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We all tend to talk in acronyms - abbreviated phrases reduced to letters. AFAIK is "As Far As I Know", and ROTFL is "Rolling On The Floor Laughing". I think it's tough to know all of these abbreviations, especially if English is not your native language, so I am amazed in a global community such as this one that we all still manage to understand each other! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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We all tend to talk in acronyms - abbreviated phrases reduced to letters. AFAIK is "As Far As I Know", and ROTFL is "Rolling On The Floor Laughing". I think it's tough to know all of these abbreviations, especially if English is not your native language, so I am amazed in a global community such as this one that we all still manage to understand each other! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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