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[Arthur1947]

I officially denounce the use of this phrase. It's way over used......IMHO

Best.

ARTHUR;)

[Kustom52Mopar]

Arthur

FYI abbreviating words saves us precious time and energy.

Real question is why is the word used to described shortened words so darn long??

LOL

[Norm's Coupe]

Arthur

FYI abbreviating words saves us precious time and energy.

Real question is why is the word used to described shortened words so darn long??

LOL

To shorten that word, just use Abrev. Back in the 60's I spent 6 years in the army working as an office manager. We use to Abrev. almost every word, especially on unit strength Morning Reports and also in assignment orders of personnel and equipment. When I got out of the army I went to work as a salesman on the road where we had to write sales call reports for each customer we called or saw in person each day. When I first started that job I would use the same abbreviations as we did in the military to cut down on writing, ink, time and space. After about a month of that was told not to do it as no one knew what I was talking about. After six years of writing and talking in abbreviations it was really hard to retrain myself to speak English again.

[Plymouthy Adams]

IMHO..it has a place on the forum

[mackster]

IMHO..it has a place on the forum

can it be shorten to "IMO":confused: :confused:

(I'm not so honest... )

[greg g]

IMCO ( in my considered opinion) most of those texting, blogging, instant messinging terms are about worn out. They were developed for folks who are all thumbs so to speak. And personally while I like a joke or clever turn of a phrase, as much as the next fellow,

I hardly ever find myself ROFLMAO. I much prefer a DC or a GBL.

Deep Chuckle or Great Belly Laugh.

So if we were all to become Antiabreviation, jargonoclastic, lexigraphers it would be great.

Of course, jibberish, babble, and prattle would still be appreciated and promoted.

[Plymouthy Adams]

can it be shorten to "IMO":confused: :confused:

(I'm not so honest... )

but...I am humble....

[PatS....]

No abbreviations, courtesy of Mac Davis:

Oh Lord It`s Hard To Be Humble

Oh Lord it's hard to be humblewhen you're perfect in every way.I can't wait to look in the mirrorcause I get better looking each day.To know me is to love meI must be a hell of a man.Oh Lord it's hard to be humblebut I'm doing the best that I can.I used to have a girlfriendbut she just couldn't competewith all of these love starved womenwho keep clamoring at my feet.Well I prob'ly could find me anotherbut I guess they're all in awe of me.Who cares, I never get lonesomecause I treasure my own company.Oh Lord it's hard to be humblewhen you're perfect in every way,I can't wait to look in the mirrorcause I get better looking each dayTo know me is to love meI must be a hell of a man.Oh Lord it's hard to be humblebut I'm doing the best that I can.I guess you could say I'm a loner,a cowboy outlaw tough and proud.I could have lots of friends if I want tobut then I wouldn't stand out from the crowd.Some folks say that I'm egotistical.Hell, I don't even know what that means.I guess it has something to do with the way that Ifill out my skin tight blue jeans.Oh Lord it's hard to be humblewhen you're perfect in every way,I can't wait to look in the mirrorcause I get better looking each dayTo know me is to love meI must be a hell of a man.Oh Lord it's hard to be humblebut I'm doing the best that I can.We're doing the best that we can Oh Lord It`s Hard To Be Humble

[Normspeed]

Pat, is there a line about a mercedes Benz?

[randroid]

Arthur,

The question has been begged and thus shall be asked:

Is it way over used or is that your humble opinion?

-Randy

[mackster]

but...I am humble....

I'm not that either...

I am a million times more humble than anyone else alive EVER!

[RobertKB]

Way worse than IMHO is OMG - oh my God. This phrase is so overused to express surprise that it drives me crazy. Not for any religious reason but just because you hear it so often on television, the radio, and in person. Another word that bothers me is the use of surreal. I don't even think most people know what it really means. "Man, it's surreal how often you hear Oh my God." Many people now-a-days don't know how to express themselves without using cliches. SFTR - sorry for the rant.

[Arthur1947]

Hind site is 20/20

Perception is reality

For all intensive purposes

I understand the basic premise for each of these phrases but sometimes I find it to be meaningless filler especially in the realm of talk radio. To put it in a nice way, I don't want someone's humble opinion. I'm a man. Give it to me straight. It's funny how American language has adopted this sort of politically correct way of communicating, even in an online forum. I take it as preemptive apology for having an opinion. IMHO doesn't make me mad, it makes me wonder why someone is pussyfooting around. Does anyone ever say that at the gym? "Hey man! AHHH maybe you shouldn't bench that 500lbs of weight without some spotting you. Ummm! Ah! That's just my humble opinion." Squish!!!! I don't think so.

But that's just my opinion.

Best.

ARTHUR

[BobT-47P15]

Guess I'll just stick to my old, time worn terms, like.....that's a bunch of

BS; that old car is a POS; and others from the old school.

[Don Coatney]

but...I am humble....

HMA:cool:

[central52]

Why can't we just speak English, and spell English, the way it's supposed to be used. I can never figure out those abreviations and letters, what they mean.. Gee whiz, a person can't spend an extra second or two to SPELL out a word or phrase? It sure makes reading a message a lot easier, at least to me.

Call me old fashion, but that's the way I feel. Ed P.

[Norm's Coupe]

Why can't we just speak English, and spell English, the way it's supposed to be used. I can never figure out those abreviations and letters, what they mean.. Gee whiz, a person can't spend an extra second or two to SPELL out a word or phrase? It sure makes reading a message a lot easier, at least to me.

Call me old fashion, but that's the way I feel. Ed P.

I agree with you 100%. Taking it another step forward, I don't see what the rage is with text messaging instead of just calling someone on the phone and saying whatever you want to say to that person. You can call someone quicker than putzing with hitting a button two or three times to just to get one letter in the text message. To spell a three letter word could take you 6 punches on the numbers to get the one word. To me thats a waste of time. After all on most cell phones you can make a long distance call for the same price as a local call, so why waste time punching all those keys for one letter. The way I look at it, if the message is important enough to text me, it's important enough to call and actually talk about it.

Not only is it a waste of time to text, the person may not get the message right away. I never check for text messages on my cell phone. My wife checks hers once a day in the morning because she has a friend who is into texting. Just yesterday afternoon my wife got a message about a meeting from that friend that was sent the afternoon before. It took 24 hours for that text to go through because it wasn't there in the morning when she checked.

Arthur,

The problem comes in with individual personalities. When we write a message or letter, sometimes the people reading it may take the wording in a different context than what it was meant to be. So........I don't think a person is pussyfooting around when they say IMHO, they are just tying to be sensitive to possibly hurting someones feelings. After all when you say something in person, that person can see you expressions and know the true meaning. You can't see expressions when reading a message or letter.

[Plymouthy Adams]

HMA:cool:

Hey...I can read that you know..........

[Plymouthy Adams]

press the two if you want this in Spanish....I still find abbreviations easier to work with...it goes with the technology...some people jsut got to hear the click so even the new phone have the old analog click click click for old farts...

[norrism1]

press the two if you want this in Spanish....I still find abbreviations easier to work with...it goes with the technology...some people jsut got to hear the click so even the new phone have the old analog click click click for old farts...

I remember waiting for the chatter box to hang up on my parents party line! It was a great day when my parents finally got the private line after 10 years of listening to that woman bitch about everything and everybody but herself.

[Normspeed]

I remember my folks having those lines. Everyone down our street had the same number, but a different letter at the end. As kids we used to come up with clever phone jokes on the neighbors. we always got caught.

[norrism1]

I remember my folks having those lines. Everyone down our street had the same number, but a different letter at the end. As kids we used to come up with clever phone jokes on the neighbors. we always got caught.

There's a 2 digit number that will ring back the last incoming call. That's how you got busted I bet.

[Norm's Coupe]

There's a 2 digit number that will ring back the last incoming call. That's how you got busted I bet.

Back in the 50's they didn't have that call back number, or caller ID. One of my cousins use to call and send taxi's all over the place as kids. He never got caught.

[Rodney Bullock]

No abbreviations, courtesy of Mac Davis:

Oh Lord It`s Hard To Be Humble

Oh Lord it's hard to be humblewhen you're perfect in every way.I can't wait to look in the mirrorcause I get better looking each day.To know me is to love meI must be a hell of a man.

This song sounds like it was written about......

[norrism1]

Norms Coupe, Your right about not having it in the 50's. Mom's back then had a built in radar and lie detector and could tell if you were guilty just by looking at you. LOL