Fed up of seeing Acronyms in comments

Mamie

I also think that if you are going to start a thread criticising writing style, it is wise to check that you have not made a grammatical howler in the title, missed out question marks and inserted random capital letters.
Just saying.....

Well said!

Also typing mistakes or spelling mistakes.
Don't blame Dyslexia for poor reading, it affects different people in different ways.
Most cannot spell but some myself included taught themselves to read before going to school my daughter on the other hand is a much slower reader than I am. Do not imply it is a lack of intelligence, I think my DD who has a B. A and a B.S.c and Institute qualifications would have something to say to you.

MaizieD

BlueBelle

My google search for the long acronym came up with nothing so Dickens it isn’t as easy as you presumed
Perhaps someone can write it out so we can all join in the laughter not just the few in the *acronyms club*

Here it is:

FOTTFSOFATFOSM

f... off to the far side of f.... and then f... off some more

Much more effective when seen in context on a mumsnet thread.

I'm wondering where our Opening Poster (OP) has gone.

I'm wondering where our Opening Poster (OP) has gone.

Perhaps we've been too harsh in our responses (including mine)?

She appears quite robust so I hope she sticks around to argue debate further - on various topics.

I believe what irritated (some of us) was the presumption that the use of this mechanism denoted laziness... and could even be the cause of illiteracy. There are some very well educated and literate grans on this site!

Although I'm used to acronyms on other SM sites, I did at first find those on here somewhat puzzling; but the glossary below was helpful - and its very existence indicates that they are a well-established code that one is, ahem, basically expected to understand and acknowledge as 'legitimate'.

I know that not every husband is a dear darling but I assume the acronyms are not meant to be taken literally .

BlueBelle
I'm suitably chastised, and apologise. I did use more than one search portal.

Siope

TBF, as MerylStreep gave a link to the meaning a couple of days ago, I’m tempted to write RTFT (not really, I just wanted to put in more abbreviations. Especially a sweary one).

When I followed Meryl's link this morning it led me to a twitter thread and this current discussion. Not everyone is on twitter and you can no longer read it without being registered. Even then, I had to follow the twitter thread to find it. It wasn't immediately obvious.

And we know that not everyone reads the thread before responding...

People are being very shirty today 😁

This thread has caused quite a lot of amusement but really it should have been in the pedants corner. GrannyGrunter has not come back so I hope she has not been put off GN (oops!) which would be a shame. I do remember some years ago a poster saying they used speech to text software to post and apologising for any mistakes. I dislike the use of D whatever and do not use but have now learnt to skim over that part of any posting, each to their own.

MaizieD, I sometimes think that some people use forums largely because they enjoy being shirty - in a safe, anonymous way - to other people.

Witzend I’ve just seen you ‘invent’ another abbreviation on a different thread - DSUI - do something useful instead!
I think that’s a great one to add to the list.
My favourite for any jobs around the house that are beyond me is GAMI - get a man in!

M0nica, thank you for your post on Fri 29-Dec-23 at 10:49:47. It summed up what I was thinking.

I have read GrannyGrunter's comments on other threads and they are certainly robust so I suspect they are always likely to inspire some pushback!

i think the OP is busy using her superb literacy and typing skills composing her autobiography,
How I Achieved Humility,
in ten volumes.
maybe.

A bit shitty Welbeck we re all different and all write in different ways
Maybe she wasn’t the best at humbly asking, but that doesn’t mean it’s right to make fun of her
So easy for threads to become nasty let’s start 2024 a bit easier

In my view its a case of some do and some don't. Its simply an abbreviation that is used on here.

Those who dislike can spell it out and those who like can abbreviate... 😃

I'm not bothered by acronyms I know they are widely used on this site, I don't bother with the prefaced, initial "d" whether it means dear or darling I've no idea, but I don't use it, each to their own. I was perplexed over on MN reading through one thread where the OP kept referring to her "LO" couldn't for the life of me work out what or indeed who that was until I tumbled "Little One" seemed a bit twee to me, why not baby, toddler, child, son or daughter, but hey ho we're all different. I think it's up to the individual how they wish to post or refer to members of their family.

BlueBelle, you are entitled to your opinion, of course.
on this occasion i do not concur.
happy new year.

Gosh! 8 pages already! This certainly has got people going.

I can't add much. Mamie has already addressed the 🐘 elephant in the room: that the thread title is hardly correct grammar.

And it has also been pointed out that, even though GN themselves use the term, DH, DD etc etc are NOT acronyms, but simply initialisms or abbreviations.

I trained as a typist and prefer to type out the whole word., but I have discovered a capslock button on my tablet now and can happily write DH, BTW, and so on without great strain (we are no longer using manual typewriters, after all)

Hope GrannyGrunter hasn't been frightened off.

And it has also been pointed out that, even though GN themselves use the term, DH, DD etc etc are NOT acronyms, but simply initialisms or abbreviations

That's right. An acronym should make another pronounceable word, so in fact BBC, NHS etc are not acronyms but NATO and UNICEF are.

Gosh, we do learn a lot from GN don't we. TTFN

I hate the abbreviations which start with ‘D’. Who, in normal conversation, describes their husband/child/grandchild/sibling/friend/whatever as ‘dear’ or ‘darling’? I also hate ‘fed up of’, as in the thread title.

Perhaps way back when GN started someone used D meaning damn husband and everyone assumed it meant dear or darling.

I don't assume what the D stands for until I have read the context. It could be Deaf or Demanding or Drunken as well as Dear, Darling, Damned or Dratted - all possible descriptions of our OHs (Other Halves)

toscalily

Perhaps way back when GN started someone used D meaning damn husband and everyone assumed it meant dear or darling.

😂😂😂

We can take it to mean whatever we want to.

I think it originated on MN so the second word is probably Head.

Perhaps we could have an abbreviation starting with ‘F’, to avoid doubt?

Some of the swearing on Mumsnet has even come as a surprise to me and I worked on a chatline with some etremely robust language.

Wonder if we will run to eight pages when this subject comes up yet again.

Like your 'D' descriptions Elegran

henetha

Gosh, we do learn a lot from GN don't we. TTFN

😁My dear old Mum still says that.