begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:34:04AM -0800: > Stewart Stremler wrote: [snip] > > This is one of the *stupidest* means of abbreviation possible. > > > > It's amusing as a joke, but the fact that it's being taken seriously > > by so many people is just, well, wrong. > > Right .. I mean I agree it's wrong. > > It is, however useful as a shorthand symbol within a document or > discussion (possibly an extended discussion).
On IRC or IM, perhaps. Everywhere else, well, TYPE THE WORD ALREADY. It's not like "internationalization" is hard to type, and if it were, I'd make an abbreviation (which is where crap like I10N would be kind of useful) for my own personal use. My being a lazy writer does not mean I get to impose a burden on you, the reader. > Of course, sometimes cute, catchy, or convenient terms just seem to > _catch on_, and mob rule (um) rules. Well, yes. Mobs generally do many stupid things, like stand around in the cold wearing nightshirts and carrying flaming torches. Doesn't me we should shrug our shoulders and go along with 'em. -- Mobs appear wise because they lynch dissidents. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
