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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve MacDonald [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Neither a query, nor a response... (NON-TECHNICAL CONTENT!)
>
> 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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