Obama will be President of the USA after January.

[Shawn]

e.g. = "for example"
i.e. = "that is to say"

Uh, that doesn't make very much sense either. How do you get "For Example" from "E.G."? Or how does "I.E." abbreviate "That is to say"? None of those words even have the letter E in them for crap sakes!

[Serza5]

As Xenon said it comes from the Latin meaning.

[Shawn]

Well I don't like it.

[Tobbe]

Urban dictionary has the answer to the problem:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=IE

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eg

I hate to say this, but spiraldoor is right.

[Shawn]

Fine, I'm wrong about something. I admit defeat.

[spiraldoor]

I hate to say this, but spiraldoor is right.

*adds to sig*

[Acarr]

Poor Tobbe

[Xenon]

By the way, I've known what e.g. stands for for pretty much my whole life (apart from that time when I was 6 and I thought example was spelt "egzampel").

[Holy Crap]

What? It isn't?
But yeah, I've pretty much always known what tehy mean.

[spiraldoor]

You should look at words like "the" and "they" after you type them, and before you click submit.

[Acarr]

I always check...but it kinda slows you down a bit.

[Holy Crap]

You should look at words like "the" and "they" after you type them, and before you click submit.

I can't be bothered. I don't have time, especially with my family eager to kick me off teh computer. Besides, it's still undertsandable.

[Shawn]

Great. Now that he was right about something, he's going to be an asshole that looks down on people and thinks he's the man.

[Holy Crap]

Probably.

[Acarr]

Great. Now that he was right about something, he's going to be an asshole that looks down on people and thinks he's the man.

How can you be an arsehole and a man at the same time?

[Xenon]

The word thinks should have answered your question.

[Shawn]

lol, be on the look for that sneaky little "s".

I cant wait for Spiral's response to what I said btw.

[spiraldoor]

You should look at words like "the" and "they" after you type them, and before you click submit.

I can't be bothered. I don't have time, especially with my family eager to kick me off teh computer. Besides, it's still undertsandable.

Great. Now that he was right about something, he's going to be an asshole that looks down on people and thinks he's the man.

Right about something? Look at all my posts; I am right about EVERYTHING. You are Wrong about EVERYTHING. Every time You and I contradict One Another in any way, I PREVAIL.

I cant wait for Spiral's response to what I said btw.

Your futile arguments continue to amuse me. Why didn't you say that anywhere else? Answer: because this is the one time you thought you had an even remote chance of besting me in argument. Your Correctness was Not.

[Shawn]

[spiraldoor]

I accept your surrender, baby Shawn.