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Old 12-16-2007, 02:01 PM
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Default Re: Is the term "Xmas" offensive?

By the way Redd...I forgot to add that there are shortenings of the words 'Ramadan' and Hannakuh' in netspeak...

'Ram' and 'Han'...But considering that very few people who are engaging in chatrooms or shoutboxs, actually celebrate those holidays themselves, those netspeak useages are just rarely seen in chatspeak...

BUT, if you were to join a chatroom/shoutbox where the participants were celebrating those specific holidays, you would indeed see 'Ram' and 'Han' used as shortened version of those respective holidays...

But on a chatroom/shoutbox where the participants are from christian/non-Ramadan/Jewish backgrounds, you wouldn't see it or be familar with it's useage in netspeak...
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