Mrs Frugal Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I agree .. Ots moving to quickly Shall I lock all forums for a few days to give us all time to catch up ? It's very tempting sometimes as whenever I log in, there are more red arrows than topics read these days . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Oh, please do Kate! It must be my age I have trouble keeping up with the posts now and sometimes just give up. I'm afraid that the text-speak ones slow me down a lot - you'd laugh if you could see me mouthing the text language to myself, trying to get the gist of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I do that too . "Cud" gets me as I always think it means cuddle . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 You got me there. I found myself say there saying cud to myself trying to work out what it meant. (my typos are horrendous ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Glad it's not just me then, I really find them hard to work out and usually just give up in the end. Kate, can we have a rule about no text-speak... for those of feeble minds and increasing age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Kate, can we have a rule about no text-speak... for those of feeble minds and increasing age? T wil neva wrk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Kate, can we have a rule about no text-speak... for those of feeble minds and increasing age? T wil neva wrk. All the more reason to ignore you then Martin Remind me to clip you round the ear tomorrow morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I will not remind you! Thanks anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Following on with text-speak, I heard an item on the radio recently about this. A chap had sent a text to his friend saying he was sorry to hear that his mother/father/partner had died and signed off with LOL. Apparantly he leant it to read Lots Of Love but it was read by the friend as Laughing Out Loud. It caused quite a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Don't worry - you won't stand a chance against the two of us I kept using the phrase "See you next Tuesday" to my son's friend who comes every Tuesday to help with the 'gardening' ....... my son had to ask me to stop........ and then he had to explain why.......... ...and now i'm going to be moderated........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 That made me laugh Lesley. I think it's obscure enough not to be moderated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I'm clearly too innocent - i just don't get it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 See You Next Tuesday! That is one word that I really hate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I'll PM you Shona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I hate the way you [one] can't say lots of innocent things because of the connotations that people have attached to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I agreen Bronze, sad isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I'll PM you Shona Probably wise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I'll PM you Shona Got the PM Lesley - I'd have never known about it either! How thick am I?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Not at all i had both of them trying to explain it nicely to me - and now I'm reduced to saying "same day next week then?" as he leaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I'm afraid that the text-speak ones slow me down a lot The guide to text speak: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I kept using the phrase "See you next Tuesday" Thats from Sex & The City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I know of a "university" that had to change it's name/logo as the abbreviation spelt out the same word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I didn't get on here yesterday because it was hubby's birthday, then this morning I had loads to do for the first few hours. BY the time I got on the red arrows I was getting a bit shaky too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) I kept using the phrase "See you next Tuesday" Thats from Sex & The City It was around long before that. But then I did find that sex and the city took lots of things that really cool people were doing and claimed them for their own new coll thing. Just to add not that I think that thats cool! Edited February 15, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I kept using the phrase "See you next Tuesday" Thats from Sex & The City It was around long before that. But then I did find that sex and the city took lots of things that really cool people were doing and claimed them for their own new coll thing. I remember us trying to work out what the word stood for when I was 9 and some lovely soul had spray painted it onto our school wall. We thought it might be See you nex Thursday and that they were going to come back and do something else to the school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
