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Saturday, August 13, 2005

The initial title for this post is suppose to be "Short forms", as in.. short forms or abbreviation of something, you know like "brb" = be right back, ty = thank you, np = no problem. Yeah, since everything could be simplified, therefore, i "shortformed" my title.

First up, the main purpose of posting this entry is to raise the concern of.. do we really need all those while chatting or typing in electronic forms? For some cases, it might be useful.. but sometimes it could be troublesome, as there are so many self-proclaimed abbreviation and misinterpretation of meanings.. so it could be confusing in some cases...

Case#1
Fred: yo, do u hav a mom (moment)? I need a favour from you
Victim1: huh? you need a favour from my mom?

Case#2
Blurguy1: Did you receive that? could you plz sms the msg to me, so i could msg her back, pls?
(notice the confusion? the sudden changes of sms n msg)

Case#3
Blurguy2: No cash atm(at the moment), cant do much
Victim2: huh? atm(auto-teller machine) no money?
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Case#3478
Blurguy379: I saw that guy came out of the garage with a taekwando uniform, and i was like WTF?! (what the F***)
Victim351: Oh, i prefer GTF (Global taekwando Federation) than WTF (World Taekwando Federation)

Ok.. enough of those craps.. Basically i have just a few simple points to make, when in use of abbreaviation or shor forms in typings, electronic forms, please be sure than the receiver could get it and please don't over use it.. Though it's also part of our responsibility as a modern civilized individual in a high tech environment to at least have the basic knowledge in all these. However, over usage of it would only cause confusions and irritation in some cases. For example:

Irritation case #1 (i hate this the most) - over usage of LoL (laugh out loud)
Fred: just like what i told u right?
Sucker1: lol.. that's funny.. lol
Fred: yea.. haha
Sucker1:lolololololololololololol
Fred:....
Sucker1:lol!
Sucker1:lol, I would really like to see taht again lol
Sucker1:you there? lol
Sucker1:lol
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..
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Sucker1:still there? gtg now man.. lol

Oh man, i understood that the term "lol" is rather easy to put up to since "O" is located right below "L", yet.. you must at least understand the exact meaning of it, and do not freaking overuse it.. Yeah, knowing what you are typing is one serious matter.. you wanna use abbreaviation? Fine.. but at least know what it means. I've heard from a friend that, her little cousin sis actually typed this in a conversation,

Cousin1: haha, i am loling
....

lol... loling... what the heck?!

And one more thing.. chained abbreaviation is as bad as overusing it (as in frequency)
One example (which is actually a ritual in the leveling process in World of Warcraft.. in my guild :P, once or twice is alright... though)

Chained abbreviation case#1
Guy1: Yay! ROFLOLICOPTERPWNXWTFKTHXBYE!!!

Firstimer1: what what what??!

Anyway, without a doubt.. it could be useful and it will be as long as you dun do it 2 frquently, dun b 2 lz, liddat won b gud, lol,coz if evry1 iz goin 2 tok like tiz, d wrld iz goin to b 2 fast.. slw dwn bit ler.. k, tym's up, log, bye

c ya nxt!

leaving skool f-r3d at 12:52 AM 4 pokies

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