[wp-forums] Lazy language / Jargon

[Matt Didcoe]

That's a good point Podz...

But we can't go through and rewrite all posts...

Could we write a filter that would modify them?

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> From: Podz [mailto:podz at tamba2.org.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2006 6:15 PM
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> Subject: [wp-forums] Lazy language / Jargon
> 
> Had an email this morning from someone who has been posting to the
> forums for a while now. They point out - quite rightly I think - that
as
> an international forum, we need to stop using things like r u w. lol
w/o
> and other abbreviations that will make no sense to someone who is not
an
> english speaker or who does not use chat. (Not that we as regulars do,
> but if the person asking the question uses junk language, then the
> answer is wasted on the reader).
> (This drives me nuts too. There is one poster who regularly
abbreviates
> stupidly yet presents as an intelligent person.....)
> 
> Additionally, there is the problem of people using jargon. I see this
as
> less of a problem as it is usually code related and jargon is a
relative
> term.
> 
> So how to tackle ?
> 
> P.
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