The Abbrev. Obsession...

2006-02-10 21:33:27

#1

mr.widdim: The Second Apostle Of Chuy; +78|6743|Flaming_Maniac = pwnd.

(you 1): wat^
(you 2): nm.
(you 1): y r u ug?
(you 2): stfu!
you 1): y?
(you 2): b/c!
(you 1): k... w/e

Ok, everyone knows that they love to abbreviate things, especially gamers. Possibly because it allows us more time to play, or that some of us are lazy... Well, you know as well as I do that almost everyone does it.

1. Names

ex: Mr. Widdim -> Wid, Widdim, Widdims, Wids

2. Maps

ex: Strike at Karkand -> Kark, Strike
ex: Gulf of Oman -> Oman, Gulf

3. Games

ex: Battlefield 2 -> BF2
ex: Counter-Strike: Source -> CSS, cs

4. Any thing that is more than 2 letters long

ex: at -> @
ex: rolling on the floor laughing -> rofl
ex: whats up? wat^

I mean, people have so many abbreviations that I can hardly understand what they are saying...

wid gj kark nxt rnd!!! gg!!! nxt rnd! next rnd! ya!

Maybe we should just speak in shorthand...

what do you think?

2006-02-10 21:37:16

#2

TrollmeaT: Aspiring Objectivist; +492|6710|Colorado

moving closer & closer to telepathy...

2006-02-10 21:38:19

#3

mr.widdim: The Second Apostle Of Chuy; +78|6743|Flaming_Maniac = pwnd.

lol, honestly, people are so lazy!

2006-02-10 21:45:57

#4

Trel: Member; +70|6715

wtf u tlkn bt, wlls?

*Edit*

mr.widdim wrote:
lol, honestly, people are so lazy!

Just noticed the savage hypocracy of you using the term 'lol' in a thread about the overuse of abbreveations.

That made me roffle.

(Technically, roffle is a word. At least it should be. It makes me roffle.)

Last edited by Trel (2006-02-10 21:51:45)

Good to be back.

2006-02-11 05:03:57

#5

vonSteuben: Member; +3|6740|Essen - Germany

I can understand the shortening of names though. Especially in Battlefield 2 and Battlefield Special Forces it adds to the feel of the game. I had some friends who served in the United States Army and they used shortened forms of the names of their fellow soldiers as some kind of nickname and to be able to adress them faster in combat situations. This should not be mistaken for the callsigns that are used.
I sometimes have trouble with the short forms written in the chat though, I guess I am out of the loop when it comes to internet shorthand

What I do not understand is, why would a word that is only two letters long be shortened as well? Like "ok" shortened to "k". Or even stranger, why use "kk" instead of "ok"? It is not even shorter, since it has two letters as well, and the "o" and the "k" are pretty close together on the keyboard.

Well, I guess I could have used far less letters and lines to write all the above, like:

I understand shortening names, ppl in teh Army do it 2, adds to realism of BF2 + BF:SF
RL friends do it for a nick.
But wtf bout ok = k/kk?

See ya,
vonSteuben

2006-02-11 05:56:39

#6

Talon: Stop reading this and look at my post; +341|6798

kk is short for, ok, ok!

2006-02-11 05:56:48

#7

mr.widdim: The Second Apostle Of Chuy; +78|6743|Flaming_Maniac = pwnd.

Trel wrote:
wtf u tlkn bt, wlls?

*Edit*

mr.widdim wrote:
lol, honestly, people are so lazy!
Just noticed the savage hypocracy of you using the term 'lol' in a thread about the overuse of abbreveations.

That made me roffle.

(Technically, roffle is a word. At least it should be. It makes me roffle.)

im not saying that im not an abbreviator! im just saying we all do it! hehe

and roffle is a shortening of rofl waffles so, you lose.

2006-02-11 12:05:30

#8

Trel: Member; +70|6715

Obviously, "Irony" is not part of your vocabulary.

Good to be back.

2006-02-11 12:09:35

#9

mr.widdim: The Second Apostle Of Chuy; +78|6743|Flaming_Maniac = pwnd.

I UNDERSTAND! i see what you mean, but obviously reading is not something you excel in...

I SAID: "im not saying that im not an abbreviator! im just saying we all do it! hehe"

aka: i do it too

you say "(Technically, roffle is a word. At least it should be. It makes me roffle.)"

aka. roffle is rofl waffle abbreviated

honestly... LETS GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN TO READ!

or would you like me to write in 1337? or in someother language??????

2006-02-11 12:13:17

#10

Trel: Member; +70|6715

This is one of those arguments where each side is arguing their case, but not against each other.

So here, have a cookie. I'm eating one too. It's delicious.

Good to be back.

2006-02-11 12:22:11

#11

mr.widdim: The Second Apostle Of Chuy; +78|6743|Flaming_Maniac = pwnd.

a cky! thx!

2006-02-11 12:32:32

#12

jord: Member; +2,382|6716|The North, beyond the wall.

what does gj mean?

2006-02-11 12:52:03

#13

ModestFire: Member; +0|6728

I dunno about you guys but on mic my name always gets abbre.[]. Its always like hey mod go in or mod give me ammo. Also I like to call karkand, Karky.haha

2006-02-11 12:52:15