s/I meant/this/
We have all seen Internet shorthand adopted by the world at large. From acronymns such as ROTFL through smileys and other usage such as \o/ (person with arms raised as a “yay!” sign) and “o/” (person waving hello/goodbye or for attention).
I think we now need to work on getting sed syntax to be more widely adopted. The title of this post for example means to replace the words “I meant” with “this. This is typically used on instant messaging chats:
Alice: the meeting is at two Alice: s/two/three/
most typically it is just to correct spelling:
Bob: were leaving for lunch Bob: s/we/we'/
Granted that this isn’t useful in normal letters, but for instant communication it’s the equivalent of a double take, sometimes used as such:
Charlie: that bloke is such a prat Charlie: s/prat/charming fellow/
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under Misc.
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