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Offline KathMc

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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 17 October 07 22:16 BST (UK) »
I agree with Tony. Let's start making our own up and see if people can figure them out. (And see if we remember what we meant the next day -- or after a glass of...)  ;D

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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 17 October 07 23:02 BST (UK) »
Wots that mean Kath? High Intenet User South Asia  ???

Genie ROFL
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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 17 October 07 23:07 BST (UK) »
www.acronymfinder.com/

Try this site, just type in the initials you don't understand and you'll get a list of possible explanations.

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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 18 October 07 00:33 BST (UK) »
Wots that mean Kath? High Intenet User South Asia  ???

Genie ROFL

Very very creative. LVH

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(and it was Hip in the USA ;D)
Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA


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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 18 October 07 01:06 BST (UK) »
Not 'passed' it, but definitely 'PAST' it!!!

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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 18 October 07 01:26 BST (UK) »
I'll never get the hang of this 'ere lingo  :P ;D
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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 18 October 07 02:49 BST (UK) »
Really common ones you might see are:

BRB - Be Right Back - usually in chat rooms when someone leaves the keyboard for a few mins
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now (originated with Tigger from Winnie The Pooh I believe)
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off

And then people will abbreviate words as well...
Like "Nice 2CU"

But get a bit beyond that and I'm lost too...
I am researching the following families:
Hurst / Payne - Leicestershire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire
Toon(e) - Leicestershire
Batchelor / Foster - Warwickshire / Northamptonshire
Hardy - Dorset

My web site has the family tree showing.  I am researching primarily the Payne, Hurst, Foster and Batchelor lines in the Midlands.

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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 18 October 07 06:57 BST (UK) »
Thanks Tony!

Someone said LMAO to me the other day and I was totally stumped!  Thought I knew most of these things, but apparently no!  ??? ::)

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Re: Am I getting passed it?
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 18 October 07 17:06 BST (UK) »
My thanks to everyone who responded to my post.  I now intend to spend the next day or two simply "lolling about"!!!
It's great being "cool" and "with it".  !!
Having spent my N.S.in ciphers I really should be "au fait" with acronyms and I promise I will do better!!