Re: OT>The Spoofing Poster

In article <4793c693$0$7128$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 pws <pwshelton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I have watched my daughter chat online and they can exchange a huge 
> amount of data with very few keystrokes.

I am reminded of frogs around a pond, croaking just to let the other 
frogs know they're still alive. Not sophisticated and erudite discourse, 
such as we practice here. <ahem>

Old people chatting are just as bad. They use real English, but all they 
talk about is their ailments, or going to funerals.

> Many of the acronyms have been used regularly since I have been online. 
> How long must they be used before they are no longer transient or 
> currently-faddish? :-)

After our passing, one can only hope. Acronyms have their place, and the 
useful ones have staying power (FWIW, BTW, SWMBO). But don't you think 
the others lose some meaning in statements such as "Yuo su'X ftw. Im 
g0nna brake u'r neck lol."

-- 
Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
'94C