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« on: January 06, 2009, 11:17:53 pm »
Today at work I dropped a "FWIW" in an email to a coworker and she had no idea what it meant.  She is 27.

I have a couple of questions

1.  Was it fair for me to assume that she would know what this means?

2.  Is FWIW work appropriate?
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 11:56:26 pm »
Quote from: Wolfman;215611
Today at work I dropped a "FWIW" in an email to a coworker and she had no idea what it meant.  She is 27.

I have a couple of questions

1.  Was it fair for me to assume that she would know what this means?

2.  Is FWIW work appropriate?

I had to look it up myself; not down w/ all the acronyms and abbreviations.  I wouldn\'t know many if I didn\'t see them posted on .info all the time.
« Last Edit: January 06, 2009, 11:58:32 pm by alexanderzurflu »
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2009, 01:44:37 am »
for what its worth, right? LMAO had me stumped for a while. lol is pretty hag, IMHO (is it humble or honest?)

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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 01:46:47 am »
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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2009, 01:51:24 am »
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2009, 07:26:20 am »
Quote from: Lexington;215617
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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2009, 08:12:59 am »
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Quote from: Lexington;215617
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 08:22:23 am »
Quote from: Dyed_Tie;215630
Quote from: SlimPickens;215626
Quote from: Lexington;215617
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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2009, 08:33:21 am »
This briefly came up in a discussion with friends over the holidays. The consensus was that you don\'t use abbreviations in work emails. If you are sending a text message then it is more acceptable. If possible, important data should not be relayed solely through text messages.

As the younger generation gets older and the technology gets better this might change. I wouldn\'t be surprised to see something like a Firefox extension that replaces acronyms with their full phrase for your email etc.
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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2009, 08:47:17 am »
I didn\'t know what it was either.
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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2009, 09:08:20 am »
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This briefly came up in a discussion with friends over the holidays. The consensus was that you don\'t use abbreviations in work emails. If you are sending a text message then it is more acceptable. If possible, important data should not be relayed solely through text messages.

As the younger generation gets older and the technology gets better this might change. I wouldn\'t be surprised to see something like a Firefox extension that replaces acronyms with their full phrase for your email etc.


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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2009, 11:25:18 am »
Quote from: Wolfman;215611
Today at work I dropped a "FWIW" in an email to a coworker and she had no idea what it meant.  She is 27.

I have a couple of questions

1.  Was it fair for me to assume that she would know what this means?

2.  Is FWIW work appropriate?


Should she have known what it meant ? Probably

But I would say it is usually a good idea NOT to use IM speak or L33t speak in business correspondence. personally I find it to be a little too casual in those settings. You would be surprised how simply using real/official business correspondence will set you apart (in a good way) from all the other folks who are more casual about it.

Just my .02 of course.

PS: sometimes customers will send e-mails that are very casual etc and that is their prerogative but I always strive to answer them as professionally as possible. I / you are representing your company when sending them out and even if it is internal it always reflects back to you. Always better to err on the side of  professionalism at work IMHO.
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2009, 11:33:40 am »
well what does it mean????
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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2009, 11:47:16 am »
Quote from: lilblondie;215651
well what does it mean????


Quote from: Lexington;215617
for what its worth, right?


I agree with those stating you shouldn\'t use IM/Leetspeak at work.  It\'s bush league.
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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2009, 09:46:13 pm »
You guys are right, I should not have sent it at work.  This particular co-worker is a peer, but now that I think about it, would I have sent that to a senior manager?  No, I would not.  So I shouldn\'t have sent it to a peer either.
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