Re: OT-ish: txt - Could it replace Standard Written English?

Quoting Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>:

> > Date:         Thu, 6 Mar 2003 18:48:24 +1100
> > From: Tristan <kesuari@...>
> >
> > Nik Taylor wrote:
> > > And what does "FTF" [...] mean?
> >
> > 'Face to face' apparently (i.e. IRL/In Real Life) (I had to check it
> > to. It seems some people don't know the real way to distinguish
> > between the real world and the Net...). [...]
>
> Face to face means being in the same room. Speaking on the phone or
> writing a postcard counts as RL contact too --- to me, even sending
> email about private matters would, once you know someone personally.
Hm, "IRL" can evidently mean two different things to me; either "not via the
Internet" or "in the real world, as opposed to in some fictional world". This
discussion is IRL according to the later definition, but obviously not according
to the first.

                                                          Andreas