MsJonesy

MsJonesy

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Words which make you think huh?

April 29 2017

I had a brain fade the other night, relating to the "word" nood. My brain refused to recognise it as a word, let alone provide a definition. To give it context, a perfect example of the word in use would be.... "wuld luv 2 see noods" Turns out it is "nude"; perhaps the spelling may have been caused by one handed typing 😂 So what colloquial words, or text speak, make you think..... huh? Does text speak drive you to distraction? What about spelling mishaps and typos? My friends will attest to my shameless mangling of words through typos which are not corrected prior to the sent button being deployed....I just call it a sign of affection and familiarity, and they can build a bridge if it offends them 😜 I spend most of my days editing and proofing text so after hours my brain likes to be free from that horror. (Grammar nazis, please restrain from being too derogatory in your remarks; I am asking about text speak not someone's ability to spell.)

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  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I h8 it.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    As I was reading I was already thinking huh, nood? Not up with text speak or adjusted spelling not my thing and just the basic polite emoticons and simple lol acronyms. But seriously text speak is something I really don't deal with. I find it insane that just an extra letter or two is so painstakingly hard to manage. Sadly I am quite turned off by it and generally don't write to those that use it. Stupid I know but if you can't be bothered writing words it doesn't say much to me for holding a interesting or stimulating conversation. Apologies to those out there that are just plain freakin' lazy . Cheers

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    For a long time was the local rag, and took me a while to grasp Mhmm, pretty sure someone owes me noods. And my friend need some sort of award for understanding my Pepper'speak

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I swear I snaffled more than one

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I am recalling so many tired conversations where we have to interpret I don't think we often need to ask for clarification? I'm with you - normally very intolerant of my own mistakes, but hit a certain point where I just think "Meh! If you don't understand me by now, whatevs..."

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Had a great autocorrect the other day 'Great mugs think alike' ... decided to leave it in, with an explanation of course :) - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Whenever I see that brand Fcuk, a little voice in my head sounds it out. "Fer-coook.."

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'Koolgrey' Whenever I see that brand Fcuk, a little voice in my head sounds it out. "Fer-coook.." I have a T-shirt I bought at a Stand Up Comedy gig (at Harold Park Hotel years ago) by a guy named Steve Altman... It's a black shirt with a large font 'F' and a small font 'u', beneath which it reads "Funny University". It was specifically designed with a view to standing next to the types of people he'd observed wearing 'cK' T-shirts about that time. It's pretty faded and worn, but I still give it a run now and again. I don't think I'm all that old or crotchety, but I'm not a big fan of text speak.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    It has the same number of letters as nude so what's the point? Norty is another one that I don't like, as well as other phonetic spelling alternatives that show a lack of cerebral flexibility. Such rigid adherence to grammatical rules may impinge on my already limited opportunities to partake in libidinous desires supplementary to my marital vows but I shall here forthwith uphold said virtuous positioning in respect to the English language. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • AnnieWhichway

    AnnieWhichway

    8 years ago

    Noods Nudes Same amount of typing. Wtf? Just a yupee thing or being....... Kool? Am I back in the 70s?

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I know you told me, but I still can't remember what SMH is? Apart from the newspaper

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    So why is phonetic not fonetic. Cunning linguists with sick minds. 😱

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    8 years ago

    Shakes my head - Posted from rhpmobile

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    8 years ago

    Shakes my head - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'Allgoodfun42'...rigid adherence to grammatical rules...in respect to the English language. - Posted from rhpmobile "...in respect of..." or "...in deference to..." Quoting 'ontology' ...I'm not a big fan of text speak. I should have said "txtspk". Though that's mainly 'cause I've not spent much time reading it or trying to use it. E'ry trade and profession 'ave their own lingo/jargon/shorthand (whether written or oral - whatevs bro), so I s'pose it's fair to 'spect it might 'appen in online comms to eh? What about face to face communications? Have many of you also heard the preface "hashtag" being slipped in before key words and phrases?

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Go ogle "archaeologist cartoon ID cgon572" LMAO

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I must say that getting messages from people with typos annoys the hell out of me, but I quite often make mistakes myself, especially in the forums! I type fast on the iPad with long nails and post before I proof read. One acronym that annoys me is TYVM which stands for thank you very much - can't you just type thanks? I use FML quite often, but it has two accepted meanings and a few times people have asked if I was okay. I didn't realise the main meaning is Fuck My Life, but I use it for the slang meaning Fuck Me Loose (yes S I'm talking to you ;)) Maybe I should make up a new one - FMSW Fuck me side ways?

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I reckon the initial use of plenty of such words is driven by fashion. Or "poor mans" fashion anyway. Exchanging C's with K's, U's with OO's, vice versa and so on. Take "Smorgasbord." Who says Smorgasbord anymore? It was once emblazoned on restaurant windows everywhere...probably the best known Swedish word in our country. But it's been "Buffet" for some time . What a boring english word. But its widespread use probably became dated. I pinched the Kool from Koolgreen, the cigarette brand, because I liked the colour of their racing car( but don't want to be associated with cigarettes ), but why did they use it initially? Probably to make cigarettes cool. Particularly menthols.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    ..."Buffet" is a borrowed French word. But you know what I mean .

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Just seeing some of the text acronyms here on this post alone confuse me. I read so many different things into them. I find it a bit like making up words for number plates when I'm bored. TMPFTD (that's my post for the day).

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    ...practically.I'm just going to pop up to the shops on my trampcykel med motor och pedaler....anyone want anything while I'm there..?

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    ...it does kinda roll off the tongue when you say it fast..

  • OkeyDoke45

    OkeyDoke45

    8 years ago

    ''lol'' - it sickens me to even type it here. I understand that people dig it and its' use is widespread so I just have to deal with it - but oh lord does it rankle. The occasional use of it in a message is fine but when every message you get is concluded with ''lol'' (I am trying not to blow chunks) I just... kind of... lose my shit. As far as being a grammar Nazi - again you just have to forgive poor spelling these days, so prevalent - but I can tell you that ''definately'' definitely makes me want to punch myself in the face. Oh, and I too would like to know what "SMH" means.

  • OkeyDoke45

    OkeyDoke45

    8 years ago

    I have noticed that I struggle as I get older to recall the correct spelling of some more intricate words, have to google - so I am guilty of spelling errors myself more and more. I was a huge Countdown fanatic when I was a kid, was religion for me, I was very knowledgeable about popular music even as a lad. I find now I also forget who sang songs that I loved and owned on singles as a kid. Things are grim!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    The one response that grinds me more than K........ is a 👍🏻 WTAF? That kills conversation for me every time.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Had to Google that, what the actual fuck, I like when people say that, obviously abbreviated it would have gone over my head 😊 Okeydoke, well I love lol so you'll have to block your ears if you don't like it 😉 the reason I do like it is because how else do you describe that you are so amused by something, that you laugh out loud? 3 letters would otherwise be a sentence. I used to hate it too but started using it with others who did and realised it has an important place in our text language. I literally do laugh out loud, usually when I'm reading forum posts. It is a very effective and precise text 'word' lol IMO See what I did there 😎

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    ur just doesn't roll off the tongue for me, it comes across lazy and I read it (pronounce it in my head) 'yer' 😂😂😂 You're, you are or your, isn't that hard to type is it? Had a friend ask me if 'perce' was a new kink 😛 Typed perve but pre-empt had other ideas. Haha I just reread this sentence and it had done it again. Looks like Perce is my new kink. Funniest fails I've received were from a guy who I was texting every day, and practically all day, our messaging was pretty steamy, of course 'fuck' was commonly used, or was it? Preempt kept changing it to duck. I don't think I've ever laughed that hard, this guy would be horny and carry on sending pictures and messages, oblivious sometimes to his text fails, but I'd be crying laughing, mainly because of the frequency of it. "I'm gonna duck you in the ass with my big thick cock, balls deep" 😂😂😂

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Duck off just doesn't have the same ring to it 😇

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    same guy, trying to say the guys at the beach here will perve at you, "the guys at the beach here will peeve in you" 😀

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    omg I'm reading our message thread and crying laughing again. "I want to shower you in cumbersome" 😂😂😂 seriously, I'm not making this shit up, there are some classics tucked away there. More reading to do 😉

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I'll be in trouble if he's reading this, he requested I delete our message thread at one point, in case the phone was stolen or something, too much personal info in there. I said yes of course 😀 Well I wanted to save all the pictures first 😎 Sorry, I've officially hogged, bugger off now 😀

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Hi...........hoe are you? Reputation precedes me apparently 😉