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Re: [Digital BW] What is this??!!

2004-10-31 by Hogarth Hughes

It's IM shorthand. You've seen kids sending Instant Messages back and 
forth on little handheld devices, yes? So small you type with your 
thumbs? Typing that way is difficult, so they tend to abbreviate most 
commonly used phrases.

YMMV = your mileage may vary
AFAIK = as far as I know
OTOH = on the other hand
IMHO = in my humble opinion
BTW = by the way

There's bunches more. Puzzle them out like personalized license plates 
at a stop sign.
--
Hogarth Hughes


Richard Smallfield wrote:

>At 05:06 AM Monday 11/1/04, you wrote:
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>>But that's just me. Clearly, YMMV.
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>Sorry to be slow, but what does YMMV mean? It may be crucial to the whole email, after all!!:)
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>yours unintelligently,
>Richard
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>   "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; 
>   an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. " 
>   --Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) 
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