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Ditto is an abbreviation for "as has been said before" from the Latin so its not English either

Barman58 said:

Ditto is an abbreviation for "as has been said before" from the Latin so its not English either

BTW,

its today's day, hurry up!!!

Barman58 said:

Ditto is an abbreviation for "as has been said before" from the Latin so its not English either

And yet ditto appears in English dictionaries, unlike TBT (other than urban slang dictionaries). English is a mongrel language based off of Old High German (Old English), Old French (Middle English), Latin, and a seemingly infinite number of other languages.

Folks all I want to do is read the post without doing kid cell phone tricks.

I just don't care to be Googling all these little acronym to be able to read and understand a post. I think their are enough keys on a keyboard to spell the words. Yes we also have spell check to help.
Because this forum is read all over the world it also must be difficult for others to understand all those acronyms.
It's got to be hard enough for people who's first language isn't English to ponder through the post with out a bunch googly glob.

Layback Bear said:

Folks all I want to do is read the post without doing kid cell phone tricks.

I just don't care to be Googling all these little acronym to be able to read and understand a post. I think their are enough keys on a keyboard to spell the words. Yes we also have spell check to help.
Because this forum is read all over the world it also must be difficult for others to understand all those acronyms.
It's got to be hard enough for people who's first language isn't English to ponder through the post with out a bunch googly glob.

(snicker) You said, "...googly glob".

All seriousness aside, well said!

Yes they are English words.

Googly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glob - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Layback Bear said:

Yes they are English words.

Googly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glob - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

I think that some dictionaries have (controversially) started including Netspeak, like Netspeak, LOL, etc. :)

netspeak
/ˈnɛtˌspiːk/

noun
1. (informal) the jargon, abbreviations, and emoticons typically used by frequent internet users

Word Origin
C20: from (inter)net + -speak

Dictionary.com
Netspeak | Define Netspeak at Dictionary.com

townsbg said:

Jeez if I had know that would spark such a heated discussion I.....probably would have used it anyway.

Jeez - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

We can't really say much when MS "cuts its nose off to spite its face".
cut off nose to spite face - Idioms by The Free Dictionary