Re: Tho (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, David Peterson wrote:

> In a message dated 4/15/01 3:30:52 PM, Barry_Garcia@MONTEREY.EDU writes:
>
> << Yes, but why shldn't ppl use abbrvtns? I use thm all the tme. It svs spce
> whn i wrte notes for clss, & it svs my hnds frm crmps whn i need to wrte a
> lot of notes.
>
> And yes, i do write like the above when i have a lot of notes to put down. >>
>
> I'm sure I take just as many notes, and I don't abbreviate.  I find it easier
> to write without leaving anything out.  I even write out all names in full
> for my Shakespeare class.  And besides, this is typing! Come on, guys!
Er...if I *didn't* use abbreviations I would *never* get some of my math
lecture notes down.  "Group of automorphisms" gets *really* irritating
when written out repeatedly.

Besides, people write notes for their own benefit, not yours.  As long as
they're not taking notes for you, who cares?  I use a whole system of
abbreviations plus hieroglyphic-inspired determinatives.  I don't expect
anyone else to be able to use my notes, but I read them just fine, they
save me from writer's cramp, and my profs speak too fast.  :-p  (The
physics prof for general relativity, which my boyfriend is taking,
apparently writes faster than c so far as anyone can tell....)

YHL

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