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Abbreviated plant names

BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
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Is this all I have to be annoyed about? Pretty pathetic, I know, but I still can’t stop a slight grating when I read abbreviations like clems, toms, cukes etc. I liken it to text speak such as n for and, u for you and so on. Who is that short of time that they can’t afford the milliseconds more it takes to write the word in full? I sometimes wonder if every few years these writers give themselves five minutes more in bed using up the time they have saved.

And just don’t get me started on puerile ‘abbreviations’ like brekky and Chrimbo which have the sane number of syllables as the word they’re replacing.
Rutland, England
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s just a bit of fun Pic. Once you’re out enjoying yourself in garden you’ll forget all about it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    U shd b gr8ful ders no yng ppl on hr. Ders no transl8tr for dis yoof spk.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    And breathe ...... relax.

    'Veggies' annoys me but I've learned to live with it  B)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Picidae said:
    Is this all I have to be annoyed about? Pretty pathetic, I know, but I still can’t stop a slight grating when I read abbreviations like clems, toms, cukes etc. I liken it to text speak such as n for and, u for you and so on. Who is that short of time that they can’t afford the milliseconds more it takes to write the word in full? I sometimes wonder if every few years these writers give themselves five minutes more in bed using up the time they have saved.

    And just don’t get me started on puerile ‘abbreviations’ like brekky and Chrimbo which have the sane number of syllables as the word they’re replacing.
    can not
    do not
    they are

     ;)

    In all seriousness, our language is always evolving, it is full of abbreviations, it's always happened, it always will. For what it's worth I usually write things in full myself, but each to his own
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I always abbreviate Chrimbo to Crimbo.
    But I never use TLA's...

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Jellyfire said:
    Picidae said:
    Is this all I have to be annoyed about? Pretty pathetic, I know, but I still can’t stop a slight grating when I read abbreviations like clems, toms, cukes etc. I liken it to text speak such as n for and, u for you and so on. Who is that short of time that they can’t afford the milliseconds more it takes to write the word in full? I sometimes wonder if every few years these writers give themselves five minutes more in bed using up the time they have saved.

    And just don’t get me started on puerile ‘abbreviations’ like brekky and Chrimbo which have the sane number of syllables as the word they’re replacing.
    can not
    do not
    they are

     ;)

    In all seriousness, our language is always evolving, it is full of abbreviations, it's always happened, it always will. For what it's worth I usually write things in full myself, but each to his own
    It has
    It is

    :p
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    wild edges said:
    Jellyfire said:
    Picidae said:
    Is this all I have to be annoyed about? Pretty pathetic, I know, but I still can’t stop a slight grating when I read abbreviations like clems, toms, cukes etc. I liken it to text speak such as n for and, u for you and so on. Who is that short of time that they can’t afford the milliseconds more it takes to write the word in full? I sometimes wonder if every few years these writers give themselves five minutes more in bed using up the time they have saved.

    And just don’t get me started on puerile ‘abbreviations’ like brekky and Chrimbo which have the sane number of syllables as the word they’re replacing.
    can not
    do not
    they are

     ;)

    In all seriousness, our language is always evolving, it is full of abbreviations, it's always happened, it always will. For what it's worth I usually write things in full myself, but each to his own
    It has
    It is

    :p
    I started off writing them in full then couldn't... sorry, could not be bothered  :D
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I wish they'd use text speak on live subtitles. Then,at least, they'd have a chance of keeping up with the speaker.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Jellyfire said:
    wild edges said:
    Jellyfire said:
    Picidae said:
    Is this all I have to be annoyed about? Pretty pathetic, I know, but I still can’t stop a slight grating when I read abbreviations like clems, toms, cukes etc. I liken it to text speak such as n for and, u for you and so on. Who is that short of time that they can’t afford the milliseconds more it takes to write the word in full? I sometimes wonder if every few years these writers give themselves five minutes more in bed using up the time they have saved.

    And just don’t get me started on puerile ‘abbreviations’ like brekky and Chrimbo which have the sane number of syllables as the word they’re replacing.
    can not
    do not
    they are

     ;)

    In all seriousness, our language is always evolving, it is full of abbreviations, it's always happened, it always will. For what it's worth I usually write things in full myself, but each to his own
    It has
    It is

    :p
    I started off writing them in full then couldn't... sorry, could not be bothered  :D
    It doesn't flow well if you write in full. It makes everyone sound like a robot.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    wild edges said:It doesn't flow well if you write in full. It makes everyone sound like a robot. 
    Im actually a russian spambot. Trying to subvert the next election via the gardening vote
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