Ret vs Retri

[Talvindius]

Since as long as I can remember Ret has always been the short form for Retribution , similar to how Prot is the shorthand for Protection. Recently on several forums I've started to see people shorthand Retribution to "Retri."

This is far and away the most ridiculous thing that has happened to Paladins recently. The whole purpose of shorthand is to make communication more concise and adding a 2nd syllable to the shorthand "Ret" does nothing to make it more concise, so why change it?

I havn't been noticing this much until recently (Legion) and I don't understand the change, would someone like to enlighten me with the reasoning for this unnecessary change?

(I know this post is stupid but what the hell else is there to talk about until the patch hits?)

[Deleted]

Ret is short for Retlol, isn't it?

[Triggered Fridgekin]

I have no idea why some people abbreviate it as something other than Ret. Even worse is when they do this weird double abbreviation and call it a "Retridin" or some stupid shit.

It's current year meme, people. Lets not be unreasonable.

[Ascius]

Ret, Retri, Retridin, Retardin and so on, there are many many ways to call the spec and most are used however the hell one likes, I don't see a problem here. Ret is the easiest to say and everyone understand it, but if some weirdo wants to use anything else, let them roll with it

[Erous]

Ret is short for Retlol, isn't it?

lolret...get it right please

[Almaric]

The real question is, who the fuck cares?

[killwithpwr]

Ret is the real deal... and "Pala" Away with the stupidity of "Pally"

[Tradu]

Always called it Ret, and so have most people I've talked to.

[Talvindius]

I have no idea why some people abbreviate it as something other than Ret. Even worse is when they do this weird double abbreviation and call it a "Retridin" or some stupid shit.

It's current year meme, people. Lets not be unreasonable.

I have not heard someone call it a "Retridin" but I would get pretty triggered too. At that point it's just trying to upset people.

[Evangeliste]

This is really a random topic. Not sure anyone has really lost sleep over using different abbreviations for things.

Shorthand is basically down to the individual writing, there's many forms of it and trying to apply a universal method it is like expecting the dictionary not to include words like Selfie. Shorthand is to compress the amount of information on a smaller space and to increase the speed of how to cross communicate. Concise isn't about the length of words it's actually dealing a point in fewer words. Retri or Ret used in a sentence is still going to be one word and a few letters shorter doesn't translate at all to being concise.
So your point is is neither for being concise or really to be effective at shorthand.

Just a pet hate that's all. And a petty one too.

[Talvindius]

Always called it Ret, and so have most people I've talked to.

Same I was just wondering why anyone would try to change it.

[Lochton]

Always been Ret/Retri for me.. Or 'DPS'

[GreenJesus]

Since as long as I can remember Retribution has always been the short form for "Ret," similar to how Protection is the shorthand for "Prot." Recently on several forums I've started to see people shorthand Retribution to "Retri."

This is far and away the most ridiculous thing that has happened to Paladins recently. The whole purpose of shorthand is to make communication more concise and adding a 2nd syllable to the shorthand "Ret" does nothing to make it more concise, so why change it?

I havn't been noticing this much until recently (Legion) and I don't understand the change, would someone like to enlighten me with the reasoning for this unnecessary change?

(I know this post is stupid but what the hell else is there to talk about until the patch hits?)

I think you meant "Ret is the short form for Retribution" not "Retribution is the short form for Ret"

[Zechs-cenarius]

I once had a guildy that called retribution paladins.....rent spec. Legit. He called it rent. When questioned about it he said it was rent short for the dps paladin spec.

OP: It could always be worse lol.

[Reith]

I think people do that because "ret" could be (seriously or jokingly) considered short form for "retarded"

[Deleted]

Always been Ret for me, also never liked "pally" so I'm glad Pala is a thing now.

[Triggered Fridgekin]

I have not heard someone call it a "Retridin" but I would get pretty triggered too. At that point it's just trying to upset people.

I hate it because it's a misuse of an abbreviation and sounds incredibly stupid. You don't write more for less unless there's a reason such as something already having that abbreviation. If you're going to abbreviate a word, don't do this weird backwards half assery where you're too lazy to write the entire word while not being efficient enough to boil it down to the bare minimum.

No one calls a Demonology Warlock a "Demono", an Assassination Rogue a "Assass" or a Discipline Priest a "Discip" but *Look out!* here comes the Retri, Retra, Retridins, Retradins and Pala Rets!



I need to refill my fridge now.

[berdrek]

ive actually seen Paladins referred to as "palas" instead of "pallys" it bothers me quite a lot

[Leenaleena]

It's Retri for me, but then again, most Germans use that. With German pronounciation, Ret sounds weird, while Retri makes it a great deal smoother. And I actually use Pala when talking in German, but use Pally for English conversations

[Talvindius]

I think you meant "Ret is the short form for Retribution" not "Retribution is the short form for Ret"

I did. Changed it.

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I hate it because it's a misuse of an abbreviation and sounds incredibly stupid. You don't write more for less unless there's a reason such as something already having that abbreviation. If you're going to abbreviate a word, don't do this weird backwards half assery where you're too lazy to write the entire word while not being efficient enough to boil it down to the bare minimum.

No one calls a Demonology Warlock a "Demono", an Assassination Rogue a "Assass" or a Discipline Priest a "Discip" but *Look out!* here comes the Retri, Retra, Retridins, Retradins and Pala Rets!



I need to refill my fridge now.

You should rename that image "3wholeseconds.jpg."

I agree with why it's triggering. Phonetically Ret is the only shorthand I can say without cringing from how bad it sounds, same with Pally. Pala sounds incredibly dumb.