Do you all talk like this too?

Icemaiden 7/31/2010, 4:15 pm

Thank goodness for Google, that's all I say!

OK, I did work out from the context that SASE (Boffer wrote it) means self-addressed stamped envelope (which is, confusingly, SAE or stamped addressed envelope in UK English). It is all the DH and so on that mystifies me Do you all talk like this too? Icon_biggrin

I think my English stalled in about 1985 and I am way out of date. My kids speak perfect English but I think when my daughter hits Scotland next month she is going to have to update her vocabulary Do you all talk like this too? Icon_biggrin

Chopper 7/31/2010, 4:22 pm

It's a brave new world, my friend. Do you all talk like this too? Icon_smile

boffer 7/31/2010, 4:23 pm

I know what you mean! but.....SASE pre-dates the internet by decades!

It took me a while to figure out that DW used to be expressed as SWMBO. Somehow I missed out on the transition!

Some forums forbid text shortcuts that are so common in other formats. We don't see too much of it here so it's just easiest to ask-I do.

Icemaiden 7/31/2010, 4:43 pm

boffer wrote: I know what you mean! but.....SASE pre-dates the internet by decades!

I know, and SAE would not have fazed me at all Do you all talk like this too? Icon_lol

Lavender Debs 7/31/2010, 5:04 pm

ROFLMAO

PNG_Grandma 7/31/2010, 5:19 pm

ooops, guess I'm guilty here of adding to this confusing language, sorry 'bout that! When I write DH I mean my "dear hubby"...and sometimes I use LOL, or "laughing out loud". Sometimes the translations are just way too difficult to figure out! IMHO...yeah, in my humble opinion!!

Icemaiden 8/1/2010, 6:16 am

PNG_Grandma wrote:ooops, guess I'm guilty here of adding to this confusing language, sorry 'bout that! When I write DH I mean my "dear hubby"...and sometimes I use LOL, or "laughing out loud". Sometimes the translations are just way too difficult to figure out! IMHO...yeah, in my humble opinion!!

It's ok

I have a Canadian friend who sprinkles her emails with things like this too. My question was a bit tongue in cheek but it is a good one too. DO you talk like this or is it just on posts/emails/texts?

kiwirose 8/1/2010, 10:02 am

laughing - I am from New Zealand originally, and we have SAE's too - I thought Boffers finger stuttered Do you all talk like this too? Icon_biggrin

I guess it is not just my verbal skills that are getting refined in the states - even after 10 years

PNG_Grandma 8/1/2010, 11:39 am

Icemaiden wrote:It's ok I have a Canadian friend who sprinkles her emails with things like this too. My question was a bit tongue in cheek but it is a good one too. DO you talk like this or is it just on posts/emails/texts?

That's kinda funny, imagining talking like that for real...no, but when my daughter and I text we often use the little shortcuts and several, well actually many of my friends who send emails use them so I had to "learn the language" and I'm still stumped many times! I guess it would be like using the very old shorthand and adding it to a regular message...not everyone can read shorthand. Keeping up with the younger generations can be a challenge but this Grandma tries!! Thanks for calling us on this...we should just write out the words and skip all the extras...but then, we add those really cute little smiley faces and Emoticons. lol!

Wyldflower 8/1/2010, 11:40 am

I was ROFLMAO (rolling on floor laughing my a$$ off) at this thread! I have to admit, though, that I frequently am puzzled by some of the abbreviations my grandkids use. (The texting culture is beyond me!)

Seriously, though, no we generally don't verbalize in these abbreviations. And no, Boffer wasn't 'stuttering' ... SAE is a self addressed envelope, and SASE is a self addressed STAMPED envelope - to clarify for those who don't realize that the idea is that there should be no cost to the person sending seeds (or whatever else)... though most of us would naturally put the stamp on the SAE.

Lavender Debs 8/1/2010, 11:43 am

??? What is a stamped envelope???

Something gramma used?

Wyldflower 8/1/2010, 11:46 am

Lavender Debs wrote:??? What is a stamped envelope???

Something gramma used?

LOL!!!

Icemaiden 8/1/2010, 11:50 am

Wyldflower wrote: And no, Boffer wasn't 'stuttering' ... SAE is a self addressed envelope, and SASE is a self addressed STAMPED envelope - to clarify for those who don't realize that the idea is that there should be no cost to the person sending seeds (or whatever else)... though most of us would naturally put the stamp on the SAE.

I aim to amuse Do you all talk like this too? Icon_biggrin

Actually, in UK English SAE is stamped addressed envelope - we just assume that it is addressed as well! So that is the same idea, no cost to the person doing the posting (that would be mailing to you Do you all talk like this too? Icon_biggrin

).

Two nations one language etc etc Do you all talk like this too? Icon_lol

boffer 8/1/2010, 12:05 pm

Man walks up to woman in bar and says: 'WYSIWYG' ? yahoo

happycc 8/1/2010, 12:50 pm

.....WYSIWYG

I am still trying to figure it out.

Carolyn

Chopper 8/1/2010, 1:07 pm

WYSIWYG

What you see is what you get.

boffer 8/1/2010, 1:13 pm

what you see is what you get

the actual pictures and words, rather than the code defining them

This is the code for my post.

Do you all talk like this too? 27510

If I clicked the circled button, this edit box would be in WYSIWYG mode.

Do you all talk like this too? 27610

I'm sorry, I think my pictures might be confusing. But, while you're writing a post, if you switch back between the code view and WYSIWYG view (using the circled button), you'll begin to understand. Code view is easier for me to use when trying to put text and multiple pictures in a post.

boffer 8/1/2010, 1:34 pm

boffer wrote:Man walks up to woman in a bar and says: 'WYSIWYG' ?

Woman says: LMA

Man says: ______?

quiltbea 8/1/2010, 2:11 pm

Lavender.. don't know if you'r serious or not.

Write your own name and address on a #10 envelope, add a stamp in the right-hand corner, fold it into thirds and stick it into another #10 envelope with the name and address where you want it mailed. Seal, add stamp and mail.

kiwirose 8/1/2010, 2:14 pm

inbetween laughter, curiosity got the better of me - the two I wasn't familiar with...

SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed

and

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

I can always count if sfg to give me a laugh Smile

Megan 8/1/2010, 3:38 pm

@ Icemaiden : No, we generally don't talk like that.

I *have* heard WYSIWYG pronounced ("whizzy-wig"), but only amongst nerds discussing GUIs. (Which are also pronounced, as "gooey" or "gooeys" Very Happy

) Then there are SCSI drives (scuzzy drives), and.... ahem. Smile

Icemaiden 8/1/2010, 4:06 pm

Megan wrote:

I *have* heard WYSIWYG pronounced ("whizzy-wig"), but only amongst nerds discussing GUIs. (Which are also pronounced, as "gooey" or "gooeys" ) Then there are SCSI drives (scuzzy drives), and.... ahem.

You are now self-nominated expert for all IT questions Megan Do you all talk like this too? Icon_wink

I used to talk to my UK family about a GSM and they had no idea what I was on about! Thing is, that is what a mobile phone is called here (only said with an Icelandic accent you understand so it sounds geh-ess-emm.) Talking to my sister I said "Use my gsm" and she said "What?". Bet someone French would have understood it! Or may be not, they probably call it le mobile now Do you all talk like this too? Icon_eek

Megan 8/1/2010, 4:09 pm

My tech knowledge is sadly dated, these days, I'm afraid. Smile

LaFee 8/2/2010, 7:17 am

No, in France, it's "une portable", and we send SMS -- from the computer, we send courriels.

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