Text Abbreviations: What They Are and When to Use Them
What are text abbreviations and how did they come about? Text abbreviations are a young person’s game, aren’t they? Well, yes, they might have started out that way. Every generation thinks they can change the English language and in some way they do. Text abbreviations are the largest advance of language in modern history. Ignore them at your peril. However new we think they are, acronyms date back to ancient Egyptian time ancient scrolls were found to contain the abbreviation DN which is short for Dominus Noster, meaning Our Lord. But according to the New York Times (2010), the earliest…
July 20, 2022