Far too many. I get texts full of them and I don’t answer because,
I had someone phone me when I didn’t answer, wanted to know why I’d ignored it. I said Speak properly and I will, don’t expect me to answer gobbledegook.
I dont think acronyms prevent people learning to spell properly - most people understand context and that different language forms are used i n different contexts
I don’t put LOL in a job application
On the other hand nobody writes the words ‘laugh out loud’ i n texts or forum posts.
It isn’t laziness, it is adjusting to context…
although admittedly knowing when to use them and not using jargon ones the reciever won’t understand is important too.
Why put ‘Laugh out loud’ or ‘LOL’ in your message anyway July?
There are plenty of emojis for that…And with predictive text, it practically writes the message for you.
I’m being serious here, is there a site where a person can design their own custom emojis for future use!
Could be interesting 
That would be a great idea Chilli, a picture says a thousand words.
I often find an amusing jpeg to post, but it takes up a lot of space and doesn’t really fit into a conversation like an emoji does.
I’ll have a Google Foxy. In the meantime if any of our internet savvy members could provide a heads up it would be appreciated
well why write in any style in particular??
I guess just personal choice
Of course the same people who think using acronyms is ‘sheer laziness’ probably think same about using emojis
You may want to start here:
Because those acronyms had been used before emojis came up.
BTW I’d rather write BTW than By The Way or PS rather than Post Script.
Thanks Dachs!
I’ve just started my first morning coffee, when I’m fully conscious I shall take a look
Acronyms are great for today’s form of communication, which is mostly all in the written word, not spoken. But like everything else, let’s not go over the limit.
They help to shorten posts and make it easier also for the writer, adding a bit of spice too, why not? As long as future generations don’t forget the real meanings and start talking that way in normal face-face-face communication
Well after reading some of your posts I realise that acronyms are alright if everyone can understand what they mean…Like: OGF - NHS - NASA - and WTF
But if I were to write: TMTTF how many people would know what I was on about…?
So lets keep them to the more commonly used ones…
Maybe I would. You meant Tetra-methyl-tetra-thia-fulvalene which reminds me of my chemistry classes, too.
LSD was so much more convenient…man! 
Close Dachs…
Tickle My Tits Til Friday…
A well known phrase in Yorkshire…
Especially when you have a mug with Yorkshire Foot written on it.
In the old days cockneys, when up to no good, would talk to their chums down the rub-a-dub-dub in rhyming slang. Outsiders wouldn’t understand. Today youngsters dealing drugs or stolen mobiles, text one another using acronyms that no one outside the gang understand.
If your meaning me your very wrong. 
Well, maybe you think acronyms are sheer laziness but emojis are not - but I actually meant in general, there are often the same people who think both are.
But some people think anything different to their own style is wrong so there is that.
