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Something that seems wrong to me.... by Tasha on 01-27-2005 at 01:24 PM

Well, on the style I have this forum set to, under posts it says:

pm msg

But PM stands for Private Message and msg for Message, so if you read it correct it, says:

Private Message Message

I don't know if this has been pointed out before or not, but it doesn't really make sense to me. :p Maybe you ought to change it to just PM or Pvt Msg.

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by musicalmidget on 01-27-2005 at 01:38 PM

It has been discussed a few times before.  Basically, as long as people know what it means it doesn't really need to be changed. :p

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=29681

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by Wabz on 01-28-2005 at 02:50 PM

She's very right though

Its wrong :P

Perhaps its time to fix it

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by WDZ on 01-28-2005 at 02:57 PM

Quit being picky! :dodgy:

I think the text is designed for maximum understanding and clarity, and minimum size. Don't read it as "private message message," but rather just "pm message." The type of message is "pm," or "private message."

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by Tasha on 01-28-2005 at 03:15 PM

Yea, but it is still annoying - for m anyway. Englaish is my best subject, and home language, and if something doesn't seem right to me, grammaticaly and more, it just annoys me. :dodgy:

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by WDZ on 01-28-2005 at 03:25 PM

Well, you'd better learn to live with that, because this forum is full of people who don't write perfectly. :p

I also like to see good English usage, but that button doesn't bother me AT ALL. :-/

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by paperless on 01-28-2005 at 03:31 PM

In this case pm is used like one word, one verb.. like "i private messaged you yesterday.."

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by user27089 on 01-28-2005 at 04:49 PM

I can see what she's saying, but following the thread that I started quite a while back, I've learned to live with it, its not really that much of a problem, if it hasn't been mentioned for such a long time, its the minority that notice it and its an even smaller amount that it annoys...

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by *Saint* on 01-30-2005 at 05:40 AM

PM Msg is good and easy to understand if they change somehitng change q quote i didnt know what that was at first

RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by WDZ on 01-30-2005 at 07:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Saint
change q quote i didnt know what that was at first
You could hover over the button for a tooltip... :p

Of course, most of the buttons don't have tooltips.
RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by Chestah on 01-30-2005 at 07:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
quote:
Originally posted by Saint
change q quote i didnt know what that was at first
You could hover over the button for a tooltip... :p

Of course, most of the buttons don't have tooltips.

lol wdz, great help there ;)
RE: Something that seems wrong to me.... by ayjay on 01-30-2005 at 08:57 AM

It's the same as pin number really.

It's wrong but it'd just look stupid as p msg or pm. :)