Unneccesary and unofficial abbreviations that annoy you.

Post by **Sades** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 8:46 am

I guess I mean "internet slang", or something... just words that people shorten or change for no apparent reason.

My current pet peeve would be "ppl". C'mon... Peepee-ell? Doubleyu Tee Eff?!? Ar Oh Tee Ef Ell Em Ai Oh!

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 8:48 am

LOL annoys me. Cause I don't know what it means.

Post by **Warcry** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 8:52 am

Pretty much anything like that annoys me. Basically, if you can't be bothered to type it, why should I bother to read it?

Scarrita · Post by **Scarrita** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:18 pm

Originally posted by Ozz
LOL annoys me. Cause I don't know what it means.

Laugh Out Loud.

It annoys me and I know what it means. People use it too much. lol lol lol... I hate "text abbreviation". What ever happaned to just writing "ha ha" when you mean something as a joke? What, is it one too many letters, oh and a space?

Trailbreaker · Post by **Trailbreaker** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 6:14 pm

B.R.E.N.D.O.C.O.N
I mean, come on: beee aaarrr eeeeeee en deeeee oooh ke oooohh nnnnnnn

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 7:08 pm

http://WWW... audible, at least. If you say the letters, it takes longer than saying World Wide Web... so, WWW for written, World Wide Web for spoken. In the case of URLs on adverts, there isn't actually any need for the WWW to be spoken unless an idiot webmaster has his/her server misconfigured (ie,. microsoft.com and http://www.microsoft.com should produce the same resultm whereas our uni server only accepts http://www.aber.ac.uk and not aber.ac.uk ...last time I checked, anway.)

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 7:47 pm

Originally posted by Stuart Denyer
WWW for written, World Wide Web for spoken.

I hate to imagine the carnage it would create with radio presenters giving out URLs in that format... I can fully see non-net-savvy folks actually typing that in.

What annoys me? "lol" because people so obviously aren't.

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 8:11 pm

Aw, dunno... I have been on the odd occasion I've typed that... or at least shortly beforehand, anyway...

Anyways, "www" doesn't need to be given in the first place... if, unlike our uni, you know how IP setup works...

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 8:18 pm

The thing that bugs me about it is that it's almost a word on its own... people don't seem to use it as an abbreviation, more as just an expression.

Anyway, I'm not that narked at the moment... I can't get angry right now... poor Spurs...

Blues Clues · Post by **Blues Clues** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 9:51 am

Originally posted by saysadie
My current pet peeve would be "ppl".

Hmm, you must hate some of my posts then.

I sometimes shorten words cause i'm a slack bastard. Funnily enough though, i hate when people use "u r" for "you are".

Jonin · Post by **Jonin** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:20 am

Originally posted by Blues Clues
i hate when people use "u r" for "you are".

I do too!

The only way that it is acceptable to me at all is if it's done in a text message via a mobile phone where your text space is limited overall, and abbreviations are used for obvious reasons.

Houbatron · Post by **Houbatron** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:57 am

Originally posted by Scarrita
Laugh Out Loud.

It annoys me and I know what it means. People use it too much. lol lol lol... I hate "text abbreviation". What ever happaned to just writing "ha ha" when you mean something as a joke? What, is it one too many letters, oh and a space?

I think it's because somehow, in Internet slang, "ha ha" is more used to laugh at something sarcastically than to really laugh because something is funny. I think I've used "LOL" on occasion as well ("lol" means "fun" in Dutch, by the way, so it *does* have a meaning in our language

), though lately I'm mostly settling for "teehee" to express laughter in the written language, if I bother to work around the laughter-emoticon, that is.

Weirdwolf and Monzo · Post by **Weirdwolf and Monzo** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:32 pm

I hate seeing "ppl", and even though it's not actually an abbreviation, "w00t" just seems silly to me.

Sheba · Post by **Sheba** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:08 pm

hehe I think more people would be annoyed by "www" if they pronounced it like I do: "Dubya Dubya Dubya"

dead robot · Post by **dead robot** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:22 pm

...don't forget that annoying devil horns thing people do without even knowing what it means. it's not an abbreviation, but it falls under annoying, along with "Kewl" and "rawks" "sux" etc...

Garand · Post by **Garand** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:19 am

using NE for any gets to me.. it's just more lettter for the proper spelling!!

Savannahtron · Post by **Savannahtron** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:29 am

Garand, you should be the last one to knock someone for spelling...hahahahaah.

BTW, lol, ppl, la8r, cya, u, 2, cmon, u no,

non of them bother me..what gets me is l337...or however the little kids type it...

Garand · Post by **Garand** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:44 am

Originally posted by Savannahtron
Garand, you should be the last one to knock someone for spelling...hahahahaah.

my spelling's great.. my typing sukcs though..

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:28 pm

I hate all form of internet abbrieviation... ppl, l8r, neway, plz... It just stinks of laziness. Even in text messages I won't use them. I will send two messages instead. Oh and I hate, hate, hate, hate this netspeak h@X0r bull****. Whoever invented that should die slowly and most painfully. Whoever uses it should simply be shot.

Me? Vindictive? Naaaah

-Ss

Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:40 pm

Originally posted by Sixswitch
I will send two messages instead.

And be hated by the majority of people who have ten message inboxes.

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