I have a complaint.

[John]

I can make it so the forum automatically turns WTF into White's Tree Frog.

[Tom Highum]

lol idk i kinda like it now.

[Kurt]

idk? What's that?

[Kurt]

I can make it so the forum automatically turns White's Tree Frog into White's Tree Frog.

That would work for me. And it would be cool if other abbrevations were automatcally changed too. R.E.T.F.g or R.E.L.F. to red-eyed leaf frog, RES to red-eared slider, D.I.Y. to do-it-yourself, A.B.F. to Africa bullfrog, I.D.K. to what ever that is supposed to be and so on.

Or the alternatives R.E.T.F. - really expensive turtle food, R.E.L.F. - resting elephants love flap-jacks, RES - real esoteric stuff, D.I.Y. - Did I yell?, A.B.F. - average black female, I.D.K. - idiotic dancing kanagaroos, and so on.

[Kerry1968]

So funny!

[Ebony]

Hi Guys, Since we are sort of on this subject, what does ****XD and x_____x and ._____. Im obviously not up with the play, too old maybe. I came across it on this Forum.

[Kevin1]

I believe they are Internet facial expressions.
I used to spend a lot of time in aol chatrooms.
If you have a hard time with forum abbreviations, you would that the aol chatters are speaking in alien.

[Jace]

Half the time, I don't even register the abbreviations, but when three-quarters of it is weird little half words, is does get annoying. I actually get my daughter to help me sometimes, since, at 12, she is more fluent in that then I am. That, more than creaky joints and 10 o'clock bedtimes make me feel old!

Kurt, if I am correct, IDK means "I don't know".....kind of like CB lizards...

[Ebony]

Thanks Kevin1, I'll have to check out the chat area then so I can get to know the new lingo. Thanks

[John]

This thread now looks weird because it is automatically expanding those acronyms.

[Kurt]

I believe they are Internet facial expressions.
I used to spend a lot of time in aol chatrooms.
If you have a hard time with forum abbreviations, you would that the aol chatters are speaking in alien.

That should stop too. We have plenty of emoticon to use here, if not we can always add more.

[SludgeMunkey]

On that note...I cannot wait for the forums to age to the point I can use the "beating a dead horse" emoticon. I so desperately wish that one was standard on all forums.




I detest that AOLspeake stuff. I fully understand that in the early days of web access, when you paid for access by the minute, it was a necessary evil. Now a days though, there is no reason for that stuff.
Many of us have enough trouble with basic English (like myself), throwing the gobbledygook into the works makes it tough.

[Tom Highum]

i believe the first two to be dead faces the Xs are dead eyes
the second one is just a face with tiny eyes at the ends

[Kurt]

It shouldn't have to be explained. What ever is posted on the forum should easy to read and understand, even by someone who has never ever even seen a computer. So having computer short hand and abbreviations here makes it difficult to read, especially for those whose primary language is not English.

Like I said earlier, who would buy a book if the author used computer short hand, emoticons, and unexplained abbreviations?

[Crystal6]

What about emoticons spelled out? Like "^_^" for instance.

[Kurt]

MY advice is if you want to use emoticons, go advanced and use the ones there. If they are not enough ask John to ad more. It would be less confusing to the rest of us if we are all using a standard emoticon.