Pikakirjoitusta kännykällä

New Your Times kirjoittaa kännykän käyttöön liittyvistä pikakirjoitustaidoista, koska kännyköiden käyttöliittymät ovat mitä ovat.  Näitä taitoja voitte käyttää myös Jaikussa ja Twitterissä

• GI — Google it
• MOP — Mac or PC?
• FCAO — five conversations at once
• IIOYT — is it on YouTube?
• DYFH — did you Facebook him/her?
• BIOI — buy it on iTunes
• CMOS — call me on Skype
• GGNUDP — gotta go, no unlimited data plan
• WLF — with the lady friend
• JUOC — jacked up on caffeine
• 12OF — twelve-o’clock flasher (refers to someone less than competent with technology, to the extent that every appliance in the house flashes „12:00“)
• SML — send me the link
• RHB — read his/her blog
• MBLO — much better-looking online
• KYST — knew you’d say that
• NBL — no battery left
• CTTC — can’t talk, teacher’s coming
• TWD — typing while driving
• CMT (CMF, CMM, CMB) — check my Twitter (Facebook, Myspace, blog)
• CYE (CYF, CYM, CYB)–check your email (Facebook, Myspace, blog)

And a few just for iPhone owners:

• SPLETS — send pics later; Edge too slow
• CSVUI — can’t send video, using iPhone
• BPWMI — boss playing with my iPhone
• SIK — sorry, iPhone keyboard
• OOM — out of messages (for iPhone users who haven’t upgraded their AT&T „200 messages a month“ plan)

Finally, it occurred to me: Why should the convenience of online shorthand be the province of teenagers and twentysomethings? There ought to be a list that we, their parents and employers, can use, too. And now there is:

• WIWYA — when I was your age
• YKT – you kids today
• CRRE — conversation required; remove earbuds
• WDO? — what are you doing online?
• NIWYM — no idea what you mean
• NCK — not a chance, kid
• B2W — back to work
• AYD? — are you drunk?
• LODH — log off, do homework
• DYMK? — does your mother know?
• IGAT — I’ve got abbreviations, too