Art thou shaken by the temper of the day? (ATSBTTOTD)

Do you have 1000's of songs worth of lyrics in your head just waiting for
the right music to remind you what they are?  Can't remember more than a
half dozen at the moment though, and almost none of them all the way
through, right?  My propblem is crowding out all the stuff I want to do to
take time to read to my kids, so they can see and hear good grammar.  It's
the hardest job I have.  That and my failing career as a song writer. :-)
What rhymes with Tg?

Steve

PS-Is it Non-Technical Tuesday?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Reeves" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 13:09
Subject: Re: [TN] Neither a query, nor a response... (NON-TECHNICAL
CONTENT!)


> Yeah, have you heard about the language (not English) that has sprung up
around the instant text messaging craze...it takes the abbreviations we use
in e-mails to the extreme. I don't know from personal experience, but I
heard a comment on the radio about how it's ruining young peoples' grammar
and vocabulary as they replace English with this stuff.
>
> examples
> Abbreviation Meaning
> AAR At any rate
> AAS Alive and smiling
> ADN Any day now
> AEAP As early as possible
> AFAIK As far as I know
> AFK Away from keyboard
> AKA Also known as
> AISB As it should be
> AOTA All of the above
> ASAP As soon as possible
> A/S/L Age/sex/location
> AT At your terminal
> ATM At the moment
> B/F Boyfriend
> B4 Before
> B4N  Bye for now
> BAK Back at keyboard
> BAU Business as usual
> BBIAF Be back in a few
> BBIAM Be back in a minute
> BBL Be back later
> BC Because
> BCNU Be seein' you
>
> I think that's a lot of stuff to remember, and it's not hard to imagine
that it would "crowd out" knowledge of proper English.
>
> Tim Reeves
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Niether a question, or a response...
>
>
> How about 'their' or 'weird' or numerous other exceptions that don't
> immediately spring into my tiny brain? This seems to be a day for taking a
> dig at other folks's expense (though I'm all in favour of improving the
use
> of English, which is not what it once was).
>
> Peter
>
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