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  • #32
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    NoHornJan wrote: »
    I'm sorry if i didn't phrase my post a little clearer or be a little more precise with the question. I was only trying to find out if it was O.K. for anyone to concoct their own acronysm or initialism. My father used to have a saying "Does your mother know your out?" meaning that you might be a little out of your depth. So would dymkyo be offensive in a post? AH in a Boards context I know what it means but outside Boards usage it has a totally different meaning to me anyway. That's the point I was trying to get accross.

    NWKWYWOAIYWMUYOA.

    Nobody would know what you were on about if you were making up your own acronyms.


  • #33
    NoHornJan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭NoHornJan


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    NWKWYWOAIYWMUYOA.

    Nobody would know what you were on about if you were making up your own acronyms.

    That is my point. Until you were told what they meant, you were probably scratching your head.


  • #34
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    NoHornJan wrote: »
    That is my point. Until you were told what they meant, you were probably scratching your head.

    No, not the same thing. If an acronym is in common usage and the majority of people know what it means then it's much more acceptable than you just deciding to make up your own.


  • #35
    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Mildly off topic but it really irritates me when people add tbh or tbf at the end of their posts. So if you didn't type that, would you not have been honest?! Also JMO is used by way too many people. I know it is your opinion, you have just typed it!


  • #36
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    Forest Master wrote: »
    "LOL" stands for "laughing out loud" = abbreviation.
    The fact that people pronounce it as a word (lol) makes it an acronym.

    Who pronounces lol as a word like lollipop instead of each letter as in L.O.L?


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  • #37
    NoHornJan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭NoHornJan


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    No, not the same thing. If an acronym is in common usage and the majority of people know what it means then it's much more acceptable than you just deciding to make up your own.


    Well who concocted the first acronysm or initialism? Was he or she a spy or secret agent? Was it a code or was everyone supposed to know what it meant?


  • #38
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    NoHornJan wrote: »
    Well who concocted the first acronysm or initialism? Was he or she a spy or secret agent? Was it a code or was everyone supposed to know what it meant?

    Internet Elders.


  • #39
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    Is acronysm a new acronym?:confused:


  • #40
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Fitzcaraldo wrote: »
    Is acronysm a new acronym?:confused:

    niat tbh.

    No, it's a typo, to be honest.


  • #41
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,384 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    prinz wrote: »
    Who pronounces lol as a word like lollipop instead of each letter as in L.O.L?

    Who the hell pronounces LOL instead of just laughing out loudly?

    :confused::confused::confused::eek::eek::eek::confused::confused::confused:


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  • #42
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    I find it harder to text speak than normal speak:(


  • #43
    consultech
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭consultech


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    I find it harder to text speak then normal speak:(

    You sure?


  • #44
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    consultech wrote: »
    You sure?

    Should it be than?

    Clearly thats just a mistake of grammer.


    Fecking grammer Nazi's:pac:


  • #45
    NoHornJan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭NoHornJan


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    niat tbh.

    No, it's a typo, to be honest.

    I think that was meant for me.


  • #46
    messymess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭messymess


    One of the things that really annoys me is when older people use it. By older, I mean people who were literate adults before the advent of SMS.


  • #47
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Most of the people who used to use txt spk now use predictive text on their phones, i've found.


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