SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?message-squaremessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
Are they not just from old habits stemming from old tech that had memory and space limitations and are no longer necessary?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoEver tried texting on a flip phone?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI believe that’s the origin of the current trend. Typing on a T9 keypad. There was a parallel ‘733t sp34k’ trend on bulletin boards around the same time. I imagine that they merged to some degree.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoBah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m no Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSmartphones have been a thing since at least 2006 (actually earlier), and commonplace since at least 2010. I haven’t seen a T9 phone since then.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoVery true, but it bled into society. Gamers realized it was easier to OMW and LFG while their hands were busy, and we even started saying BRB and OMG in conversation. They aren’t abbreviations anymore, they’re synonyms.
minus-squarealternategait@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agodeleted by creator
Ever tried texting on a flip phone?
Yes in 1993.
I believe that’s the origin of the current trend. Typing on a T9 keypad.
There was a parallel ‘733t sp34k’ trend on bulletin boards around the same time.
I imagine that they merged to some degree.
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Bah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.
I’m no Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔
Smartphones have been a thing since at least 2006 (actually earlier), and commonplace since at least 2010.
I haven’t seen a T9 phone since then.
Very true, but it bled into society. Gamers realized it was easier to OMW and LFG while their hands were busy, and we even started saying BRB and OMG in conversation. They aren’t abbreviations anymore, they’re synonyms.
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