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David Douthit <[log in to unmask]>
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Tim,

I believe the book "1984" had a concept similar to this called "unspeak".

David A. Douthit
Manager
LoCan LLC

Tim Reeves wrote:

> 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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