I always wondered how young Julie really is.....  As for acronyms, there
are all too many times when I have to ask people who speak "Acronym-ese"
to please translate those acronyms back into English!

Douglas P. Allen, CRM, CDIA+
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Colgan, Julie J.
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [RM] OT Acronyms

John Gervais wrote: <I don't know if anybody is as fed up with acronyms
as I am.  Two sent to me this week were emsg and wiifm (e-mail message
and what's in it for me).  Why can't people just say what they want to
say, instead of writing this way?> snip

John, I totally agree with you and I don't think age has anything to do
with it (unless 34 is now considered ancient!).  The acronyms not only
defeat full text searching and readability, etc. but honestly I think it
is wholly unprofessional.  I shudder to think how my son (who is nearing
7 years old) will communicate as he grows up.  Will he write his thesis
in "generation Z shorthand" too?  I understand there are times and
places for everything - but will my son?

My other pet peeve is using smiley faces in professional communications.
I would never, ever think to put a smiley face in an email to my boss
...  

Julie

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