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Speak properly please

182 replies

Sunflowerinherfifties · 21/12/2024 18:21

Why when writing on here can't you just say the whole word instead of dd mil ect it's really annoying and lazy

OP posts:
OneTC · 21/12/2024 18:22

jtfo

FionnulaTheCooler · 21/12/2024 18:22

K thx OP.

PinkyGold · 21/12/2024 18:22

ffs

AnyoneSomeone · 21/12/2024 18:22

DILLIGAF

Germanjio · 21/12/2024 18:23

Odfod

ShortyShorts · 21/12/2024 18:23

GTFO

Teanbiscuits33 · 21/12/2024 18:23

Why can’t you say the proper word instead of ‘ect’?

AnyoneSomeone · 21/12/2024 18:23

Oh and it's etc. HTH.

Combattingthemoaners · 21/12/2024 18:23

IDK

DollopOfFun · 21/12/2024 18:23

'ect' 😂

ShortyShorts · 21/12/2024 18:24

Teanbiscuits33 · 21/12/2024 18:23

Why can’t you say the proper word instead of ‘ect’?

Or use a full stop?

BitchinTwinset · 21/12/2024 18:24

Teanbiscuits33 · 21/12/2024 18:23

Why can’t you say the proper word instead of ‘ect’?

This. Bit embarrassing, OP - type out 'electro convulsion therapy'.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 21/12/2024 18:24

Abbreviations are widely used across the whole Internet. I really don't think the www is going to change because it irritates you

Corinthiana · 21/12/2024 18:24

ect is my particular bugbear......
Otherwise I really don't gaf, hth

Funnywonder · 21/12/2024 18:25

Teanbiscuits33 · 21/12/2024 18:23

Why can’t you say the proper word instead of ‘ect’?

Ouch!!!

BlushPine · 21/12/2024 18:25

Why not write grammatically, and use punctuation correctly, OP?

BitchinTwinset · 21/12/2024 18:25

It's for the same reason you didn't write out 'cannot' instead of 'can't', and 'it is' instead of 'it's'.

debauchedsloth · 21/12/2024 18:25

It's DD and MIL init

Corinthiana · 21/12/2024 18:26

BitchinTwinset · 21/12/2024 18:24

This. Bit embarrassing, OP - type out 'electro convulsion therapy'.

😂
Shocking!

SnowyPetals · 21/12/2024 18:26

Ho, ho, the joyous irony when someone having a moan about abbreviations can't use them themselves 🤣🤣. ETC ETC ETC.

Funnywonder · 21/12/2024 18:27

And just to join in the general SPAG dissection, where the heck is your full stop?

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 21/12/2024 18:27

Corinthiana · 21/12/2024 18:26

😂
Shocking!

My finger slipped... 🤣

WhatDaHell · 21/12/2024 18:28

Teanbiscuits33 · 21/12/2024 18:23

Why can’t you say the proper word instead of ‘ect’?

🤣🤣

MudpiesinEssex · 21/12/2024 18:28

Is that a question?

ohyesido · 21/12/2024 18:29

You won't win this war it's too deeply ingrained