introducing butterflies to a garden

[Chris Raper]

On Thu, 20 May 1999 08:19:52 +0100, "John Worth"
<johnworth at worth20.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>Excuse my ignorance and its probably been asked before but AFAIK  ??

Sorry - usenet abbreviation :-)  just like a 'smilie': :-)

AFAIK - "As far as I know"

Others you may frequently come across are:

OTOH - "On the other hand"
BTW - "By the way"
TIA - "Thanks is advance" (to sign off after an RFI :-)  - a request
for information)
ROTFL - "Rolls on the floor laughing" (used to denote that the reader
found the previous text more than a little amusing!)

If you are responding to lots of messages it speeds up typing by
abbreviating oft-used phrases.

Best wishes,
Chris R.