Suzi wrote:
It's my dogs name.

do you mean "dog" is what you call your "tog"?

i knew this photography crap was a dog's life...

Ian Weintraub wrote:
ud thnk ppl wldnt b so lzy bout spellin out full wrdz.

Yeah.

GWC!

Ian Weintraub wrote:
ud thnk ppl wldnt b so lzy bout spellin out full wrdz.

And who thinks those people are professionals?  No one.

Though I did run accross a model the other day who typed like that, I said something to him about it, and the next email he almost knocked me over in amazement with the difference.  Litterally from what you wrote, Ian, to how I write (not perfect, but much better).

S wrote:
...anyone else hate it?

I'm not even a photographer and I hate it.  It seems lazy to me that someone cant type out the whole word.  And I haven't heard it actual use yet (verbally vs. written), but I can only imagine how unprofessional it would sound.

Sheesh!  It's just an abbreviation.  Just like some use "mod" for model.  Seriously not that big a deal.  It is a tad time consuming to type P H O T O G R A P H E R every single time you want to mention one.  I doubt anyone "says" tog in spoken/verbalized conversation.

Thuy Anh wrote:
i hate tog, it reminds me of pogs, you know, those things us 80's babies used to play with a lot.

OMG, I so remember those.  We would flag down the cops that patrolled the neighborhood and badger them for as man pogs as possible.  I wonder if those will make it to the "I love Toys" show I've been watching lately on VH1?

Veena J wrote:
In any case, I find that it takes me even longer to read abbreviated messages because I have to actually read them out loud in my attempts to decipher them 

Me too, and I grew up with the internet.

S wrote:

OMG, I so remember those.  We would flag down the cops that patrolled the neighborhood and badger them for as man pogs as possible.  I wonder if those will make it to the "I love Toys" show I've been watching lately on VH1?

LOL, man pogs were so in then, remember the 'slammers'?  man, i had a set that looked like ninja stars. LOL

Thuy Anh wrote:
LOL, man pogs were so in then, remember the 'slammers'?  man, i had a set that looked like ninja stars. LOL

I had some that the back were like tire tracks and they were solid metal.  But that was my game when I was a bit older.  When I was young though, you couldn't get me off the damn Sit N Spin.

Now, that was off topic, bad, Thuy Anh, bad!  You almost made me hijack my own thread!  LOL

Thuy Anh wrote:
i hate tog, it reminds me of pogs, you know, those things us 80's babies used to play with a lot. but seriously, i don't see why they can't type out the whole word. of course i type like 98 words per minute.

pogs...i ruled pogs.
i think everyone in my fourth grade class was scared of me. the one game i was good at. because did you get to keep the ones you slammed? i dont remember all that well. i just remember keeping some...or maybe i stole them?
i do remember having those HUGE plastic cases though...man, what happened to all my pogs.

kateyourface wrote:

pogs...i ruled pogs.
i think everyone in my fourth grade class was scared of me. the one game i was good at. because did you get to keep the ones you slammed? i dont remember all that well. i just remember keeping some...or maybe i stole them?
i do remember having those HUGE plastic cases though...man, what happened to all my pogs.

No, they started all face down and you had to try to flip them face up with your slammer.  If you did, you got to keep them.  I totally remember I NEVER played with my prized ones. 

Now, back on topic! 

Jayne Jones wrote:

Sheesh!  It's just an abbreviation.  Just like some use "mod" for model.  Seriously not that big a deal.  It is a tad time consuming to type P H O T O G R A P H E R every single time you want to mention one.  I doubt anyone "says" tog in spoken/verbalized conversation.

i will now use the word "meat" as a reference to models in any further written communication.

CristinaLex wrote:
sorry had to butt in here...but again more people caring about spelling of words...how about how  unprofessional that some photographers and model use sexual references on this site....havent heard a thread about tht...yea there are a lot of beautiful people on this site...but there are a lot of sexual references about boobies asses arms legs...etc....so if you guys think that not spelling a whole word out is unprofessional WOW ....something is definetly wrong here

yes, but at least in sexual references that i make, i spell out the full word...
PENIS, VAGINA, BOOBS, ASS, JUNK IN THE TRUNK, etc...

Kristin Anne wrote:
yes, it's really irritating.

welcome back....... meat.

S wrote:
No, they started all face down and you had to try to flip them face up with your slammer.  If you did, you got to keep them.  I totally remember I NEVER played with my prized ones. 

Now, back on topic! 

i jumped on the pog bandwagon because i didnt know what a tog was to begin with.  :x
my bad.
thanks for the lesson in pogs though! hahaha

Ian Weintraub wrote:
yes, but at least in sexual references that i make, i spell out the full word...
PENIS, VAGINA, BOOBS, ASS, JUNK IN THE TRUNK, etc...

I only say b(o)(o)bies when I'm trying to attract GWC. 

kateyourface wrote:

i jumped on the pog bandwagon because i didnt know what a tog was to begin with.  :x
my bad.

Hahaha.  Its okay.  I still love your work anyway.

spyro2122 wrote:
I like photog I put that cause I am too lazy to type out the whole thing even though I am only missing like six leters.....man I am lazy! LOL

same here... i use photog all the time.  But other photographers don't like "tog" so i don't use it.  I try to be respectful of peoples' feelings... especially when communicating with "meat" (models).

Jayne Jones wrote:

Sheesh!  It's just an abbreviation.  Just like some use "mod" for model.  Seriously not that big a deal.  It is a tad time consuming to type P H O T O G R A P H E R every single time you want to mention one.  I doubt anyone "says" tog in spoken/verbalized conversation.

Yeah, that one extra second to type "Photographer" must be excrutiating. My deepest sympathies go out to you and your fingers for having to type out the extra N I N E letters just then.