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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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Default Shorthand text, anyone know what ttfn means?
as above, someone put ttfn at the end of a message...
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Ta ta for now


Or in other words, "bye"
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getting worse this writing lark.

just being lazy.
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Maybe mobile phones should have Acronym checkers, to replace phrases when you type them in and reveal what they are when you receive the texts.

Acronyms are pointless when most people dont understand them, IYSWIM.
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Originally Posted by focusv8
Maybe mobile phones should have Acronym checkers, to replace phrases when you type them in and reveal what they are when you receive the texts.

Acronyms are pointless when most people dont understand them, IYSWIM.
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ISEWYM.
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Maybe they do work after all
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Originally Posted by diamonds
AWGTHTGTATA
Yes.
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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No they don't work after all
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TTFN isnt text talk, its been around for decades.. even my Nan used to say it!
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Whats AFAIK or something then?
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As Far As I Know - now that is internet 'speak'
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Ah, I would never have guessed!
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TTFN - Havent any of you ever watched Winnie the Pooh?
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TTFN was used in morse code in the second world war, made popular by Jimmy Young on Radio 2 in the seventies.
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