Of course, I should admit the book before the last one I read was "Eats Shoots & Leaves". It's a book all about punctuation and how many English speaking people simply do not use it any more and even understand how to use many of the symbols.
She actually polls people as to how many people use correct punctuation when they text. Michael <><><><><><><><><><><> Michael J. Barnes VOCALease Wayne State University AIM: atremorer <><><><><><><><><><><> --- In [email protected], ldouglas <ldoug...@...> wrote: > > lol yeah it's called Google. Actually urban dictionary is a good > source too - and very funny at times. > > On 1/14/10, John Messeder <jmesse...@...> wrote: > > It works OK as long as we who don't understand something can ask and > > someone will explain. > > Of course, I should make a dictionary. Heck, probably someone has. > > > > On 01/14/2010 9:48:10 PM -0500 > > Ldouglas <ldoug...@...> wrote: > > > >> IIRC is more an email/internet thing than a text thing. I've been > >> using it from before texting was around. Same with IMHO, BTW and FYI. > >> > >> And IIRC I learned 'YMMV' from this list! > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: atremorer <mich...@... <mailto:michael%40vocal-ease.net>> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:53 PM > >> To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > >> Subject: [Treo] Re: PRE vs PIXI > >> > >> Thus, the EXACT reason I hate web/text-speak. Everything is becoming > >> so shortened that half the readers do not know what it means. > >> > >> I know I'm more particular than most people. I'm a professor that > >> deals with communication, but it seems that we should be trying to > >> communicate so that people can ALL understand. >
