The use of acronyms on Gransnet

CCL if people use acronyms or not!

I find them cringey. But confess to using btw in texts.

I don't have any problems with a reasonable number of well known acronyms but if they get to be more than three or four letters long they become difficult to work out. And it could seem a bit cliquey to less frquent users who aren't in the know. As to using them, it's personal choice.

Not sure why there is anything wrong with saying that one spends more time on mumsnet? It isn't ageist or a stealth boast, just a statement of fact. FWIW I do, too. It has far more members and is faster moving. It has a fantastic 'The Archers' thread that notches up over 900 posts a week (which I've been lurking on because I can't bear to listen to the current high profile story line...). and some threads give a good insight into how the next generation or two thinks and behaves. Which I think is really interesting. (and can be very amusing...)

Now I don't like acronyms but i do like emoji. They're useful to soften a sentence or indicate humour when the reader might be reading something else into a phrase ( as does happen here sometimes ) but i'm not keen on html , so happier on my phone where i have a much wider variety .

I'm just a sheep I use DD etc. because it's the norm here, don't like them though. I do use IUKWIM IMHO and similar just for speed but wouldn't use text speak here.
I'm in favour of emoticons they can be amusing and convey the intended tone of a post.

I agree with original poster. I find them very irritating and would prefer the whole word rather than keep stopping and either looking them up or wracking my brains to work out what they mean. I find they spoil the flow of whatever it is I am reading.

shestheone - I gave meanings for all my made up acronyms

alea Agree with you on this, it's just a matter of preference, no-one's going to be thrown off GN (oops) if they do/don't like acronyms. Are they?!

Sorry I couldn't get any of yours! I'm ok with anagrams.......

Alea

OK so much for my GI (good idea)
Now I'm going to be picky.
Nobody forces anybody to use acronyms .
Some members have happily used them for years, some less so.
So, do if you want, don't if you don't want but don't criticise those who do (or DCTWD) I might say
Goodness we'll have people criticising emoticons next!
(Oops, just remembered, been there . )

I agree with the original poster, would prefer to read daughter, son, grandson, etc. rather than OH, DGS and so on.

It can become confusing with some of the longer acronyms, having to work them out, it can spoil the flow and enjoyment of conversation.

To be honest, I can't be doing with acronyms and as somebody said previously I don't have to use them, which suits me. But then I don't have a clue what's being said most of the time.

am useless at texting, so any shortcuts are fine tbh

Acronyms are useful on Twitter when you've got a limit of 140 characters to get your message across. I always think I'm writing a short message, then find it's gone way over 140 so have to shorten things though I hate writing 'u' for 'you' and 'bc' for because.

I don't like the acronyms and like the emojis even less! I don't think it has anything to do with age.

I rarely use acronyms in text world - think it's a leftover from when my girls were teenagers and liked to feel they knew something the parents didn't

On here, I always use DH. Except in my mind it stands for something less affectionate when describing the husband..............

In RL ( !!) I'd never say darling husband or darling daughter, so it does seem a bit silly on here although I go along with it when I think to.
Re Alea's earlier comment, TALWIHAGOW.

Call me old fashioned but I don't like the use of them, I have no idea what many of them mean, it just confuses me & I don't know what I'm reading
Why can't people just type out the words they want to say?? /

And having looked them up, no wonder I've been confused. What on earth is all this darling/dear stuff?
What's wrong with D for daughter or S for son? It goes without saying that most people love their offspring, surely. And the context of the post will soon alert us if they don't!

Hear! Hear! I totally agree with 2oldforhotpants!
Though reading this has been useful as I didn't know there was a list to refer to. But if you're writing the other words why on earth can't you type these?

I'm glad someone has brought this up. I don't like the use of these acronyms
either. I do a lot of texting, and use text speak, but when I'm on the forum I like to read the content without spending time working out what the abbreviations mean. Call me 'old fashion' !

I don't like acronyms either and I thought it was because I can touch type too. We are all different ?

It's too stilted for me. I find I enjoy reading the full word rather than stopping to think what dggd1 means. With predictive text it's just as quick to write and for me more pleasing to see,great granddaughter 1, no,I'm not a fan of the d either. Though wtf and tbh I'm fine with probably because it's text talk. Not thought of myself as old fashioned but maybe I am

Kittylester you sound like you have more of a grasp on acronyms than me , Ive seen ND a few times... but the ladies here have been unable to provide a positive ID is it nice daughter? or new daughter? or???

I don't like it either again it's the D for dear thing I don't like tbh lol. I am quite good at the text speak having youngish sons and grandchildren DiL ,GO, GS is fine