<p>Say what to a stranger’s face? Say “I’ll stop using these abbreviations the same day teenagers stop writing lol, ur, and u.?” Well, I wouldn’t stop some stranger on the street and just randomly say that. But if the stranger first asked why I was using those abbreviations and said I was being “pointless,” then sure, I’d say that to a stranger’s face. Why not? </p>
<p>And I would mean for it to be taken in exactly the same spirit that the original question from the stranger was meant. If it was light-hearted joke question, then that’s a light-hearted joke answer. And if the question was meant to be confrontational, well…</p>
<p>“After an interview with a local alum, is it customary for the student to send a thank you note? We don’t have an actual address for the interviewer, only an email address.”</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to the general public’s lack of manners, it’s not customary to send a note, but it is polite to send a note, and those definitely are welcomed by interviewers. If the student lacks the interviewer’s address, it’s fine to send the note by e-mail.</p>
<p>A thread-opening post like the one here when there is a FAQ thread ON THE SAME SUBJECT always in view deserves the confrontational interpretation of coureur’s response. Just sayin’.</p>
<p>"Say “I’ll stop using these abbreviations the same day teenagers stop writing lol, ur, and u.?”</p>
<p>One of the more uncontroversial, inoffensive statements on cc. Anyone offering to take offense is surely joking around.</p>
<p>I always wondered what the DS and DD thing meant. Thought maybe there was a gay connotation with the DS…not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Do I need to clarify that was a joke?</p>
<p>Some parents here clearly need to be more courteous. OP wanted to know why we used D and S or any variance. OP didn’t ask what these abbreviations stood for.</p>
<p>Thank you, YaleMom2002 I’m starting to wonder whether some of these people are adults. They’re all fighting! :O</p>
<p>And tokenadult, I understand that there is a FAQ thread, but it’s not on the same subject at all. The meaning of an abbreviation and its application are on 2 different spectrums. Also, people are changing the subject so please address them and not me. I appreciate the input though :)</p>
<p>OP-I see you’re new to cc. Welcome, and I hope you enjoy being here! If you read through just one thread completely, you will see that the topic of conversation changes often. They sometimes get back to the original point and often completely diverge off the initial topic. People have conversations within the threads all the time. Even though you started the thread, you can’t control it. And even when you try to end it, you can’t. </p>
<p>But I am convinced that you’re joking about people arguing, this is one of the most civil and lighthearted threads I’ve seen on cc-at least so far. Ain’t nothing controversial or anyone “fighting” at all. Now if you want to see real arguing, hang out on the politics and elections site. That’s where the real fun is at! And I’m glad I finally learned what DD and DS meant, even if it wasn’t the original topic.</p>
<p>I’m personally fine with D/S, but the DD thing seems like more work than necessary. It doesn’t add any information, and wouldn’t it increase arthritis?</p>
<p>Typing habits can be long-lasting. Anyone who reads hundreds of my posts will see that I usually write, “my oldest son” to denote that person, but I don’t criticize, even implicitly, other parents for how they type habitually to share information here. </p>
<p>I’ll close the thread to keep the forum on-topic.</p>
I’m starting to wonder whether some of these people are adults. They’re all fighting! :O</p>
- my first smilie</p>