A call for a moratorium...

.... on the use of text message abbreviations on this forum. If you think about it, even the mobile carriers have to subtitle their ads for text messaging to sell the product. I was thinking, if I have to ask my 16y/o wtf ';bff'; means, this must not be normal. lol

Just a thought.

Doc

A call for a moratorium...

I prefer that we don%26#39;t use text typing here, there is a place for everything and texting should be used where it was intended to be used, on mobile phones. However, I also don%26#39;t text and that is purely choice on my part. Maybe it%26#39;s because I%26#39;m the daughter of an ex high school English teacher but seeing text typing just doesn%26#39;t seem right to me.

I also don%26#39;t have a 16 yr old child to translate for me! ;)

A call for a moratorium...

Im w/u on dat doc.

itz diFicult 2 undRst%26amp; sumtyms

wrist slashing time!!! ;-)

Sorry, I found a web site that translates and could not resist. I don%26#39;t have a cell and would spend more time trying to figure out how to use it and what the codes mean.

It is the age thing.

I am 50, and only use my mobile phone as a phone, not for texting, or camera, or internet access, or ........

But you have to realize that we have some young members here, that texting comes natural to them, so they tend to abbreviate some words.

I don%26#39;t mind the use of DH, DW or BFF, but sometimes, I have to read the post few times, to understand it.

And if I don%26#39;t, then I won%26#39;t answer it. That is the Posters loss (or as they say, The OP%26#39;s loss)

Gabby, LOVE the slippers...

Omg Doc! My bff this this is so nbd! Lol I heart you!

ok w/me

Although I agree that all those abbreviations can get tired sometimes, expecially for those of us of the older generations, but I do think things like IP, ElCo, CP,MB should stay, also locked in to our TA vocabulary should be VP, BJ, and other gambling terms, and I also have no qualms about voting to keep DW, DH, MIL, etc, as I think we all know what those mean.

In other words..Keep the basic ones we know like family members, hotels, and gambling terms, and get rid of the other stuff you find on the average 15 year old girls phone.

I think you peeps are getting old and crotchety. I like them - down with the ban!