He was relieved to hear from me even though I've stayed in touch consistently and he had nothing to worry about. "You have lots & lots on your sparetimes with iPhone, Facebook, Email, Texting, Laptop and more than mine. Smile. I just sent you 5 or 10 questions from Websites. It should take less 10 minutes. You took 44 days for that 10 questions."
Then two pages later he writes, "Calm down. I just need 2 things from Website. How much pounds of gold bars under Federal Exchange?" And the other request is for a photo from the March 2013 issue of Field & Stream magazine. In spite of his saying he only needs two more things, he asks for several things throughout his letter: photos, measurements from my Rock House, looking up the case of an inmate recently beaten by guards, notes he wants me to write to his Facebook friends and more.
You know what he DOESN'T say? Please, thank you or sorry. Besides his lesson in gratitude, I'm gonna have to remind him of basic manners. A$$hole.
Throughout, he overused the acronym "L.O.L." He just learned what this is from his pen-pal --never having used a computer, he hadn't seen it before. We always use "Ha!" or smiley faces in our letters. He put periods after each initial instead of simply "LOL" and by the end of the letter he was back to the usual "Ha!" It made me realize he doesn't know any shorthand other than what we used on our TTY (or TDD). So, I found this list "Top 50 Popular Text & Chat Acronyms" via netlingo.com:
- 2moro - Tomorrow
- 2nite - Tonight
- BRB - Be Right Back
- BTW - By The Way
- B4N - Bye For Now
- BCNU - Be Seeing You
- BFF - Best Friends Forever
- CYA - Cover Your Ass -or- See Ya
- DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything You Read
- DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Sh**
- FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation
- FWIW - For What It's Worth
- GR8 - Great
- ILY - I Love You
- IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
- IRL - In Real Life
- ISO - In Search Of
- J/K - Just Kidding
- L8R - Later
- LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of Love
- LYLAS - Love You Like A Sister
- MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You
- NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
- NP - No Problem -or- Nosy Parents
- NUB - New person to a site or game
- OIC - Oh, I See
- OMG - Oh My God
- OT - Off Topic
- POV - Point Of View
- RBTL - Read Between The Lines
- ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
- RT - Real Time
- THX or TX or THKS - Thanks
- SH - Sh** Happens
- SITD - Still In The Dark
- SOL - Sh** Out of Luck
- STBY - Sucks To Be You
- SWAK - Sealed (or Sent) With A Kiss
- TFH - Thread From Hell
- RTM or RTFM - Read The Manual -or- Read The F***ing Manual
- TLC - Tender Loving Care
- TMI - Too Much Information
- TTYL - Talk To You Later -or- Type To You Later
- TYVM - Thank You Very Much
- VBG - Very Big Grin
- WEG - Wicked Evil Grin
- WTF - What The F***
- WYWH - Wish You Were Here
- XOXO - Hugs and Kisses
Some of these are new to me. I see "SMH" a lot which means "Shaking my head." How about you? Are there any other acronyms you like to use?
3 comments:
Another one I see all the time is FML = Fu*k My Life
Ffs = for fucks sake
pos = piece of shit
elizabeth
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