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Which had already been used in the days of the telegraph. The first use of OMG (oh my god) and other such initialisms was 19th. C. I would imagine that includ
by mjburgess 10y ago
Which had already been used in the days of the telegraph.
The first use of OMG (oh my god) and other such initialisms was 19th. C.
I would imagine that includes :)
- mipmap04 10y agoAlso interesting, there is a set of telegraphic codes used to decrease the size of messages due to cost: http://people.eku.edu/styere/Encrypt/ABC4/ http://people.eku.edu/styere/Encrypt/ABC4/ Definitely has to be one of the earliest examples of electronic signal compression.
- Scaevolus 10y agoEven beyond explicit codebooks, telegraph operators extensively used standardized abbreviations, meaning what they actually sent/received was remarkably similar to SMS text-speak, for obvious reasons! "Wr r ty gg r 9" => "Where are they going for No. 9?": http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/05/11/history_of_telegraph_operators_abbreviations_used_by_telegraphers.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/05/11/history_of_t...
- d_theorist 10y agoDo you have a source for this?