Rant about the use of the @ sign in PPRuNE
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Who cares? [email protected]!
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Chill out, GG. I didn't understand it when I first saw it but after finding it quite common on fora, I intuited that it was short for "This remark is aimed AT", and it then seemed quite logical and reasonable to use it.
I don't use it though; I always think the usage of slang like [email protected] is a bit [email protected]
IMHO, of course.
UFO
I don't use it though; I always think the usage of slang like [email protected] is a bit [email protected]
IMHO, of course.
UFO

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Not [email protected] a go @ UFO, but shouldn't [email protected] be with two
t's? Otherwise it'd be pronounced "[email protected]".
Sorry to go on with this [email protected] I hope I'm not [email protected] an
@rse of myself @ the forum..
t's? Otherwise it'd be pronounced "[email protected]".
Sorry to go on with this [email protected] I hope I'm not [email protected] an
@rse of myself @ the forum..

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@ Slasher;
@ = at, therefore [email protected] = twattish and is therefore correct shorthand, IMHO.
Mind you, the whole thread is a bit of a storm in @eacup.
Cheers
UFO
Shouldn't [email protected] should be with two t's?
@ = at, therefore [email protected] = twattish and is therefore correct shorthand, IMHO.
Mind you, the whole thread is a bit of a storm in @eacup.
Cheers
UFO
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IMHO people who use it are just bone idle, or think their time is so important [email protected] saving a second is absolutely essential.
IMHO people who use it are just bone idle, or think their time is so important [email protected] saving a second is absolutely essential.
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Well [email protected]'s the end of [email protected] then, or are we going to be @ it all day?
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Hey, I can play this [email protected]
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[email protected] can do it too.
Está servira para distraerle.
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Might I @ract your @ention to the fact that there's a considerable amount of @rocious bad @itude that can be @ributed throughout this thread. I expect [email protected] put the [email protected] in the frying pan?