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Abbreviation Disaster
I just came from a brief visit to ESPN. You know them, right? They're the self-proclaimed  "Worldwide Leader in Sports" (hey, if they can do it, so can I!).

I am thinking about demoting them a level for improper abbreviation. (And you know I can do it since I am now Mistress of the Universe).

But before I make the decree, I thought I'd toss it out there and see what everyone else thinks. Here's the skinny: I was checking to see how Tom Brady did today. I happened to see as a front page blurb that the MN Vikings lost today, ending their perfect streak. Whatever, I'm not all that broken up about it--it wasn't like they were going to have a season long perfect record....

At any rate, the blurb said this: Pgh. 27, Min. 17.  Now, I recognize that as a score, and it is pretty standard to abbreviate teams down to three letters, but what the hell is Pgh? Pittsburgh? Really?

You're telling me that the best they can do is Pgh? Nothing about that suggests Pittsburgh to me. How about Pts? Ptb? Pbg? Any of these are better and more suggestive of the name than Pgh?

It is my assessment that this makes ESPN look pretty stupid, but, I just want to make certain that there isn't some conspiracy afoot by the Pittsburghians that they WANT their town denoted as Pgh. Maybe this is standard and ESPN is just following a trend. If that is the case, then someone please offer me concrete proof and I will stand down. And then jump right back up to make fun of those same Pittsburghians- but that'll be another blog.

Pgh. Phbbt!
 
 
   
 

Abbreviations
I have never been a fan of internet abbreviations.

Ok, I lie.  From probably sixth grade to eighth grade I was all about the "LOL" and the "BRB."

Then I grew a few more brain cells.

Anyways, these days, I will occassionally use an "OMG."  Very rarely, and only for effect, however.

But what never ceases to amaze me is how some people mutilate their text.  The thing that irks me the most are abbreviations that are either the same length or -GASP- longer than what is being "abbreviated".

For example, today I saw someone abbreviate the word "anyone" and "n-e-one."  Now, count the characters in both the words.  The "abbreviation" is harder to type than the actual word.

WHY?!

-Neil

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