Nothing particularly interesting has happened in the past few days (apart from the death of Boris Yeltsin and the discovery of Gliese 581 c) Therefore I've taken the opportunity to discuss, or more correctly rant, about one of my dislikes, specifically abbreviations that people have been using ever since home computers and cell phones became widely used among ordinary people. When home computers became really widespread around 10 years ago some believed that they would be useful tools of learning and enrich our vocabulary. Clearly this is not the case. For example here are a few abbreviations that I've soiled my blog with:
"wtf, lol, rofl, 2moro, plz, thx, lmao"
These kind of things really annoy me. What on earth is "rofl" ? It sounds like Scooby Doo trying to say "waffle". So it's a relief to sometimes see normal typing:
"am i going to regret this or shall it be hilarious. what ridiculous patter. but it did bring a smile to myface when you talked about the change of careers. you should drop the test tubes and go get your single shot gunpowder filled brace of pistols and your cutlass. or either that your samurai sword, throwing knives and grappling hook."
Apart from the lack of capital letters this guy's typing is excellent. Contrast it with this fecal matter that I snatched from somewhere:
"hiya ano tel me bout it! am gd ta urself? av not bn doin much workin drinkin usual crap u? x"
That's not to say that I have a grudge against people who use these abbreviations. Many of my friends use them and they are intelligent people who either attend university or have graduated. However when young school children grow up not knowing how to spell properly and doing their homework in this way then it becomes a problem. Some of the things I see on the internet are so absurd it shocks me to my very bone marrow and makes my intestines rumble in disapproval.
