Initials

It wasn’t my list Bluebelle I merely copied and pasted the Acronyms page kindly provided by GN.

That’s GransNet by the way

Seems to have banged that thread on the head
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I get the part about acronyms, but what I don't get is why it has to be dear or darling in front of them ( retreats behind the sofa ? )

Me neither.
It sounds very twee if you say it out loud.

Just substitute darned/dreaded/dratted/damned?

Why?

Why what?

I thought DH, DD, DDiL, DS etc were either affectionate, or said with irony through gritted teeth.
Makes it entertaining guessing which. Dear as a prefix can be seen in different ways...

Get what your saying SparklyGrandma but when it's a long post about different family members with loads of abbreviation I just look and then CBA ?

Agree with mcem who posted earlier in the thread that these are not acronyms but abbreviations. Gransnet should change the heading on list.

I think its telling that the in-law abbreviations never have the Dear/Darling in front of them whereas all the other relations do.

I do understand the abbreviations now but find all the darlings & dears extremely irritating. Do people actually prefix daughter, son, husband with dear & darling in real life? I certainly don't know anyone who does. I use words not abbreviations or acronyms in text messages too.

Sigh
Don’t do it if you don’t want to.
If it is the convention of the site, live with it.

Yes we can do that Maw but I agree with tinafl a long post with a lot of these abbreviations is definitely off putting for me.

My previous post was deleted because I inadvertently mentioned a certain garment - sorry.

Join the club sodapop
(not this thread though)

I hear you tinaff