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Re: FN-FORUM whets the best way to get business
date posted 1st August 2002 18:10
No you are correct OK is an abbreviation of Okay which is why it's so odd to
just use K
Carla
on 1/8/02 4:51 pm, Darren Spink at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I always thought that OK was already an abbreviation of okay....maybe I am
> wrong..
>
> Regards
>
>
> Darren Spink
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Carla Boulton
> Sent: 01 August 2002 18:30
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM whets the best way to get business
>
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> Nigell has that 'feature' on his phone and has never been able to work out
> how to turn it off - damned annoying, plus it takes anyone over the age of
> 16 three hours to text anything anyway so why bother?
>
> Best abbreviation of a word yet for SMS/IVS purposes K? instead of OK?
> Bizarre
> Regards
> Carla
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> on 1/8/02 4:08 pm, Andrew Mottershead at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> You should try using my phone - it's got this pre-emptive function which
>> I cannot get my head around. I try to key in "hello" and get "hide"....
>> I now just phone the other bod up.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Andrew Mottershead
>> Web Developer
>> Mindstream Web Design
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>> [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Paul J White
>>> Sent: 01 August 2002 16:54
>>> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM whets the best way to get business
>>>
>>>
>>>> I agree that this can be a problem if you don't check spelling and
>>>> punctuation before contacting a client. But this is ONLY a
>>> forum does
>>>> it really matter is someone forgets to use
>>> the
>>>> spellchecker?
>>>>
>>> Oh, so sloppy spelling and grammar are no good for clients,
>>> but good enough for us on the forum? I disagree, as you owe
>>> it to yourself and others to convey your message or question
>>> in a way that is not open to misinterpretation or plain
>>> ridicule. SMS is an exception, and getting a highly
>>> condensed, yet understandable, message into 140 characters is
>>> an art in itself.
>>>
>>> Paul (Asst. Chief Linguistic Pedant to whoever is in charge today ;-)
>>>
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