Public Service Announcement: Symbol use

[lil_dcb7]

I invented the question mark

[Lil' Whitie]

how bout throwing in caps in the WrOng PlAcEs!

sheesh that drives me nuts.

how many in here acually know what is ASL is?

it is kind of langage deaf use....

[deevergote]

I have 2 turbos... I run 1# on #1 and 2# on #2, + or -. It's a low boost setup.


Anyone wanna play #?





















I do agree, though. It doesn't confuse me, but I hate laziness (ironic, donchathink? ) At least when it comes to communication!

[Tnwagn]

I invented the question mark

[deevergote]

I invented the internetz... I'm really Al Gore with a beard. Incognitis. Like a greased up deaf guy, you'll never catch me!

[Mista Juice]

i think symbols and icons are fantastic ways to abbreviate and make it easier to get your point across, especially if they are easily typeable just by hitting one key, to avoid having to spell out a whole word.

i dont see any reason why # cant be used to signify either "pounds" or "number" or even tic-tac-toe... usually the context makes it obvious what it means.

just like your $ example, 8# would mean "8 pounds" where #8 would mean "number 8". reading 8# as "8 number" is idiotic and makes no logical sense... which should immediately prompt you to reconsider its possible meaning, and i would hope that your mind would remember the fact that its called the Pound sign.

though people writing 20$ bothers me too, but its still clear what it means.

and why is the use of @ acceptable but not the others? just because its more commonly used? doesnt make it any more accurate, just more well known.

indeed.