John Messeder 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. > >
I should point out (as a relative old-timer) that these abbreviations first came into existence during the early days of usenet (aka NetNews, aka NNTP, for those of you who remember - now Google groups, mostly). In those days, modems and computers were slow, so people would often abbreviate. The practice obviously has grown exponentially with the use of cell phones for texting (especially for those poor souls not lucky enough to have a Treo or a Pre with a full QWERTY keyboard! ;-) ) As for dictionaries, there are many of them out there - I remember reading an early one back when I first started using usenet - it was part of the "required readings" on Netiquette that newbies were supposed to read. Taking advantage of that newfangled "Google" thingie ;-) , I looked around for one online, and found a bunch - here's the first one I clicked on: http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php So (as usual), those darn kids these days didn't invent this stuff (much as they would like to think they did!) Sam ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
