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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: HensonYoung on Thursday 06 November 08 14:04 GMT (UK)
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Hi to all,
Somebody put me out of my misery please I keep seeing the above abbreviation used on postings and for the life of me I can't figure it out ........ dum, dum, dum ......... when I use this lol I'm signing off when corresponding with my family ... meaning LOTS OF LOVE ....... but I can't imagine thats what Rootschatters mean is it? ???
Puzzled Polly
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Hi,
it means Laugh Out Loud ;D
Kind Regards :)
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Presumably "text speak"
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Presumably "text speak"
As is ROFL which is also frequently used.
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What does ROFL stand for?
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Well thanks alot CaroleW and Cell - some times the Toc H lamp doesn't burn very brightly!!!! :D
Polly
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What does ROFL stand for?
Apparently it means 'rolling on the floor laughing' >:(
Jennifer (aka dinosaur.)
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What does ROFL stand for?
this
(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Laughing/lol-045.gif)
;D
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It disturbs me the way "text" speak is creeping in - particularly on these boards.
There are an increasing number of posts written as though the person is texting somebody.
They have no punctuation so we don't know where one sentence starts and another ends. No capital letters for names/surnames or to start a sentence.
I wonder if they would write a letter to a prospective employer or anybody else in such a manner?
Or am I expecting too much in this day and age?
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It disturbs me the way "text" speak is creeping in - particularly on these boards.
There are an increasing number of posts written as though the person is texting somebody.
They have no punctuation so we don't know where one sentence starts and another ends. No capital letters for names/surnames or to start a sentence.
I wonder if they would write a letter to a prospective employer or anybody else in such a manner?
Or am I expecting too much in this day and age?
I 4 1 dnt c wht all the fuss is abt u can read dis cant u ?
:P :P :P :P :P
and wot abt dis.?
cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
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whybothertoputspacesoranyextraneouscharactersinimsurethatwecanallreaditevenifitsnotintextspeakbutifpeopleexpectwelookersuptotrytoworkoutwhattheyaresayingandgetasensiblereplythenitisonlypoliteforthemtowriteinclearenglish
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whybothertoputspacesoranyextraneouscharactersinimsurethatwecanallreaditevenifitsnotintextspeakbutifpeopleexpectwelookersuptotrytoworkoutwhattheyaresayingandgetasensiblereplythenitisonlypoliteforthemtowriteinclearenglish
Thankyou, my thoughts exactly.
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whybothertoputspacesoranyextraneouscharactersinimsurethatwecanallreaditevenifitsnotintextspeakbutifpeopleexpectwelookersuptotrytoworkoutwhattheyaresayingandgetasensiblereplythenitisonlypoliteforthemtowriteinclearenglish
Thankyou, my thoughts exactly.
tut tut no space :)
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I think Gadget has said it all. If people want lookups, it's only polite for them to write in clear English and not to use "text" speak.
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I often have to ask my son what various abbreviations mean.
They usually turn out to be rude :o
I really hate it when people write the word wiv....and then say it like that too.
It's wiTH people ;D
Carol
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It's no wonder that the children of today struggle with English and are unable to write a decent letter. They spend so much time on their mobiles using abbreviated "text" speak that they forget what normal language looks and sounds like
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whybothertoputspacesoranyextraneouscharactersinimsurethatwecanallreaditevenifitsnotintextspeakbutifpeopleexpectwelookersuptotrytoworkoutwhattheyaresayingandgetasensiblereplythenitisonlypoliteforthemtowriteinclearenglish
Gadget
I agree
I use lol and rofl on sites with no smilies, just so folk no I am in a humorous frame of mind :)
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Thankyou,
tut tut no space :)
Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways :P
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I really hate it when people write the word wiv....and then say it like that too.
It's wiTH people ;D
Carol
I once gave my address to a lady on the telephone so that she could send me a prospectus. At the time I lived in Wivenhoe and I was quite miffed when the envelope was addressed to "WITHERNHOE". I speak well and clearly, with no East Enders accent. I felt she had just assumed I wasn't intelligent enough to speak properly.
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Not wanting to create a heated debate on spelling or grammar but what about the people who are dyslexic? are you not going to do look-ups if they spell a word wrong?.
Do roots-chat create another forum for people who type in abbreviations?
Text type should not make any difference to look-ups, yes it would be polite if we all used the correct grammatical procedures but not everyone talks like the upper-crust gentry of 18th century london, which is what our current ENGLISH is based on, we all have our own dialects and accents and with that comes with that regions peculiarities. Text type is just the modern equivelent of accents, only its spread across the country and not by region, and yes it is lazy and quick and thats why the younger generation like it.
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Woody
Now you are being serious!
If you only checked back on some of the look ups that Carole, Jen and I and others have done, you will see that we go out of our way to be helpful and usually solve the problem.
However, it is really nice to have a request that is clearly stated and with all the known information before we go searching.
Gadget
PS - and I'm the daft nut who made a widey and I hate those ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Gadget
PS - and I'm the daft nut who made a widey and I hate those ::) ::) ::) ::)
Yeah I just thought that ;D LOL ;D
Can't you split the sentence into two to make it shrink back to normal width?
Carol
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Gadget
PS - and I'm the daft nut who made a widey and I hate those ::) ::) ::) ::)
Yeah I just thought that ;D LOL ;D
Can't you split the sentence into two to make it shrink back to normal width?
Carol
I could but then everyone who quoted me would have to modify as well. Also, it defeats the object of my exercise. I'll make it a smaller font if the others will modify their quotes as well.
Gadget :)
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Done it - you need to reduce my quote to 6 point 8)
Or modify your posting by replacing the original quote with the modified one
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I have noticed text speak creeping onto quite a few forums, whilst i can decipher quite a bit of it fairly well i just find it a real pain when put in a lookup request.
I can forego mis-spelling to an extent, and sometimes it is a typo anyway but to me it's just plain lazy to type wiv instead of with.
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Some links:
http://www.lingo2word.com/index.php
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/community/textspeak-p1.html
http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm
BBSL
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Er's forty fousand feavers on a frush's froat ;)
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Live and let live.
Variety is the spice of life.
Hope proverbs are not vetoed. :)
LOL
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I think Gadget has said it all. If people want lookups, it's only polite for them to write in clear English and not to use "text" speak.
Hear hear!
It's not to say I would refuse to help or to read them, but the more clearly someone sets out what they're looking for, the more likely I am to read it, and hence - if I can - help.
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mapala ndmeo aftinsende acho ther emailsin phone tics pell ingand int hes cotsdia lect.
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mapala ndmeo aftinsende acho ther emailsin phone tics pell ingand int hes cotsdia lect.
And the English translation is????
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mapala ndmeo aftinsende acho ther emailsin phone tics pell ingand int hes cotsdia lect.
And the English translation is????
My pal and me often send each other emails in phonetic spelling and in the scots dialect
Should I get a job as a translator
;D ;D ;D ;D
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mapala ndmeo aftinsende acho ther emailsin phone tics pell ingand int hes cotsdia lect.
I also have a friend who writes exactly the same, but never could understand the Scots :)
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10 Brownie points to Gadget . ;)
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Should I get a job as a translator
If Fergie ever posts a lookup request in his quaint "dialect" then yes!!