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Ok so here I am spending another lonely night crawling the TFP boards. And then I see this post wit some guy saying IMHO.
I always thought it was IMO (in my opinion)
Where did this extra H come from?

It definately cant be a typo, cause Ive seen it more than one time.

Question: What does this extra H stand for?

Jesus Pimp

H=Humble

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Boo

And sometimes a person just doesn't feel humble. Well IMO anyway.

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MaGlC_MaN

always heard it stood for "honest"..
but why add an extra letter when "IMO" get's it done?

ps: that's just IMO

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phredgreen

I've altered the poll a little bit to reflect my feelings in the matter. I had an ex that would randomly make up acronyms, regardless of whether they were common knowledge, to describe everything. It got tedious, confusing, and downright annoying. I figure, if you have something that's important enough to say, say it, don't turn it into another silly acronym.

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H12

Same here. Of course, I'd rather just spell it out more than anything. I'll use IMO for short-hand or something, but other than that...just no, not gonna use it.

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Averett

I agree. Its annoying trying to figure out what the hell people are saying. I also get annoyed by other types of 'net speak'

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Cynthetiq

IIRC with respect to the H in IMHO I've heard it to be humble but FWIW I tend to think that OMGWTFBBQ is ROLFLMAOPIMP funny.

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Averett

Thanks, my head just exploded

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Jam

i figure it meant honest...

bttytt i think people should just write out the full words... :P

anyways isnt this nonsense?

Ripsaw

WTF?

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Polyphobic

In my honest opinion.
I rarely use IMO. The more acronyms and letters in the acronyms the better.

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Yakk

IMHO is from an interesting class of acronyms, the ETLAs, otherwise known as the Extended Three Letter Acronyms.

I think I've seen IMHO more often than IMO: hell, I've seen IMNSHO (...not so...) more often than IMO!

IIRC, about half the time when I use IIRC, people don't know what it means: "If I Recall Correctly".

Alot of the common acronyms come from usenet, which was around for decades before the web woke up. It had a much slower and steadier exponential growth rate, so picking up on the slang wasn't nearly as hard a task: on the web, most people in a medium are newbies it seems, just from the frantic rate of growth most everything has.

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emmdubbs

personally i prefer IHOP.



i could go either way, acronyms on typing are okay if used in moderation.

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Rubyee

I thought it was high, as in

"In my HIGH opinion."

I could be wrong.

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stevie667

I use both, much in the way one would vary the tone of their voice to convey different messages in conversation.

Thats my excuse and i'm sticking to it.

denim

I know it as "humble", and usually sarcastic. You'll sometimes see "IMAO", meaning "arrogant" too.

Rekna

it is humble

ibis

I never understand why people say this sort of thing in the first place. We know it's your opinion because *you're* saying it.

Lasereth

I can't stand Internet abbreviations. I spell out everything...and most of all, I don't say the dreaded LOL!!

-Lasereth

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Pacifier

It is "humble" but I don't like it.
It sounds a bit like:
"and anyone who disagrees with me is patently a moron"

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Jeff

I use IMO. If I'm trying to shorten something, I'm not going to use an extra letter like H.

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la petite moi

I thought 'H' was for honest.

And like a few of you have said, if I want to say something, I just type it out. I don't need to shorten every single phrase out there.

SiN

Hmm...I've always thought of it as humble.
I *do* use imo fairly oft, but rarely imho, I just usually don't see it necessary to add the bit about humility, as I generally use 'imo' when I'm simply trying to clarify that it is merely my opinion, so the humility is implied to an extent, in my usage.

If I need to include a bit about 'honest' then I use 'tbh' (to be honest).

I've no problem using some of the more common acronyms on occasion. I view it as efficient (and yes, there is a difference btwn efficient and lazy ).

Acronyms generally don't bug me, so long as they're not totally obscure...and as long as the user makes sure to avoid ridiculous redundancy. Example - something like 'imo, I think...' would drive me batty.

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Averett

I completely agree.

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CSflim

Acronymns are a just barely acceptable form of communication in chat rooms, where you are typing in real-time. Other than that, if you expect me to listen to you, you can take the half second it takes to spell the damn word out.

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apeman

it's humble, but it just always sounds sarcastic. I think it's an English thing. The polite insult was surely invented over here (or maybe France, now I think about it). Anyway, it's "humble" as in "blatantly correct"

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manalone

The H is either pompous beyond measure, or an unfunny joke reproduced for the millionth time.

IMO is a bad habit, but its longer brother is an act of criminality.

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bundy

i've used the term IMO... and for extra emphasis i've used IMHO...

it is quite annoying, especially when you catch yourself actually thinking about saying I-M-O at the beginning of a sentence during a tutorial or lesson.

i don't think the use of IMHO is pompous. i just think its lazy.

oh, and i thought the H stood for Honest.

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tecoyah

H= Humble, which is why I don't use it.....I lack the humility.

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World's King

Just fuckin' type it out.

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Munku

PIHA. TARAYNKWTFTATA. BTJMHO. :/

Amethyst

I don't type it out because I can't spell.

ladyadmin

IMHO, the H stands for honest... and it appears that everyone has their own views on what the H really stands for. I don't believe any of us are incorrect.

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phredgreen

After we've figured out if the H in IMHO is humble or honest, we can figure out what the H in Jesus H. Christ stands for. I've always thought it was Harold. remeber the lord's prayer? "our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name"

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Fremen

I want some of what phred's having.

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There needs to be an option for all three. I'm a dork that way.

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Mehoni

H is for Humble, F is for Fuck...

IMHO! I've never heard anyone think that the H is for Honest before. An interesting experience.

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apeman

he's got a point though, I'd never thought about it before

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Jolt

I don't use these.

instead, I occasionally say "IMNSHO"

humility is for the inferior!

Astrocloud

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