A friendly reminder

[catmandu]

I try , and if I cant , its because , of my poor eye sight!

[crazycait]

maybe we should put up an on-line dictionary for all of the abbreviations (why IS that such a long word?!? )
lol- laugh out loud ect.

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

Great idea...it drives me crazy when people abbreviate and use stuff like lol, y, u, etc. Thanks for bringing it up.

[carole]

Buddy Blaze I think you will find some abbreviations such as LOL are perfectly acceptable on PT, and rightly so, it is internet language, so why should it not be used, besides for someone like me typing really hurts my hands after a while , so abbreviations are very handy at times, just MO , I don't see why it bothers you so much., I think as long as someone's thread is eligible,that is the main thing.

[sandragonfly]

1,945 letters are NOT to be comment-'ed' on this since this thread is *required*. =| abbreviations are out, my annoyance too.

you people, here's my little lovely experience on recent spelling.
abbr.... *looking up at www.yourdictionary.com* *typing out a word* *...ok! abbreviations! abbreviations!* *goes back to PT window* *aghh what was it again? goes back..* *opening it again or you have SO slow computer* *please help.. ABBREVIATIONS or I get cricitized!* *typing out 'abbreviations.. are out..'* *clicked "Submit Reply"* *sorry, you have been logged out* *lost the WHOLE thing* *retype* *nervously remembered "abbreviations" THIS time* *life is not >so< fair*.....................................

[Animal Lover12]

Hi.
I totally agree too!
Although I can always ready it and it doesn't ALWAYS bother me, I still think that that is a VERY good idea!

[pitc9]

I know I do not use correct grammar all the time nor was I ever in a spelling bee. So what I try to do before submitting a post... is copy and paste it into word or something and spell check it because I don't want people to get mad at me for spelling anything wrong.

[Harmanie]

Seeing how we are talking about abreviations, What does btw mean?? I was just curiouse because I see it all the time on pt!

[gini]

*I think* it means

BY THE WAY.

[Harmanie]

Why thank you. aaahh I see!

[micki76]

Originally posted by pitc9
I know I do not use correct grammar all the time nor was I ever in a spelling bee. So what I try to do before submitting a post... is copy and paste it into word or something and spell check it because I don't want people to get mad at me for spelling anything wrong.

I do that too! It doesn't catch everything and sometimes I look like a doofus when I rely on it, but overall it's pretty heplful.

[Animal Lover12]

I totally agree!

[Harmanie]

See I know that I need work on my spelling! I know what I want to say but when I can't say it I figure out a different way to say it. I need to practice. and maybe this sight is a good start ya know? I used to be an awsome speller!!! I just need a lot more practice!

[bsherman]

This is good, because I need to know what LOL is , looked it up and there were 3700 different meanings. Laughing on Line ? Lots of Love ? Maybe I sound computer stupid but I am.

[confined]

LOL = Laugh out loud or laughing out loud. You say it when you want to express happiness or joy. (hehe)