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1/17/01 1:39:29 AM, Steve Tinney <stinney@s...> wrote: >As the original author of the insiderism comment to James, I stand by my >point. Obfuscation by alpha-numeric abbreviation is *both* convenient >to insiders *and* a barrier to outsiders. Proliferation of such >abbreviations increases the socio-linguistic distance between insiders >and outsiders. Such is life. I have to agree here; the first time I saw a numberism ("i18n") I thought it was cute, but as I see more and more of them they start to look like expressions of nerdismo ("We're more comfortable with numbers than words and we're *proud* of it!") which, at least for me, are a bit offputting and conjure up images of 3l33t h4x0r slang ala B1FF. For people trying to save their wrists, there *are* such things as keyboard macros, abbreviation expanders, and search/replace commands...
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