photomd Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Dear friends, I couldn't find a better place to post this basic question. What does IMO (occasionally written as IMHO) mean? Regards, Nabil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanb Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 In My Opinion In My Humble Opinion Sometimes you see IM(NS)HO - In My (Not So) Humble Opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lee5 Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 This is my guess: IMO=In My Opinion. And IMHO = In my humble opinion. Since you are asking this, I like to find out something else for myself. I can't figure out what do "OT" and "W/NW" stand for (typically they are in the subject line)?! Please advise. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdumais Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 IM0 : in my opinionIMHO : in my humble opinion see this http://www.macfreek.nl/humour/smilies.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmj Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 OT = Off-Topic W/NW = Words/No Words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Frankly I am disappointed with how the Internet is influencing people's writing habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark lucas Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Whilst we're on the subject (sort of) , when you lose something, as in "how did he lose his way?" , it is not spelt "loose". Glad I got that off of my chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.wind-upbird Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Thank you. I see that "loose" error over and over on this site, but I was just too lazy to call attention to it. Thank you for helping to LOOSE the bands of ignorance and error so we can LOSE our bad habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary evans Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 <p><i>Whilst we're on the subject (sort of) , when you lose something, as in "how did he lose his way?" , it is not spelt "loose". Glad I got that off of my chest.</i> - Mark Lucas</p> <p>And FYI, it's <i>"spelled"</i>, not <i>"spelt"</i></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmj Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 > And FYI, it's "spelled", not "spelt" <p> But then, is it spelled color or spelt colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark lucas Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Glad somebody spotted the debilerate mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark lucas Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Gary, you mistakenly omitted the full stop from "And FYI, it's "spelled", not "spelt"" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark lucas Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 p.s. "Spelt" is a past tense and a past participle of spell and an alternative spelling of "spelled". Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjacksonphoto Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 What does "lol" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark lucas Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 "Laugh out loud" , I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
._._z Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Emre, you left out a comma. ROFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_woodard Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 IMHOLADRLMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmj Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 OK, final contribution from me on this topic: <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups? selm=33920813.6DBF%40blitz.de&output=gplain">What do LOL, ROFL etc. stand for</a> [google.com] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an grianghrafadóir Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Patrick, it's 'color' in the US English and 'colour' in British English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmi Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 BTW, (By the way) Its: Than, not Then You're, not Your There, not Their Advice, not Advise unless, of course, you mean the opposite! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coho Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Every occupation, hobby, etc. obviously has its own lingo and abbreviations. Check out a medical abbreviations book and you could find 10-20 different meanings for the same abbreviations. BTW, spell check has probably been the #1 reason why people kan't spel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john falkenstine Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 LOL I can remember when the spellchecker in Pagemaker consistently fingered "the" as not being spelled correctly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann teak Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Greetings: I like to think that "lol" means "lots of luck". You know, more ironical... To expand the topic, there is one grammatical construction that REALLY bothers me, and it is used ubiquitously over the past few years. It is this: I photograph "on a (fill in the blank) basis." ie: daily, weekly, hourly, etc. instead of: I photograph "(fill in the blank)." ie: daily, weekly, hourly, etc. Using the older construction = fewer words, a tighter structure, less typing, less chance that something will go wrong (like spelting), more grace, more precision, no redundancy, and one's facial expression looks less funny when they drop saying "basis" in this manner. Spread the word! Thank you for letting me get THAT annoyance off my chest, Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann teak Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 (Of course, one could do anything "on a daily basis". "I photograph..." was only an illustrative point.) Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_h._hartman Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 But some people are not humble: that is why I use IMXO. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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