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It's tickets, not bloody tix

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ElizabethZott1961 · 22/06/2024 07:09

It drives me up the wall. I've seen it on here this morning. Win tix for XYZ, just stop it.

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ElizabethZott1961 · 22/06/2024 08:31

slimshady18 · 22/06/2024 07:25

I think OP's one of them😂

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Don't be silly @slimshady18 of course I know it's an abbreviation. And one I hate and that is totally unnecessary. Just used in order to look cool, and it fails.

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BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 22/06/2024 07:59

I can’t be doing with abbreviations such as the hideous ‘vacay’ and ‘fam’ of the recent Mark Warner promo thread titles that @MNHQ inflict on us, but pax and tix come from the professional and work environments. I have used tix for decades as it was central to my work.

I tend not to use it colloquially though. I might write it but would never say it (and no one ever said ‘tix’ at work either. Just written)

ASighMadeOfStone · 22/06/2024 07:58

Rx is prescription (so medical context like dx) Stat means urgently, immediately.

I wouldn't particularly expect to see them on a social media forum, but I don't object to them in any way.

I'd not come across tix before, though promo is obviously widely used. I suppose that abbreviation began to save space on typology and publicity materials.

LadyChilli · 22/06/2024 07:53

Haha you got me, though that's (that is) accepted as correct grammar and taught in primary school so should be very clearly understood by everyone.

llamajohn · 22/06/2024 07:51

LadyChilli · 22/06/2024 07:32

I hate x as any form of abbreviation. Pax for passengers, dx for diagnosed. It's lazy unless there is a need to save space on a document for some reason.

It is*

LadyChilli · 22/06/2024 07:47

@ASighMadeOfStone im not sure what Rx or Stat (statistic?) means but I'm referring to use in places like Facebook or forums. I will work it out from the context but it feels jarring to my eye. I've turned into one of those people 😆

ASighMadeOfStone · 22/06/2024 07:45

LadyChilli · 22/06/2024 07:32

I hate x as any form of abbreviation. Pax for passengers, dx for diagnosed. It's lazy unless there is a need to save space on a document for some reason.

But that's exactly why Pax, Stat, Rx, Dx, etc are used.

Efficient, immediate,context specific, and clearly understood by anyone who needs to.

C1N1C · 22/06/2024 07:41

All those using contractions like "it's" above...

Anotherpotentialinhertiance1 · 22/06/2024 07:35

Why let it bother you

SlipperSliders · 22/06/2024 07:34

I don't mind tix but I hate inspo and promo, they just sound awful...like they are trying too hard to sound cool.

LadyChilli · 22/06/2024 07:32

I hate x as any form of abbreviation. Pax for passengers, dx for diagnosed. It's lazy unless there is a need to save space on a document for some reason.

thistimelastweek · 22/06/2024 07:30

I am responsible only for my own choice of words.

Each to their own.

slimshady18 · 22/06/2024 07:25

ASighMadeOfStone · 22/06/2024 07:25

Do you think there are people that don't actually understand that it's an abbreviation?

I think OP's one of them😂

ASighMadeOfStone · 22/06/2024 07:25

Do you think there are people that don't actually understand that it's an abbreviation?