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JFTD said:
Acronyms can be creative, I don't think abbreviations ever are.

As for your second point - only so long as the context is clear, plenty of anagrammatic words can cause a lot of confusion if you write like that!
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How can you say that? All language is creative. It's how people use it.
 
tallyho! said:
How can you say that? All language is creative. It's how people use it.
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I don't think so - we're all using recycled words to communicate largely recycled ideas. Asking for a cup of tea (or sending a "c u l8r m8" text) is no more creative than the pattern of the tea leaves left in the cup when you've drunk it.
 
JFTD said:
I don't think so - we're all using recycled words to communicate largely recycled ideas. Asking for a cup of tea (or sending a "c u l8r m8" text) is no more creative than the pattern of the tea leaves left in the cup when you've drunk it.
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Ok well I think we are looking a bit sad now. I bow to your superior opinions on creative language use!

:)
 
tallyho! said:
Since the brain can prces words as lnog as the frsit and lsat lerttrs are in palce i thnik we are jsut wtsanig lerttrs.
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Except we have to know the original correctly spelt words to know what the above means. Its the same with people writing all in capitals - they are hard to read when used for every letter because we read words as a pattern not letter by letter.
 
tallyho! said:
Ok well I think we are looking a bit sad now. I bow to your superior opinions on creative language use!

:)
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Don't do that - this is the most fun I've had all day! I'm quite happy to respectfully disagree - both with your opinion of Shakey's taste, and with your opinion on the elegance of text talk :D
 
Tnavas said:
Except we have to know the original correctly spelt words to know what the above means. Its the same with people writing all in capitals - they are hard to read when used for every letter because we read words as a pattern not letter by letter.
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Well yes, one would hope if they were reading it and making sense of it, they knew the words in the first place. It's one of those assumptions I made.

I'm usually wrong so take no notice of me :)
 
JFTD said:
Don't do that - this is the most fun I've had all day! I'm quite happy to respectfully disagree - both with your opinion of Shakey's taste, and with your opinion on the elegance of text talk :D
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No no I'm quite happy to shrink wrap this one and chuck it in the freezer with the rest of my say now - pay later thoughts!
 
tallyho! said:
No no I'm quite happy to shrink wrap this one and chuck it in the freezer with the rest of my say now - pay later thoughts!
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I often wish I could do that with words after I've unleashed them on the world. Usually when they've been less like paint creatively daubed on a canvas, and more like bullets fired from a semi-automatic...
 
JFTD said:
I often wish I could do that with words after I've unleashed them on the world. Usually when they've been less like paint creatively daubed on a canvas, and more like bullets fired from a semi-automatic...
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Harsh words!!!
 
tallyho! said:
Harsh words!!!
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I thought there was nice juxtaposition in the watercolour challenge idyll of the first part, with the more brutal ending... Shakespeare would be less than impressed by the lack of creativity in the language, the methodology and the over-riding concept.
 
JFTD said:
I thought there was nice juxtaposition in the watercolour challenge idyll of the first part, with the more brutal ending... Shakespeare would be less than impressed by the lack of creativity in the language, the methodology and the over-riding concept.
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I wouldn't be too sure. I still reckon he would have been a prolific twittererererr. Tweeter. Whatevs.
 
tallyho! said:
I wouldn't be too sure. I still reckon he would have been a prolific twittererererr. Tweeter. Whatevs.
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I reckon he'd flounce regularly like Stephen Fry. Marlowe would have the police knocking on his door for getting drunk and posting seditious tweets, just for a laugh.
 
French text speak. It is a thing of beauty.
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I am amazed that the original poster came back on an admitted they were wrong. That must be a first on the internet!
 
JFTD said:
They say language evolves and all that.

Shakespeare would turn in his grave.
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It is not the problem of language evolving, it is people using abbreviations without first explaining them. Unless you know that every person reading will understand your abbreviation, you should explain it the first time that you use it. Hence why I never abbreviate to "OP" on here.
 
No ***** Sherlock. But to be fair on the mumsnetters, that entire section of the forum is called "AIBU" (Am I Being Unreasonable) so everyone there is expected to be familiar with the parlance and it's not their fault someone's linked out to another forum where the term isn't in common use.
 
See if you can guess any of these, TH!:

AI2B4MH? (YAN2B4YH / YA2B4YH)

IT2MR? (Y2MR / NNER)

BRB - BWB
or
BRB - G2GBH for the accident prone equine owners

WWYD? CT(f)V!

And one for the Clubhouse:

SDYHBBF
 
JFTD said:
See if you can guess any of these, TH!:

AI2F4MH? (YAN2F4YH / YA2F4YH)

IT2MR? (Y2MR / NNER)

BRB - BWB
or
BRB - G2GBH for the accident prone equine owners

WWYD? CT(f)V!

And one for the Clubhouse:

SDYHBBF
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I LUVS A GD PZL ME!!

AI2F4MH? (YAN2F4YH / YA2F4YH) - AM I TOO FAT FOR MY HORSE (YOU ARE NOT TOO FAT FOR YOUR HORSE / YOU ARE TOO FAT FOR YOUR HORSE)

IT2MR? (Y2MR / NNER) - ummmm.... IS THAT TOO MUCH RAMENER? (YES TOO MUCH RAMENER / NO NOT ENOUGH RAMENER)

BRB - BWB - something about BIG WARMBLOODS?
or
BRB - G2GBH for the accident prone equine owners - GOT TO GET BANDAGE HOPPER

WWYD? CT(f)V! - WHAT WOULD YOU DO? CINNAMONTOAST (swearword) VICTORY!

And one for the Clubhouse:

SDYHBBF - SO DOES YOUR HUSBAND BUY BARN FODDER
 
tallyho! said:
I LUVS A GD PZL ME!!

AI2F4MH? (YAN2F4YH / YA2F4YH) - AM I TOO FAT FOR MY HORSE (YOU ARE NOT TOO FAT FOR YOUR HORSE / YOU ARE TOO FAT FOR YOUR HORSE)

IT2MR? (Y2MR / NNER) - ummmm.... IS THAT TOO MUCH RAMENER? (YES TOO MUCH RAMENER / NO NOT ENOUGH RAMENER)

BRB - BWB - something about BIG WARMBLOODS?
or
BRB - G2GBH for the accident prone equine owners - GOT TO GET BANDAGE HOPPER

WWYD? CT(f)V! - WHAT WOULD YOU DO? CINNAMONTOAST (swearword) VICTORY!

And one for the Clubhouse:

SDYHBBF - SO DOES YOUR HUSBAND BUY BARN FODDER
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Oh very good start!

Am I too fat for my horse? (spot on!)

Is this too many rugs?

BRB - Busy Watching Badders ;)

BRB- gotta go bandage horse!

WWYD? Call the f-ing vet!

Stop Disrespecting Your Husband By Being Fat :p
 
Silly Husband Kills The Owl (psychotic episode because his wife doesn't love him enough?)

Stop Howling Kittens Taking Oxo?

Shove His Knife Through (his) Orifice?
 
tallyho! said:
roflmao.....

very good but it was "should have known that one" in response to SDYHBBF.

:D
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I think shoving a knife in his orifice is more fun...

I'd also like to rescind my former statement. Apparently abbreviations are very creative - when you have to guess what they mean :p :D
 
My personal favourite is "howling kittens"... I'm going to have to steal that one and put it to use in random RL conversations for shits and giggles.
 
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