'Traisnlation' help! (bit OT)

[CrazyDelmar]

what does BTW mean?!?!

[railroadyoshi]

BTW: By the way
LMAO: Laugh my a$$ off
LHS: Local Hobby Shop
IMHO: In my humble opinion
IMO: In my opinion

Hope that helps; there are many more.

[tstage]

As well as:

OTOH = On the other hand
TOA = Thanks in advance

Tom

[CrazyDelmar]

thanks for yalls help, thats been bothering me since I joined the forums!

 

sorry about my horrid spelling!

[johncolley]

IIRC=If I remember correctly
DMFINO= Damned if I know

[conrail92]

its hard to keep track of things like this because people make up there own every other day and hard to keep up with it. 

[Anonymous]

Here's a link to a whole passel of abbreviations:

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

[Train Master]

good link. i put it on my favorite list

[tstage]

Most acronyms are fine, if used sparingly. (Maybe once or twice a post - i.e. depending on the length of the post.)  More than that, it starts taxing the brain and making posts harder to read, IMHO...

Tom

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Most acronyms are fine, if used sparingly. (Maybe once or twice a post - i.e. depending on the length of the post.)  More than that, it starts taxing the brain and making posts harder to read, IMHO...

Tom

I'm with you! There're quite a few there that I wouldn't even think of using, fact of the matter is I use very few and some still befuddle me. No longer, I have the master list now.