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In Reply to: Re: Well, I find it funny we feel compelled to identify that we are.... posted by AudioHead on October 26, 2002 at 05:05:16:
one rarely uses the term "IMO" one, with intelligence enough to actually hold a conversation with another, would know the difference.You see it typed over, and over on the forum boards though. It is odd.
I think more than distinguishing fact from opinion, it might be that we feel the need to be extra careful how people percieve us, because others only know us by what we type, our written word. We can't use other forms of nonverbal and verbal cues..so I think it's just an extra precaution people take...an insurance policy so to speak.
mp
Follow Ups:
Possibly these are interwined depending upon personality types, e.g,
I know "know-it-alls" who almost never qualify their statements with
JMO in conversation, whereas, others, who are concerned both with
perceptions by others and their own standards of objective
truth, qualify their statements when appropriate. Appears to me that "know-it-all" or dogmatic types aren't
concerned with OT and relish in fostering others perceptions that
their opinions are solid fact to foster their own egocentric
perceptions of themselves. - AH
my everyday conversation, I don't hear it on the news, I don't hear it on tv, I don't even read about people using that term in books or the paper. When I first started to visit the asylum, I had to ask my hubby what that IMO meant...didn't get it at first.It seems to be unique to computer forums.
People say I liked this or that there the best IMO (who elses opinion could they be referring to?). I have used the term only a couple of times, and I'm not a no it all or egocentric. I trust that people know when I say I like or don't like something, it is indeed just my opinion.mp
Dear Mrs. Piggy,I agree that IMO and IMHO have become over-used. You give a good example with "I like....best, IMO". "I like" introduces an opinion; therefore, "IMO" is redundant. In correct web-speak, IMO should be substituted for "I like..." or "I think...". e.g., "IMO, ...is the best."
See my post above for my opinion on the validity of "IMO" and "IMHO".
I remain humbly,
Ted
more generalized qualifications than IMO, IMHO, and many others on
the lists on the Net. Never heard of most of them until I saw them
on the lists. In my collective experiences, many times know-it-alls
are toned down by others with statements like, "that's just your
opinion", corrective feedback, as it were. Admittedly, much of my experience has been around academia
where even much casual conversation exhibits rather quasi-formal,
argumentative tones, and probably would not be representative of most
causal, everyday conversations of the general population. - AH
a coincidence, right after posting the above message, I sat down
and half-attentively watched the movie "Stigmata" on Sci-fi Channel,
in an early scene, a priest named Andrew was arguing with his
superior. The superior said something like, "And this is fact..."
Andrew responded, "...this is my opinion"!! My ears perked up
and I smiled. Life is full of little surprises, thought it was worth
mentioning.
-AH
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