Why do we as a society abbreviate everything?

[w2wtf]

I look around and notice more and more every day we're moving away from words and language toward abbreviations to the point where they are being used conversationaly. (other than the military)(and excluding ham abbreviations that came from cw) As a society are we becoming soo lazy or in a hurry we cant verbalize the whole word or name of something?

[w3sy]

WTF do you mean?

LOL!

BCNU,
Steve 3SY

[w2wtf]

cute.

I see you actually got my point

[KC0KBH]

foy-
I really like your avatar.

I abbr. for convenience.

[w3sy]

WWJD?

JWRTFM!

[w2wtf]

Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? lol

[w2wtf]

But I have to admit that I do abbreviate sometimes usually; FU, WTF, SNAFU, RTFM ect.

[K8YS]

AHHHH, the dreaded TLA.

FYI, MSFT lives by the TLA as does the DOD and especially NASA, only thing is, many are nolonger TLA's but are really extended and sometimes enhanced TLAs. Seems to me that everyone from POTUS down to the lowest PVT in the USA or USMC all speak TLA. Every NA on the WAN speaks in TLAs. As I look around, the WWW is also loaded down with TLAs too.

[K8YS]

Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,01:08)]Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? lol
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[w2wtf]

Quote[/b] (K8YS @ Jan. 06 2005,22:32)]Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,01:08)]Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? #lol
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Where Would Jesus Dive?

[K8YS]

Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,02:53)]Quote[/b] (K8YS @ Jan. 06 2005,22:32)]Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,01:08)]Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? lol
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Where Would Jesus Dive?
Sea of Galilee -- of course.

[w2wtf]

What Would Jesus Drive?

an ox cart?

[w3sy]

What would Jesus drive??

On a hill far away
Stood an old Chevrolet.
Its fenders were battered and worn.
When along came a Ford,
And out stepped The Lord,
And he drove the old Chevy awaaay.....

[w2wtf]

Chevrolet is even an abbreviation....

Cracked
Heads
Every
Valve
Rattles
Oil
Leaks
Every
Time

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif lol

[w2wtf]

Wow now this thread is going nowhere now (of course i'm not making it any better) and no input on my actual thought/question...

[w3sy]

OLDS = Old Ladies Driving Slowly
HYUNDAI = How Your Usual Nitwit Drives An Import
FORD = (We KNOW, we KNOW....)

[w2wtf]

First on race day? lol

[kz9u]

Found On Road Dead
Fix Or Repair Daily..

Yeah.. I have a Ford.. Yeah.. They apply

Then there is Pontiac..

Poor
Old
Numbskull
Thinks
Its
A
Caddy

Had ya going there for a minute, didn't I? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[w2wtf]

I heard pontiac as something diferent but i'll leave that one alone.

FIAT

Fix
It
Again
Tony

[KC0NBW]

bcs we r bscly lzy& lts of us dnt knw hw to spl anwy ?
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[KG4CGC]

To answer the question: We are becoming a "keyboard" society. Abbv. due to need or want of speed typing. I've seen some people type faster than I can talk but of course, what do you expect from a 4 lander!
No offense to 4 landers. Ummmkaaay?

[kd7eze]

Let's not forget: GMC--Gotta Mechanic Coming? and Cadillac--Car Always Dead In Last Lap Around Course

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:14)]I look around and notice more and more every day we're moving away from words and language toward abbreviations to the point where they are being used conversationaly. (other than the military)(and excluding ham abbreviations that came from cw) As a society are we becoming soo lazy or in a hurry we cant verbalize the whole word or name of something?
Because by using abbreviations for everything, nobody will know you can't spell your way out of a paper bag!

Eric

[N0KLT]

7AJ,

Exactly why I use abbrs., that and I can't type worth a darn either.

[KB1GYQ]

Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 06 2005,23:14)]I look around and notice more and more every day we're moving away from words and language toward abbreviations to the point where they are being used conversationaly. (other than the military)(and excluding ham abbreviations that came from cw) As a society are we becoming soo lazy or in a hurry we cant verbalize the whole word or name of something?
I wouldn't make the exclusion on Morse code abbreviations. Those all stem from the fact that code operators are either too lazy to spell out the whole word, or that the mode itself is too inefficient to do so in a reasonable amount of time. You don't find phone operators using abbreviations, except those who "know Morse".

[/sarcasm]

[K9STH]

GYQ:

It is really because all those people are practicing for when they pass their element 1.

Glen, K9STH

[KC0KBH]

Quote[/b] (K8YS @ Jan. 06 2005,16:32)]Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,01:08)]Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? lol
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Nothing less than a GEO Metro!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (KC0KBH @ Jan. 07 2005,20:48)]Quote[/b] (K8YS @ Jan. 06 2005,16:32)]Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,01:08)]Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? lol
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Nothing less than a GEO Metro!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
Now that Ugos are a thing of the past, I didn't realize there was anything less then a Geo Metro. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[K9STH]

KLT:

Have you seen those Morris Mini cars that are again being imported? Just like the Mini of yesteryear. One was in front of me a couple of days ago.

Glen, K9STH

[ae2ny]

OK What would Jeep stand for?

Just
Economical &
Elevated
Pastarocket?

Don't mind me, the sleepies are kicking in.


W8ANT

[w6ez]

OMG!

WTH? ROFLMAO!

BRB.

[K7KBN]

Fix OR Repair Daily?

What's the difference between "fix" and "repair", and why offer a choice?

Maybe it should be "fix or REPLACE daily"?

----- How about airlines? Alitalia =

All
Land
In
Tokyo
All
Luggage
In
Athens

[KC0NBW]

or the buffalo bills football team

boy

i

love

losing

superbowls

[KC9FJB]

GMC= God's Mechanical Curse

Dodge= Driping Oil Droping Grease Everwhere

Just a FYI, LOL! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[kz9u]

Quote[/b] (k7kbn @ Jan. 08 2005,09:03)]Fix OR Repair Daily?

What's the difference between "fix" and "repair", and why offer a choice?
Ok ok ok.. How about

Found

On

Road

Dead

[Edit Added] Sorry.. Posted that one before.. Forgot.. [End Edit]

[k6pme]

Try the fire service or EMS sometime. I think we have finally outdone the military when it comes to acronyms! And HAZ MAT geek's are even worse!

[w2wtf]

Quote[/b] (N0KLT @ Jan. 07 2005,20:03)]Quote[/b] (KC0KBH @ Jan. 07 2005,20:48)]Quote[/b] (K8YS @ Jan. 06 2005,16:32)]Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 07 2005,01:08)]Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Jan. 06 2005,20:53)]WWJD?
what would judas do? lol
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Nothing less than a GEO Metro!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
Now that Ugos are a thing of the past, I didn't realize there was anything less then a Geo Metro. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
A Ford Aspire....Or as well call them in EMS a Ford Expire, because thats what happend to you if someone hits you.

[wd5kca]

WMBTOPCITBWTNTALI

[w2wtf]

Quote[/b] (KG6QQL @ Jan. 08 2005,20:21)]Try the fire service or EMS sometime. I think we have finally outdone the military when it comes to acronyms! And HAZ MAT geek's are even worse!
FUBAR, CATS, CTD, MUH, PBS, PCL, CCFCCP, FDGB, TBC, ART,
CC, CTD, DRT, NLPR, ect ect ect....




nremt-p/cc

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (kg4foy @ Jan. 08 2005,21:22)]A Ford Aspire....Or as well call them in EMS a Ford Expire, because thats what happend to you if someone hits you.
They named them that because they aspire to be real cars.

Speaking of small unsafe underpowered pieces of crap, any body rememeber the Isetta. They had one door, in the front. It was amazing to see one pull up, and the driver open the whole front of the car to get out complete with the steering wheel which swung away with the door. People actually would drive the silly things.

[w2wtf]

How about the good ole Pinto, doors jam shut and car bursts into flames when struck from the back!!!!!!!!!

[ai4ep]

...because most folks can not spell Federal Communications Commission, ( FCC )...or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI )...but I have had trouble spelling one word --- supercalifragilisticespelidocious ( from a Walt Disney movie !! )...was it ELI or ALIdocious ?

their refers to a person
there refers to a place/location

reel refers to a movie tape
real refers to something not imaginary

and so on


btw: what does NAACP mean ? I think I know what NCAA means, but not NAACP.

also what does NASCAR mean ? I guess the letters SC mean STOCK CAR , but not sure ... ?

[K7KBN]

"Their" actually refers to more than one person, or a group of people.

"His" or "her" refer to A person.

And I believe the spelling is: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

[KA9VQF]

National
Association
for the
Advancement
of
Colored
People.

In the old days you could use a different word for the "N" in that then we would add Are Actually Colored Polocks. But you can’t say that anymore.

sorry to any poles that may be offended suppose you can't say that eaither, right?

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (KA9VQF @ Jan. 09 2005,00:22)]National
Association
for the
Advancement
of
Colored
People.

In the old days you could use a different word for the "N" in that then we would add Are Actually Colored Polocks. But you can’t say that anymore.

sorry to any poles that may be offended suppose you can't say that either, right?
you can't say "polocks" any more either, they are now either "polish/americans or "americans of central european ethnicity"

you are hereby put on notice to correct your attitude or we will do it for you.

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # the p.c. police

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[KA9VQF]

Well if you hadn't quoted me I could have deleted it and no one would know how insensitive I am of other peoples feelings.

How many days in the cooler for this one?

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (KA9VQF @ Jan. 09 2005,00:38)]Well if you hadn't quoted me I could have deleted it and no one would know how insensitive I am of other peoples feelings.

How many days in the cooler for this one?
well, we have to assume this is your first offense because we have no prior record of you except for the incident with the jar of wheat germ and the set of mouse ears at work last week, we will let you off with a life sentence if you tell us you will not do it again.

the p.c. police

[K9STH]

KLT:

Someone in either Richardson or west Plano owns and drives an Isetta. I see it every month, or so, driving the main north / south connector street. When my eldest daughter first saw it 20 years ago she tried to describe it but was lacking for words. She was surprised when I told her what it was.

Glen, K9STH

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (K9STH @ Jan. 09 2005,09:14)]KLT:

Someone in either Richardson or west Plano owns and drives an Isetta. #I see it every month, or so, driving the main north / south connector street. #When my eldest daughter first saw it 20 years ago she tried to describe it but was lacking for words. #She was surprised when I told her what it was.

Glen, K9STH
many moons ago, i saw a 3/4 ton pickup with an isetta in the back! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[KA9VQF]

For many years there was a Messerschmitt in Clinton Iowa. It looked a lot like a small tail dragging airplane without wings.

It has three wheels the front ones did the steering. When first I saw it, it had motorcycle license plates on it. The last time I saw it, it had regular car plates. I always wondered why the state changed their mind on how to license it.

I haven’t seen it for the last few years, maybe they sold it.

My brother in law the ‘Birdman’ Turner had an Isetta that he restored and later traded for a Hillman which also restored and traded for some little P.O.C. Russian car. He likes to restore these weird things then get another to do.

I have serious doubts that he makes any money doing these things but like he said it keeps him out of the taverns. Finding parts is a real challenge but with the advent of the internet it has become much easier.

BTW congrats folks on another successful hijacking of a thread. We did it again!

[K9STH]

There also was a 3-wheel vehicle made by Morgan in the U.K. I believe that the Messerschmidt was a copy of this. A "3-wheel Morgan" is worth a "lot" of money these days.

Glen, K9STH

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (K9STH @ Jan. 09 2005,12:10)]There also was a 3-wheel vehicle made by Morgan in the U.K. #I believe that the Messerschmidt was a copy of this. #A "3-wheel Morgan" is worth a "lot" of money these days.

Glen, K9STH
messerschmidt sold that vehicle as an enclosed scooter .
some states considered it as such and some considered it as a car.

the morgan was dropped from production because it was very unstable and killed a lot of people.
the british government stepped in and forced it out of production.

the morgan was a two seat side by side with a canvas top, the messerschmidt was a fore and aft seater with a plastic aircraft type canopy.

the messerschmidt was powered by a small motorcycle type engine, it had a top speed of about 45-50 mph at best.

the morgan was much faster, one of the things that made it so dangerous.

[kz9u]

NBW, still waiting for that answer..

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (N9KZU @ Jan. 09 2005,12:18)]NBW, still waiting for that answer..
you never asked me any questions on this topic.

[kz9u]

I know.. But you keep ignoring the topic where I did.. So I have to chase you down where you are to get you to answer me.. And I shall until I get an answer from you. I'd prefer its on the topic where it belongs but you are apparently too cowardly to continue posting there...

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (N9KZU @ Jan. 09 2005,12:28)]I know.. But you keep ignoring the topic where I did.. So I have to chase you down where you are to get you to answer me.. And I shall until I get an answer from you. I'd prefer its on the topic where it belongs but you are apparently too cowardly to continue posting there...
now i'm a coward too!

why dont you just give up? i did answer your question and you chose not to accept my answer.

grow up, you are almost 40 years old,act your age.

subject closed.

will one of the moderators please get him off my back?

[kz9u]

You keep saying subject closed because you gave a smart alec answer to an honest question. You;re like a child mad at his parents saying "I don't want to talk to you any more!"

[w2wtf]

Quote[/b] (N9KZU @ Jan. 09 2005,12:28)]I know.. But you keep ignoring the topic where I did.. So I have to chase you down where you are to get you to answer me.. And I shall until I get an answer from you. I'd prefer its on the topic where it belongs but you are apparently too cowardly to continue posting there...
He does that A LOT!

New one, well not new but a call this morning reminded me of it


DFOIC
(done fell out in church)

looks like she got a little too into it this morning...

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (K9STH @ Jan. 09 2005,10:14)]KLT:

Someone in either Richardson or west Plano owns and drives an Isetta. I see it every month, or so, driving the main north / south connector street. When my eldest daughter first saw it 20 years ago she tried to describe it but was lacking for words. She was surprised when I told her what it was.

Glen, K9STH
Glen

I love your description of your daughter trying to describe those things. That says more about them then I could possibly say.

We had one of the small version of the Isettas in my home town in the early to mid 60's. It would be too much typing and space to relate all the fun we had with the car and the guy who owned it. This was the only one of the smaller versions I ever saw so I don't know if the engine was original or if another engine put in it. But the engine that was in this little version had a plate on it id'ing as some sort of washing machine engine. I want to say it was a Briggs & Stratton but it has been way too many years ago. There was a Shrine parade unit of the larger version Isettas in the mid 70's located in Knoxville, Iowa. This was long after that car had been banned from being driven on the streets and highways. The guys who owned them would trailer in the unit, usually 8 of them, unload them, drive them in the parade then as quickly as possible get them on the trailers again. Technically they should have been loaded on trailers right at the end of the parade route and not driven any place else other then on the parade route. Seeing a long goose neck car trailer being towed down the road with several dark red Isettas on board then finding another one right behind it is a strange strange sight.