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?
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.
for what its worth, right? LMAO had me stumped for a while. lol is pretty hag, IMHO (is it humble or honest?)
NTD
thats where its at na kiid
NTD
thats where its at na kiid
New Tang Dynasty
Neural Tube Defect
National Transit Database
Neglected Tropical Diseases
National Trails Day
New Taiwan Dollar
Nothing To Do
National Theater of the Deaf
Neutron Transmutation Doping
Norwalk Transit District
Nth to Default
Neutral Tube Defect
National Tartan Day
Noticiero Televisa Deportes
Note to Draft
National Tax Database
Notice of Deposition
??
NTD
thats where its at na kiid
New Tang Dynasty
Neural Tube Defect
National Transit Database
Neglected Tropical Diseases
National Trails Day
New Taiwan Dollar
Nothing To Do
National Theater of the Deaf
Neutron Transmutation Doping
Norwalk Transit District
Nth to Default
Neutral Tube Defect
National Tartan Day
Noticiero Televisa Deportes
Note to Draft
National Tax Database
Notice of Deposition
??
Probably Nuts to Dick :fruitsex:
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.
I didn\'t know what it was either.
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.
Kyle, you the man!
Cool hanging with you at Ace of Clubs.
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.
well what does it mean?
for what its worth, right?
I agree with those stating you shouldn\'t use IM/Leetspeak at work. It\'s bush league.
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.