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1oldstick
Août 5, 2014, 6:46 am

Anyone else noticed the use of the word 'info' instead of information? I'm getting annoyed at adverts on TV again!

2.Monkey.
Août 5, 2014, 7:47 am

Is this supposed to be a new trend? >_> I've been seeing/hearing/using "info" my whole life... Just depends on the setting.

3PossMan
Août 5, 2014, 9:57 am

At least it's obvious what 'info' stands for. I often use 'gen' but just now had to look up where it came from (general 'info' according to one dictionary).

4thorold
Août 5, 2014, 10:25 am

I always assumed "info" was WWI slang, but the first example in the OED is from a 1907 American newspaper, so it obviously goes back further than that.

5oldstick
Août 6, 2014, 9:06 am

I stand corrected - but I still don't like it!

62wonderY
Août 6, 2014, 9:09 am

>5 oldstick: I agree. I'm often tempted to use the shortened word, but I always kick myself into the extra tiny bit of effort to write the extra 7 letters. It suits my feel for correctness.

7Crypto-Willobie
Août 6, 2014, 9:36 am

So 'info' is bad but 'advert' is ok?

8jjwilson61
Août 6, 2014, 11:39 am

Advert? Why not ad?

9Crypto-Willobie
Août 6, 2014, 12:17 pm

I prefer Advertissement pronounced a la Clouseau..

10CliffordDorset
Août 6, 2014, 7:53 pm

The shortening to 'info' is just an early example of the degradation of English into txtspk. The most appalling similar distortion appears frequently in one of the UK soap operas, in which 'definitely' is mangled to 'deffo'. Our antipodean cousins have another excrescence, mangling 'afternoon' to 'arvo'.

11Crypto-Willobie
Août 6, 2014, 11:18 pm

aggro?

12MarthaJeanne
Modifié : Août 7, 2014, 2:01 am

>8 jjwilson61: Or TV instead of television. People shorten words. appartently even people who don't like other short forms.

13thorold
Août 7, 2014, 3:13 am

I've always had a bit of a soft spot for "arvo" - I think it adds something. An "arvo" is more than just an afternoon. It's a time for putting on your thongs and sitting down in the shade of a jolly swagman to watch the passing billabongs (or vice-versa), not a time-slot in your work diary...

I've heard people in England saying "this aft" for "this afternoon" - that really grates.

14andyl
Août 7, 2014, 3:39 am

>13 thorold:

My you must hang out in some hipsterish circles - I've never known anyone to say "this aft" or any of the other current shortenings like "totes amaze".

15JerryMmm
Août 7, 2014, 4:28 am

I frequently use 'ning as a greeting. It works in the morning and the evening :)

16darrow
Août 7, 2014, 11:56 am

>14 andyl: Some say "this aft" where I live. "See you safternoon" is a common expression.