Hi Beth
I think abbreviations like BP (Ball Python) and Chinese Water Dragon are fine. If people don't know what it is, they usually ask. The biggest problems are the posts that have no capital letters, no punctuation and abbreviated computer words (like Chronic's example: "i hav no clu wut ur sayin")
Posts like that make reading them VERY tedious and frustrating. Sometimes I've spent so much time trying to figure out what the question is that I'm either too irritated to write a response or I just don't have the time anymore!

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Andrea

Hello,

Yes, abbreviating herp names is something we all do. When you are in this hobby, learning the abbreviated names just comes with the hobby. Like Andrea said, its those that write everything in shorthand that makes things difficult. I have added the spellcheck to the site in an effort to cut down on the shorthand.

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.:: Rich ::.

+ Spread The Info

Since I'm oh so lazy to read three pages. What about latin nanes also? I try to avoid english whenever possible on other forums but never knew about here

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~Jason Richardson

Latin names are fine. It's short hand (ie. cuz instead of because) and lack of punctuation that are not allowed.

I still don't know all the herp name abbreviations yet, but I'm learning. I do however use Chinese Water Dragon a lot.

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0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow boa (Sakura)
1.1.0 Leopard geckos (Tasuki, Sango)
2.0.0 Ball pythons (Tsume, Kenshin)

Try this out then

http://www.freewebs.com/rodents2rept...erminology.htm

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+5 bonus points to whoever finds me a job!

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." - John Benfield

Holy crackerjacks. How long did that take you?

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~Jason Richardson

lol, I just add new stuff when I see it

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+5 bonus points to whoever finds me a job!

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." - John Benfield

Thanks for the link and might I say WOW!!

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0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow boa (Sakura)
1.1.0 Leopard geckos (Tasuki, Sango)
2.0.0 Ball pythons (Tsume, Kenshin)

As English is my first language and yes Merlin you did post absolute gibberish so here is an example of my second language called Afrikaan, which originated from Dutch but is an amalgamation of a number of European languages only spoken in South Africa.