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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:37 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:53 pm
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Well, in the first place abbreviations are made to abbreviate longer words. Let's give you an exemple. The commonly used word "okay" is an abbreviation in itself. In the first place, it should be spelled O.K. and not okay. Secondly, the meaning of O.K. is All correct. Surprising, isn't?
*Off-topic* A short history lesson: The abbreviation O.K. was invented during the Second World War, because of the way the american soldiers use to pronounce "All correct", which sounded exactly like "Ol' Korrect". Get it?
*Back to topic* So, in brief, abbreviations exist in order to make some longer words more practical in some situations.
Now, for "txt" talking, the difference is that it's mainly used in "Chats" and shouldn't be used in forums for one main reason; the forum posts allow you to take your time spelling down your words, since it usually always takes a little longer for anyone to reply to your post.
Also, "txt" talking is used for economic reasons when sending SMS messages. Shortened words are, obviously, less long to type, especially on a cell phone (talk about a pain!), and you'll pay less for every SMS sent than if you were going to spell out every single word correctly (of course, that depends on your cell phone provider, but I am just speaking in general).
I hope my answers were satisfying and clear enough. biggrin
P.S.: I choosed the "They are O.K." choice, because I thought it was appropriate and, well, somewhat ironic. mrgreen
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:01 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:26 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:12 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:03 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:01 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:45 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:23 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:27 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:45 pm
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Sergeant Fudgeo ririnyan The origin of "OK" is actually a lot older than WWII! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay Boston 1839. Wikipedia is not the best source ever, but it might be true. Thank you for the additional information. ^^
UGGGGHH.
Look at the NUMEROUS references if you don't trust Wikipedia.
That's why they're there.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:56 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:39 pm
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