Rant about the use of the @ sign in PPRuNE

[green granite]

[rant mode] @ means AT not TO or ATTENTION therefore this use of @{NAME} is meaningless [/rant mode]

[Loose rivets]

C'mon chaps, pay @ention to green granite

[acbus1]

Now, now, that's the wrong @itude, rivets.

[green granite]

pay @ention

Sorry Loose Rivets that should be @tention

[BOAC]

Any idea what GG is getting @?

(I'll get my [email protected])

[acbus1]

Sorry Loose Rivets that should be @tention

Wait for it, he'll be having a go @ me for the same thing in a sec.

[Capetonian]

Who cares? [email protected]!

[sitigeltfel]

The [email protected] [email protected] on the [email protected]!

[UniFoxOs]

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

[Slasher]

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..

[UniFoxOs]

@ Slasher;

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

[green granite]

IMHO people who use it are just bone idle, or think their time is so important that saving a second is absolutely essential.

[BOAC]

EDIT:

IMHO people who use it are just bone idle, or think their time is so important [email protected] saving a second is absolutely essential.

[goudie]

Well [email protected]'s the end of [email protected] then, or are we going to be @ it all day?

[ATCO1962]

Hey, I can play this [email protected]

[belfrybat]

[email protected] can do it too.

[boredcounter]

Am I multitasking if I use two keys @ the same time? @ it again with the '?'

[green granite]

You really are exceeding all my expectations for this thread in true Jet Blast fashion, keep @ it.

[cavortingcheetah]

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?

[Cardinal Puff]

Slow day around the squirrel farm, I see...