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Arveldis
Rivendell
Dec 22 2014, 11:38pm
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Do you use "text talk"?
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Feel free to post your thoughts on what you think of it below.
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Magpie
Immortal
Dec 23 2014, 1:53am
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lol
omg
fwiw
fyi
otherwise... my biggest concession to to lose the capitals occasionally.
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Gianna
Rohan
Dec 23 2014, 5:19pm
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Same as Magpie, I only use abbreviations like LOL and BTW and stuff like that. I find it irritating because I don't text, so I have no idea what a lot of the abbreviations mean when I come across them. And I think a lot people get so used to "text talk" that their proper spelling suffers for it. 
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Dec 23 2014, 5:38pm
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I don't know about my spelling...
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... but I've recently developed a stupid habit of saying LOL out loud. *facepalm*
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Cirashala
Valinor
Dec 24 2014, 1:04am
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I use lol, rofl, IMO and IMHO, and IIRC.
But mostly I use those online. The only one I use while texting is lol and ty (thank you) or thx and btw....my predictor is a moron, so rather than bothering to type out an acronym, I'd end up just using the whole word- it's faster, which kind of defeats the purpose of the text talk 
And my husband despises it when people use "k" instead of "ok" so I don't use that one.
(This post was edited by Cirashala on Dec 24 2014, 1:04am)
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 24 2014, 5:31am
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"Why, NE Brigand could find that post for you". My very favorite TORn acronym.
Like you, I use acronyms, but no other text speak. And sometimes in our family we pronounce the acronyms: "Omgah! Watoof?"
Back in 1998, when I first got onto a messageboard (a gay rights board dedicated to the memory of Matthew Shepard), I first encountered "LOL" and I thought it was some kind of gay slang, like saying "Oh, la!" or something. :-)
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Dec 24 2014, 3:54pm
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I can often figure out what they stand for but..
Two examples from this thread fwiw & IIRC? And after all the time on this site I still can't figure the exact meaning of the often used " :D " among others.
**BG plugs along anyhoo**  Or BGPAA, 
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Cirashala
Valinor
Dec 25 2014, 12:46am
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Fwiw is "for what it's worth", IIRC is "If I recall correctly", and :D is the same thing as  (look at it sideways- you see a smiley grin). Similarly to how :) is the same as - both are smileys typically used when emoticons are not available ;)
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Dec 25 2014, 4:45am
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I did kinda have the :D figured out as some kind of smiley in the context of which it was always used.
The other two I had no idea - and more... 
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arithmancer
Grey Havens
Dec 28 2014, 5:40pm
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...when texting.
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Dec 29 2014, 12:28pm
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...and I despise "text talk" in everyday conversation/correspondence.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Dec 30 2014, 2:23pm
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How about *mods up* ??
Moderators look!?
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Dec 30 2014, 3:51pm
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Thanks BlackFox! I had no idea..
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Now I can get caught up on all this TORNspeak...
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Patty
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Jan 26 2015, 7:24pm
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Yeah, that' sabot it for me, too..
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Although I use voice dictation a lot, so there's no real need to use text talk.
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