Do you shorthand 'Experience' to EXP or XP

[Sumio Mondo]

XP reminds me of the OS. So EXP.

 

[Garou]

 

[Couleurs]

Exp. XP is Windows.

 

[Right]

Wtf, so that is what windows xp stands for?

 

[Squid Bunny]

EXP in English.
XP in Portuguese.

Doesn't make sense but that's how it works for me.

 

[Daddy JeanPi]

I'd write EXP but still pronounce it as XP.

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Basically this.

 

[Ra]

xp is superior, as it sounds better and quicker to write and pronounce.

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Are people saying they Prounounce EXP and EE—ECKS-PEE?!

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Never in a million years would this have crossed my mind as a possibility.

But apparently, it's a widespread and accepted thing? Mind blown.

 

[ArchedThunder]

EXP when typing, but XP when speaking.

 

[inner-G]

Written out: EXP

Vocally: "XP" (maybe I'm saying "exp" as a word?"

 

[Suedemaker]

If I'm reading aloud and see EXP I will just say "experience" but if I see XP I will say ecks-pee. If I'm doing the abbreviating, I feel like I'm most likely to use xp but I'll switch it up for no particular reason 🤷‍♂️

 

[Rats]

It's funny, I've never really thought about it, but doing a quick search of my post history here reveals multiple instances of me using "XP" and zero of the other way.

 

[IIFloodyII]

Both, though probably exp more often.

 

[Son of Sparda]

XP

Shorten that sucker as much as you can.

 

[Ishmae1]

EXP is experience points, how much something rewards you from defeating it.
XP is experience, how much I as a player have earned towards next level.

Yes, I know it's weird, but that's the way I use it.

 

[Falchion]

Xp because everyone knows what you're talking about without the extra letter.

 

[Flygon]

EXP, but it depends on the game.

 

[alba]

XP.

 

[AIan]

EXP

XP looks like a face when you look sideways anyway, so some folks might take it differently out of context.

 

[TaySan]

XP

 

[Shin Kojima]

HP - Hit points/Health points
XP - Experience points

 

[Fliesen]

in WoW times i did "Exp", but nowadays it's XP

 

[Deleted member 543]

Are we talking about abbreviating "experience" or "experience points"? I feel like there's a difference there - with "Exp" being the abbreviation for "experience" and "XP" for "experience points" (like HP, MP).

 

[.exe]

Are we talking about abbreviating "experience" or "experience points"? I feel like there's a difference there - with "Exp" being the abbreviation for "experience" and "XP" for "experience points" (like HP, MP).

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I've never thought about it like that before, but that differentiation makes a lot of sense.

 

[KeRaSh]

EXP

Follow up question:

HP - Health Points
vs.
LP - Life Points

It's HP.

 

[Ojli]

Depends on game and context, but I would probably write XP in most non-specific cases.
I play tabletop RPG in Swedish and I type "ERF" in that context (Swedish crash course: Experience point = Erfarenhetspoäng => EXP = ERF)

 

[Wesker]

XP
Icks-Peh (when talking German)

Why use EXP when you can shorten it even more? #efficiency

Follow up question:

HP - Health Points
vs.
LP - Life Points

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LP would be so confusing. :D

 

[TransEuropaExpress]

XP of course 😎

 

[Mister Niwa]

In my field of work as a User Experience Designer, we even go one step further and cut it down to X.

But unrelated to that, I just say EXP.

 

[KeRaSh]

I'm pretty sure Final Fantasy is the sole reason why I use EXP instead of XP:

Weird screenshot but couldn't find a better one for FFXI

 

[MrCibb]

This is one of those weird questions where I know I've wrote it shorthand but I have no clear idea which I use now I actually think about it. I think I say EXP.

 

[derk]

EXP for rpgs
XP for shooters

Games like call of duty have pushed phrases like "double xp" for awhile now.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

souls

 

[fiendcode]

The mechanic: XP
The company: EXP

 

[HK-48]

EXP all the way!