SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up122arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
Are they not just from old habits stemming from old tech that had memory and space limitations and are no longer necessary?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 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-up3·5 days agoBah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoI’m no Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔
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.
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Bah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.
I’m no Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔