On Fri 2003-02-07 at 20:30:49 +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To us Newbs acronyms are a PITA FWIW IMHO
Really? Having had English as third language only in school, I had no
particular trouble with acronyms when I first hit the internet - I had
trouble with a lot of words, but acronyms where not worse.
Sure, I did not know what they stand for, but I soon knew their
meaning (that was around 1990 - man, I am getting old ;). Maybe it was
easier for me, because I was used to not knowing every word in an
English sentence (and no, looking up each is not reasonable when
skimming through newsgroups).
I knew that when something is a PITA, I don't want to have to do it.
Hehe, and when I learned what YMMV means (your mileage may vary), I
was none the wiser, because I was not familiar with neither the idiom,
nor the relevant words.
So, yes, acronyms are unfamiliar, but a PITA? Well, just imagine how
all the people have to struggle, who are not native English speakers
and therefore miss to know even more words. :)
Bye,
Benjamin.
PS: AFAICT, for any down here LOL is known as Loughing Out Loud, a
variant of ROTFL (Rolling On The Floor, Loughing). And, btw, I
never heard of TTYTT before, neither had Google (125 hits - PITA
has 117.000).
> > Up here in Utah even in notes passed in jr. high school it was used as
> > either Laugh Out Loud, Lots of Laughs or Lots Of Love, depending on context
> > (it got confusing at times =)~ ). A few i don't see listed as net jargon
> > but still see in chats/email: TTYTT:to tell you the truth
> > GMTA:great minds think alike
> > ;-)
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