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By TIAL
#350310
I think I'll avoid the TITP coverage as I don't want to get too excited about seeing Rage at Reading too soon :D

-rocks backwards and forwards-
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By Yudster
#350315
What with "RATM" and "TITP" this thread is turning into my bloody office. It's one of the reasons I'm leaving. The office, not the thread (sorry Viv).
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By foot-loose
#350331
Bruvva wrote:
Topher wrote:
foot-loose wrote:Madonna - Like a Prayer????

Shut the * up. That's a true classic!


Naff.


Topher speaks the truth, it's cheese of the worst kind.

Grrrr

You're cheese of the worst kind!
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By ladbroke
#350334
Yudster wrote:What with "RATM" and "TITP" this thread is turning into my bloody office. It's one of the reasons I'm leaving. The office, not the thread (sorry Viv).


I too hate acronyms and initialisms. They should be banned along with all corporate spiel, it drives me nuts. Just say what you mean for crying out loud!
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By timp
#350468
Ha sorry guys, but if you type RATM into google it comes up exactly what it is (quicker than typing a post out on here). And TITP can be worked out by the context.
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By MK Chris
#350497
That's not the point. If it's not an official acronym (I wouldn't expect anyone to type out The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for example) then it should be typed in full in my opinion.
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By timp
#350498
But far better than 'txt spk'... RATM is a common abbreviation, the fact that it is not an an official acronym and should therefore be typed out in full is just people's opinions, it is not breaking any forum rules.
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By MK Chris
#350499
Yes, that's why I said 'in my opinion'. In my opinion it's lazy not to type it out and it may not be as bad as text speak, but, seeing as people here didn't understand it (if you have to Google it, it's fair to assume you don't understand it) then it still makes things harder to read.
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By timp
#350500
If we judged what should be typed on this forum on what everyone is going to understand, it would be a far less exciting forum to post in!
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By TIAL
#350517
RATM is used all the time in written text. As for TITP, I was just being lazy. :D
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By Yudster
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timp wrote:But far better than 'txt spk'... RATM is a common abbreviation, the fact that it is not an an official acronym and should therefore be typed out in full is just people's opinions, it is not breaking any forum rules.

No, no, no.....I wasn't having a go! No rules broken, no problem with people doing that - I don't like it because it reminds me of work, thats all! Certainly no feeling on my part that you shouldn't use them!