tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1373290769538737044..comments2024-03-28T04:42:46.147-05:00Comments on Althouse: Aren't we cute?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8378057607730294512012-07-09T13:17:35.932-05:002012-07-09T13:17:35.932-05:00Ermahgerd!!Ermahgerd!!nicholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456952710095937821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82220873784301333002012-07-08T17:03:55.376-05:002012-07-08T17:03:55.376-05:00Not a fan - even of the old school ones - vacay, f...Not a fan - even of the old school ones - vacay, fam, micro. They're the verbal equivalent of a dotting your i's with a big heart as an adult.<br /><br />I have more sympathy with ones that derive from texting because they were initially practical. <br /><br />You know what is annoying? That Prince's cutesy junior high school love note spelling turned out to be the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8806027337503336912012-07-08T00:28:10.736-05:002012-07-08T00:28:10.736-05:00In "the lost weekend"--hardly a new movi...In "the lost weekend"--hardly a new movie--there's a character who uses many of these same abbreviations and another character who makes some of these same complaints. Isn't cicero suppsed to have complained about kids today?tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30309751788885880152012-07-07T21:57:55.760-05:002012-07-07T21:57:55.760-05:00Abbreves are BS.Abbreves are BS.Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440726941494085334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9438788326351155252012-07-07T21:56:52.609-05:002012-07-07T21:56:52.609-05:00They're including acronyms in with abbreviatio...They're including acronyms in with abbreviations so I'll add "YOLO".Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754684233296448192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28238372287255631682012-07-07T21:51:40.701-05:002012-07-07T21:51:40.701-05:00"When you said you loved me,
Imagine my emosh..."When you said you loved me,<br />Imagine my emosh.<br />I swore then and there<br />Permanent devosh."<br />-- from 'Swonderful by George Gershwin, 1927<br /><br />The abbreves fad has been around a long time.FWBuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659814282551363901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46159695852934577382012-07-07T21:48:53.054-05:002012-07-07T21:48:53.054-05:00It comes from the control interface. People using...It comes from the control interface. People using tiny little keyboards on their phones, with Siri et al. correcting everything, often wrongly, grow quickly accustomed to TLAs, abbreviations, and newfangled shorthand.<br /><br />People like me, who never learned to write longhand quickly but type fast, don't see the point of such stuff. Get the point across clearly, we think.<br /><br />It's all communication. Not all of it is clear, but the Darwinistic evolution of efficient communication should be appreciated as natural.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69354940176691246572012-07-07T21:14:56.562-05:002012-07-07T21:14:56.562-05:00Abbreves are not adorbs?Abbreves are not adorbs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4769957253805635732012-07-07T19:33:26.625-05:002012-07-07T19:33:26.625-05:00The author's perceptions are skewed by the fac...The author's perceptions are skewed by the fact that not one of the words in "You kids get off my lawn!" lends itself to abbreviation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17932956324352618332012-07-07T19:30:53.966-05:002012-07-07T19:30:53.966-05:00I'm not a fan of abbreves. It is abused by peo...I'm not a fan of abbreves. It is abused by people trying to be too "in" or too "cool". Hates it.Lylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082051710068390275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11372987870746144322012-07-07T19:06:22.864-05:002012-07-07T19:06:22.864-05:00A lot of these are originally Britishisms-- e.g. &...A lot of these are originally Britishisms-- e.g. "sunnies" and "sammies." First adopted as an affectation by anglophile yanks (in large part fashionistas). <br /><br />Cf. "guv," "brill." <br /><br />"Twee" itself, both the word and the concept, is of British extraction.yashuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716156754089411837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30195733926141849512012-07-07T18:45:37.415-05:002012-07-07T18:45:37.415-05:00Student to Althouse:
"Any precies relv here?...Student to Althouse:<br /><br />"Any precies relv here?"Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70878879999835920012012-07-07T18:42:14.084-05:002012-07-07T18:42:14.084-05:00"Sunnies" and "sammies" aren&#..."Sunnies" and "sammies" aren't new abbreviations. <br /><br />Look back over a century to find abbreviations in the days of telegraphy.<br /><br />Also, as you linked to last week (?), Ann, even emoticons are over a century old.Petuniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304522265105244481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89718916995440253872012-07-07T18:41:34.884-05:002012-07-07T18:41:34.884-05:00I just love the first one in the link. OMG ... Ob...I just love the first one in the link. OMG ... Obama Must Go.Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66482170398954340762012-07-07T18:38:06.936-05:002012-07-07T18:38:06.936-05:00Are there ones for other subjects?
Economics:
&qu...Are there ones for other subjects?<br /><br />Economics:<br />"U so marxies!"<br />"Lulz! Free mark caps 4 evs!"Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11811338646735431972012-07-07T18:28:53.754-05:002012-07-07T18:28:53.754-05:00I don't think it's abreves as much as just...I don't think it's abreves as much as just lazy, although, like the Sgt, I've used professional slang aplenty, but that isn't always the same thing.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78661145628798458452012-07-07T18:19:18.795-05:002012-07-07T18:19:18.795-05:00Didn't Ann have a post, a few weeks back, in w...Didn't Ann have a post, a few weeks back, in which Sarah Silverman mocked twitter messages by sending one saying she had a "quickie aborsh"?<br /><br />A dig, not just at tweets, but at abbreves.Lucienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308128768031294392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19699053620911028592012-07-07T18:06:37.513-05:002012-07-07T18:06:37.513-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Roadkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707416011632959777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74649710152393507502012-07-07T17:58:15.092-05:002012-07-07T17:58:15.092-05:00Andy Rooney lives. wtfAndy Rooney lives. wtfScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341576498315327700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79828735736765226272012-07-07T17:57:08.209-05:002012-07-07T17:57:08.209-05:00I admit to using both basic internets abbreviation...I admit to using both basic internets abbreviations, and the classic military or techno ones as well.<br /><br />but abbreves?<br /><br />that's as much work as making sense of the wv's<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />iThe Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86884058189931322782012-07-07T17:54:11.471-05:002012-07-07T17:54:11.471-05:00Oh, GTFO!Oh, GTFO!God, An Original A-holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00897275604786299745noreply@blogger.com