brianthedog Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I recently posted a suggestion in the feedback and suggestions forum. It was stating that irritating abbreviations and deliberate mis-spellings (LieBore, Daily Fail et al / etc) should be banned along with text speak as it's irritating. Evidently, one mod did not agree with me as it never actually got published... Does anyone else find the use of this sort of abbreviation really irritating? You can be reading an interesting debate on a thread only to find some semi-literate popping up with their "witty" phrases - at which point the threads tend to die a death. For a well moderated forum it's surprising these phrases are still permitted. Maybe it's just me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblade Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I recently posted a suggestion in the feedback and suggestions forum. It was stating that irritating abbreviations and deliberate mis-spellings (LieBore, Daily Fail et al) should be banned along with text speak as it's irritating. Evidently, one mod did not agree with me as it never actually got published... Does anyone else find the use of this sort of abbreviation really irritating? You can be reading an interesting debate on a thread only to find some semi-literate popping up with their "witty" phrases - at which point the threads tend to die a death. For a well moderated forum it's surprising these phrases are still permitted. Maybe it's just me... But you've just posted "et al" which is French. Deliberate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 But you've just posted "et al" which is French. Deliberate? Not to be pedantic, but et al is actually Latin; an abbreviation of et alia and perfectly acceptable in proper English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblade Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Not to be pedantic, but et al is actually Latin; an abbreviation of et alia and perfectly acceptable in proper English. My mistake. But why use it in a thread pulling people up on phrases people don't understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 My mistake. But why use it in a thread pulling people up on phrases people don't understand? Do people not understand it? It's just a more polite acceptable way of saying et cetera. I see it used all the time in various forms. In fact, my email client (Lotus Notes) truncates distribution lists, replacing anything more than 5 addresses with et al! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Any how... Added etc to the orginal post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblade Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I understand it and many will. I just found it bemusing you chose to use it given the nature of the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy266 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 <<<Does anyone else find the use of this sort of abbreviation really irritating?>>> No, I don't find it irritating (Daily Fail, Streetfarce, Gruniad.....), but txt spk: yes, as I think for this medium, it shows sloppiness on behalf of the writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy Jnr Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Text speak is supposedly discouraged anyway isn't it although that does seem to depend on the user/mod/forum combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 <<<Does anyone else find the use of this sort of abbreviation really irritating?>>> No, I don't find it irritating (Daily Fail, Streetfarce, Gruniad.....), but txt spk: yes, as I think for this medium, it shows sloppiness on behalf of the writer. Errrr..Illiteracy on behalf of the writer...or just laziness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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