https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29191692
I don’t even know what to think about this one. I’m not angry, more confused than anything. There’s only one mod there so i asked them, and they said “It’s against policy. It’s the abbreviations policy.”
I see no such policy anywhere, so who knows what’s going on. Is it only the NYT that can’t be abbreviated? What about the US? Is LOL forbidden too? And if so, why are we forbidden from laughing there!
They didn’t even remove the comment.
The mod is user qrstuv. Maybe the only abbreviation allowed is when they say one? That’s a power trip!
What is this “e.g.”? I don’t speak Latin.
You need to spell out exempli gratia. That will definitely be more clear.
Damn. I’d best reach out to the mods and see if I can get myself banned for 26 years.
I’d?
Unleash the banhammer!
Banned: Spanish words.
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Sorry. eyetwitch dot graphical interchange format.
Nope, that’s Latin ;)
Would native English speakers understand f.ex. instead of i.e. or e.g.?
Smh I work with someone who write it as “for e.g.”
As if e.g. is an abbreviation for “example”
So I always read it as “for for example.”
I always wondered why english uses i.e. or e.g., I never actually looked into the actual abbreviated words. In portuguese, it’s always “for example” or “ex:”
I once worked with a guy who thought “smh” means “somehow”.
I genuinely had to look up what it meant just now!