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USAGE: Ant: Re: USAGE: np

From:Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 13, 2005, 18:29
--- "James W." <emindahken@...> schrieb:

> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:42:19 -0700, "Arthaey > Angosii" > <arthaey@...> said: > > Dear linguistically inclined and computer literate > listmates: > > > > A friend and I recently got in to a discussion > > about the usage of the netspeak abbreviation "np" > > for "no problem." In my usage, I can only > > use "np" where I mean "no problem" as in "you're > > welcome." However, for my friend, he can use it > > even where he means "not a problem" or "that's > > fine." > > > > What is your usage? > > > > 'Noun Phrase' :P
That, or the first two-thirds of the abbreviation 'NPC': 'Non-Player Character' :). Actually, I've never seen or used 'NP' to mean 'no problem'; perhaps I don't interact enough online to have picked up on all these little abbreviations. I just learned that <3 means 'heart'. At first, I thought it was a person reading a newspaper on the toilet :D. I mean, doesn't it look like a guy on the toilet reading a newspaper? ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>