SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 days agoWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
Are they not just from old habits stemming from old tech that had memory and space limitations and are no longer necessary?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·13 days agoEver tried texting on a flip phone?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoI believe that’s the origin of the current trend. Typing on a T9 keypad. There was a parallel ‘733t sp34k’ trend on bulletin boards around the same time. I imagine that they merged to some degree.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoBah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoI’m no Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔
Ever tried texting on a flip phone?
Yes in 1993.
I believe that’s the origin of the current trend. Typing on a T9 keypad.
There was a parallel ‘733t sp34k’ trend on bulletin boards around the same time.
I imagine that they merged to some degree.
1337
Bah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.
I’m no Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔