Omletina Kyckling Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 In the Telegraph, there's an item about texting where the writer is saying her mum is trying to learn texting but doesn't understand the abbreviations such as ROFL or LOL so she's come up with her own Textspeak for Oldies..... IMD In My Day WAR Watching Antiques Roadshow WTT Where's the Thingy? IMHO Is My Hearing Aid On? CUAGC See You At The Garden Centre GOC Gone On Cruise SYI Spending Your Inheritance TNAT That Nice Alan Titchmarsh RMOTT Reminds Me Of The Time BLDS Bit Leaky Downstairs SMIYHTB Stop Me If You've Heard This Before I thought they were hilarious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Oh I like those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Hysterical! I especially like SYI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janepie33 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Very funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 GOC and SYI - my grandparents will no doubt be learning them abbreviations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 My gran is on FB and can text, think she thinks LOL means lots of love, as she keeps putting it at the end of messages where laughing probably isn't appropriate, and follows it with lots of kisses. Haven't had the heart to tell her yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Those are brilliant . Do you think we'll all be using them in xxx years' time when texting our grandchildren . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Reminds me of the teenspeak in The Mail - I told ES 15 that we "rents" (parents) worried about him - he replied " mum what are you on about?" Obvioulsy him and his mates don;t read that part of the Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Brilliant - and now I've WMSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 WMSL I just spent the past five minutes trying to figure out what that means I got there eventualy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 - most people use a less polite version......but I prefer mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Some people use LaughMyHeadOff instead of... uh... the other one. I prefer yours . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 A few years ago my DS sent me a text message which he ended with LOL not being much of a text user I of course replied with I love you too still causes great amusement to my 4 children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Not sure if this is text speak but, instead of DIY (which,as neither of us are practical people, usually results in more major problems than the ones we were trying to fix) we now do GAMI (Get A Man In!) Cheaper by far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 been trying to work out what DS is for ages... is it dear son??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 been trying to work out what DS is for ages... is it dear son??? Yep List of other commonly used forum abbreviations **HERE** HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 brilliant have bookmarked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 brilliant have bookmarked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Brilliant - and now I've WMSL I love that, Lesley! It comes so much more naturally than the other version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
