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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------