize that AOL Instant Messenger was the birthplace of all those internet acronyms such as "IMHO", "BRB", "ROTFL" and what have you. > > > > > > > > > I've never thought that those acronyms are really all that bad, though of course only for the usage of very slow typers. In instant chat and so on, when people are talking very fast and you can't type very quickly, they could help. It's when they're combined with bad spelling and a shift key that has either been pried off the keyboard or is PERMANENTLY ON that they get annoying. > > > > SilverMoon > > Neither have I. It somehow fascinates me how multiworded phrases and names are condensed to a simple acronym. > > AB
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