Author: stuart taylor
Date: 15:10:50 07/30/02
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On July 30, 2002 at 13:55:36, David Dory wrote: >On July 29, 2002 at 19:37:10, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On July 29, 2002 at 17:06:05, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >> >>>http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/ >>> >>>for future reference :) >>> >>>J. >> >>I was just thinking of making a printout, but then I noticed there was alot of >>bad language and ideas in the list which would never be applicable in my day to >>day life (inside and outside from internet use). And even if some of them are >>known things, I don't which are and which aren't. >>Is there a list of only decent things? >>S.Taylor > >No, I'm afraid not, to my knowledge. Acronym's are strongly linked to the desire >to succinctly and emphatically make your communication known. > >Common swear words are definitely included - you'll have to take the whole thing >and edit out the phrases that displease you. > >The best thing about using said acronym's is that YOU know the phrase it stands >for is cussing, the party you're communicating with knows the phrase it stands >for is cussing, but - you didn't * say * a cuss word, and they didn't * hear * a >cuss word, either! Pretty remarkable, those acronmym's!! :) > >David It's ALMOST the same thing. It's not a good thing to get used to, if that's not the way you really want to talk, and, to an honest person, It's really hardly a difference. You both know exactly what was said! About 2% of all my freinds, I may occasionally, with great discretion, use a hint to such a word (like "bs"), as a "joke", and only very rarely, and I'm constantly trying to get out of using that outlet also. Others of my freinds, I wouldn't even dare. They would be disgusted at me! S.Taylor
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