To be hate the constant use of acronyms on this site

[BucketandSpade]

I mean how long does it take to write son, daughter, husband? And they're not always darling or dear are they? TBH. My personal bug bears are LOL, IMHO and, most of all, worst of all. AF! Just say period for god's sake! What are we, floral apron wearing, valium munchers, living in middle america in the 1950's?

[oiFoiF]

imho yabu fwiw goi

[Slubberdegullion]

nah, marks out the newbies with consumate ease.

[TigerFeet]

FUIAD



(and lol at use of TBH)

[MehgaLegs]

yabu if you post alot (which you don't, I just searched) it is much quicker to use the acronyms.

[claraquitetirednow]

you are not being unreasonable. i hate dh, dd etc. it's like txtspk. maybe i am just too old!!

ps too old for capitals too....but that is because i am holding a baby with one hand!

[MrsMattie]

It's an internet forum thing, not just an MN thing. It's really not that annoying. Deal with it, FFS

(although agree that AF is a bit weirdy...)

[MehgaLegs]

How can you find acronyms offensive? I really don't get it.

[morningpaper]

YABU

[bergentulip]

You are not being unreasonable. In my honest opinion, and for what it's worth, I dislike seeing acronyms such as those listed above anywhere on the internet.
LOL definitely up there with the top ten irritations(!)
It takes me twice as long to work out some of the more obscure acronyms than if it had just been written longhand in the first place!


Are smiley faces okay??

[VictorianSqualor]

I think you're being much more unreasonable thinking the pedants won't crucify you for the title.

'to be hate....'

Also, though I probably wouldn't use AF, It's so much quicker to write IMHO, and LOL.

[bergentulip]

I use them all of course ! :0

[bergentulip]

!!

[DrNortherner]

imvho yabu

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

Oy I'm not a newbie it's just habit. And in a long rant you don't want to be typing out 'my husband' every sentence. So DH does, and everyone knows D doesn't + Darling necessarily.

[VictorianSqualor]

TDWP, I think slubber meant the newbies don't use the acronyms, not do.

[beaniesteve]

I don't consider myself a newbie but I always try to use full words. I don't mind people who use them though LO for Little one is as awful as using the word 'tot' in my book and AF instead of Period and BD (for Baby dancing) instead of just sex seems a little immature to me.

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

Ah true

[YouCantTeuchThis]

unreasonable...you can choose not to use them but really don't let it rile you!

But definitely unreasonable to chuck gratuitous words into your title!!

[staryeyed]

May be a very stupid question but what is baby dancing?

[berolina]

There are useful acronyms - dh etc., YA(N)BU, tbh, FFS - and silly euphemistic acronyms such as BD and AF. IMO.

[berolina]

staryeyed

Sex. Specifically sex for the purpose of conceiving.

I know.

[PortAndLemon]

Technically

[WanderingTrolley]

'd' can stand for darling, dear, dreaded, dratted, dastardly, dickheaded....

Acronyms rule.

YABU, B&S, though I do think 'babydancing' is easily the most nauseating term I've learned from mn.

[beaniesteve]

baby dancing is nothing. It's a stupod way of saying having sex. I find it really uuurgghhh and have never used the phrase. Sex is sex is sex as far as I am concerned and calling it 'baby dancing' is twee and horrible.

[PortAndLemon]

Ha! See babydancing has come up already. As it were...