Talk:TTFN

Tigger

TTFN is also the thing that Tigger (from Winnie The Pooh) uses whenever he says goodbye, and spins off on his tail. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.211.183.114 (talk) 22:51, 10 May 2006‎

Also in the movie Witchboard

In the very 80's horror movie Witchboard ([1]), there's also a freaky, young, female psychic using this initialism. In an ironic and self-centered way.— Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎ 83.242.30.188 (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2007

No easier to say, but easier to send

While TTFN may be no easier to speak than Ta Ta For Now, it is much easier to type, and therefore more useful in e-mail, SMS, or other electronic transmission, e.g. Morse code. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.105.93 (talk) 05:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needlessly complicated

"initialism for a colloquial valediction" <-- Really? NightKev (talk) 20:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- yeah the first line is a crack up. Someone put in a lot of effort complicating that and it is particularly ironic considering the topic is a "pointless" acronym —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.61.3.10 (talk) 21:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cumbersome to send in Morse Code

As a licensed ham radio operator who operates CW (Morse Code) exclusively, I have NEVER heard this sent, nor have I ever read of it's use. For one, it's just to cumbersome to send and would take three of the longest characters to send: (__ __ .._. _.) Morse code was optimized by counting the occurrences of individual letters used in a printing press, then assigning short characters for the most common. (E= . for example) TTFN, because of its double usage of the dash, back to back, defeats the whole purpose of morse code which is brevity. For another, it doesn't sound cool or catchy in Morse code. Not short enough or catchy enough to eclipse or supersede the standard and melodic "73". (--... ...--) Which, BTW is the same forward as it is backwards and is both rhythmic, melodic, and short. The formal way of signing off using morse code would be AR (end of message) and SK (end of transmission). Sometimes (less than 5%) might send GB for good bye or GN for good night informally. Also bear in mind that any messages were charged by the character and is why TTFN would never have been used when GB would suffice. Additionally, I just can not visualize a telegraph operator in the old west, or a radio op in WW2 saying, or wanting to say Ta Ta. It's bogus. If anyone cares about accuracy, or until you can provide proof that all Telegraph operators wore feather boas and resembled Liberace please remove an reference to morse code from the wiki on TTFN until it can be proven. (Good Luck) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogbreath101 (talk • contribs) 23:29, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent feedback. A very belated thanks. —Quiddity (talk) 21:49, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not an acronym

Acronyms should be words like NASA, sonar or laser. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.244.184.29 (talk) 16:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WTF

It has currently become the fifth most commonly recognized initialism in English modern diction, behind ROFL, OMG, and WTF.

Maybe LMFAO? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.0.130.248 (talk) 02:55, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removed now. (There are quite a few possibilities, from LOL to BRB. I couldn't find anything after searching through many refs/results). —Quiddity (talk) 21:49, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reference notes

Add notes below freely. —Quiddity (talk) 21:49, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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