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  • #1

    Am I mental?

    Before you answer enthusiastically, allow me to explain...

    Back in the day when I started my marketing "career" I was a Marketing Assistant, and one of my tasks at the time was a bit of data cleaning.

    This involved ensuring that the info we held on our customers was all correct, and in the same format - including addresses.

    During this time I developed a bit of a pet hate for abbreviated county names - Beds, Herts, Bucks etc, and preferred to use the proper and full names - Oxon being one that particularly grated.

    Ever since, when writing/typing addresses I always alter abbreviations, or if someone has abbreviated on a form, I still use the full version.

    Why abbreviate anyway - what's the point?

    Anyone else, or do I call the men in white coats now?
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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    No you aren't mental. There's nothing worse than pivot tabling and having 10 different spellings of the same thing.

    Well, there's probably SOME things that are worse, but not many.

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    • #3
      I hate abbreviations too... in my working life, I frequently had to attend counsel's conferences which are ALWAYS called 'cons' (except by me). And lots of others. I even feel a bit uncomfortable with text abbreviations, and always type full words. I used to dicate dozens of letters and always returned any with abbreviations to be corrected. Something my secretary LOVED obviously...

      I don't THINK it's menkal, it might be a bit old-fashioned, but I like language and it just seems right to me to see a nice full word...
      I don't roll on Shabbos

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      • #4
        If you are, them so am I. I hate abbreviations too.

        Can't even bring myself to use 'text speak', so my texts are all in long hand and properly punctuated...I am a saddo

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        • #5
          How does Shropshire become Salop?
          The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
          Brian Clough

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          • #6
            Many people are just too lazy to do things properly! In business especially, corners should not be cut! To my mind that is just lazy and rude as well but there you go I was bought up the old way by my mum and more especially my dad bless him! He would always say if a job is worth doing then do it properly! We used to knick name him professor Higgins! (God rest you dad!)
            Live like you never lived before!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post
              .. Oxon being one that particularly grated.
              no white coats needed hun, you are in excellent company.

              I currently live in Oxfordshire, I have lived in Hampshire not Hants, Middlesex not whatever it is they do for that one - yuk
              ...oh and Cornwallshire obviously
              aka
              Suzie

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              • #8
                I grew up in Powys, which really isn't worth shortening, so had never really noticed this phenomenon. Now I live in Mid Glam.
                I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Pootle View Post
                  Can't even bring myself to use 'text speak', so my texts are all in long hand and properly punctuated...I am a saddo
                  Which also makes me one, as I do the same... Now and then I'll have a wild moment and use 2 rather than to, but that's about it!

                  Originally posted by Mikeywills View Post
                  Now I live in Mid Glam.
                  That's what I am on a night out. Sometimes I'll really push the boat out and do Upper Glam
                  Life is brief and very fragile, do that which makes you happy.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by pipscariad View Post
                    That's what I am on a night out. Sometimes I'll really push the boat out and do Upper Glam
                    I lived in South Glam - hum!
                    aka
                    Suzie

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
                      I lived in South Glam - hum!
                      Betcha used to keep those legs and stuff smooth and silky then, didn't ya!
                      Life is brief and very fragile, do that which makes you happy.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by bubblewrap View Post
                        How does Shropshire become Salop?
                        From the Latin (Salopiensis or summat - even I'm not old enough to speak Latin!) Anywhere with a Bishop has an episcopal title for him in Latin - Cantuar for the Arshbishop of Canterbury for example.
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          I remember the opening of a Christmas Fair (televised - shudder) at which the Lord Mayor of Hull welcomed everyone to "This Exmas Fair" - I hate the abbreviation Xmas but for the daft chump to pronounced it - in public - on the telly - I was horrified!
                          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by pipscariad View Post
                            Betcha used to keep those legs and stuff smooth and silky then, didn't ya!
                            yer - well I had only been married to Snowdrop for a couple weeks when we were posted there
                            aka
                            Suzie

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                            • #15
                              Sometimes I use abbreviations, sometimes I don't. Depends on time, space available etc. For instance, my sister lives in Gloucestershire, which is quite a big word in my loopy handwriting, so that sometimes turns into Gloucs. I'm cool with it either way. As long as people do actually know what the word should be in the first place, I don't mind.

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