OT - Forum Decorum

[Saxon]

Another common one I see a lot here is IMHO or In My Humble Opinion. I don’t use it much, my girlfriend says I am not humble.

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Saxon:
Another common one I see a lot here is IMHO or In My Humble Opinion. I don’t use it much, my girlfriend says I am not humble.<hr></blockquote>

Absolute fair comment - my wife would fully agree with you (about me, not you)

[DirectorTsaarx]

Try the following link for a list of Internet abbreviations:

Smidgionary at The Shoebox (http://pages.prodigy.net/carljones/smidgionary.html)

[Gryphin]

I have not seen it used here but just in case:
LOLROTFPIMP
Lauging Ot Loud, Rolling on the Floor, P**ing In My Pants.
Persaonly I prefere, &lt; deep rolling chuckle &gt;

[Shyrka]

I had to ask the same things a while ago, Growltigga. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Since then, i use this abreviated expresions quite often.

[Growltigga]

World's stupidest question but for us internet virgins, can someone tell me what the various slang terms mean eg LOL, IIRC, BTW etc

[dumbluck]

Laugh Out Loud, If I Recall Correctly, By The Way.

[Growltigga]

Cheers Dumbluck, knew I could rely on you to be (a) up early in the morning your time (b) willing to give a response and (c) smelling of chocolate

LOL

[dumbluck]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Yea, but it's about time for me to get off the computer. I'm just waiting for baby boy's internal alarm clock to go off. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Shyrka:
I had to ask the same things a while ago, Growltigga. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Since then, i use this abreviated expresions quite often.<hr></blockquote>

Must be us Europeans just being out of the loop on this slang

[Saxon]

You think internet slang is bad, imagine poor Canadian me dealing with heavy English accents and Cockney rhyming slang when I spent a year in the UK! I went on a blind date with a Geordie lass and we literally could not understand each other. It was more of a blind and deaf date. As someone said, North America and the UK are two cultures, divided by a common language.

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Saxon:
I went on a blind date with a Geordie lass and we literally could not understand each other.

That is not just a problem encountered by Canadians I'll have you know, I am from Kent (the Alabama of England) and when I first met a Geordie, I thought they were Polish


It was more of a blind and deaf date.

I take it this means you were unsuccessful then!!

As someone said, North America and the UK are two cultures, divided by a common language.

I would prefer to say two unrelated cultures, miles apart, one with better dietary habits and one of which speaks a bastardised Version of the other's language and as for culture??!!<hr></blockquote>

[Puke]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
I would prefer to say two unrelated cultures, miles apart, one with better dietary habits and one of which speaks a bastardised Version of the other's language and as for culture??!!
<hr></blockquote>

sounds like petty jelousy in the face of our superior toilet paper.

[tesco samoa]

and as for culture........

he shoots he scores........

[nippy the magical duck]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Puke:


sounds like petty jelousy in the face of our superior toilet paper.<hr></blockquote>

having spent two years living in San Fransisco, I can assure you that north american toilet paper is no different to european bog roll

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tesco samoa:
and as for culture........

he shoots he scores........<hr></blockquote>

that coming from a Canadian?? I rest my case my lord

[Growltigga]

what is 'AFAIK' BTW? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

AFAIK = As Far As I Know

[Growltigga]

Ah, that explains everything - that now means I have the hang of LOL, AFAIK, BTW, IMHO, OTOH and IIRC

anything else I should know for this forum?

[Puke]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
anything else I should know for this forum?<hr></blockquote>

yeah, now that you know what they all mean, you can be all effete by refusing to endorse internet pop-culture and typing things out the long way.

also, you can use all those instant emoteicons or Graemlins, or what ever the hell you want to call those little smileyfaced things. not to mention bold and italics and other html-ish things.

[tesco samoa]

Actually Growltigga
I am Irish.

From Londonderry Northern Ireland.

My Dad is from your area.

Rochdale.

I look forward to the day that I can see the place. (Ontario is a long way away and the exchange is horrible. )

Take care.

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Rochdale.

I look forward to the day that I can see the place.<hr></blockquote>

TS, good to know this forum is not all north americans - us europeans, south americans and antipodeans need to stick together

Rochdale? no disrespect to your dad intended but save your cash and go to the Dominican Republic ro the Maldives instead - Rochdale is not really worth the cash whatever the exchange rate - you have my sympathies as my dad is from London and when I first went to see the old place - oh dear oh dear oh dear

got to ask - where does Tesco Samoa come from ie the name rather than the man

[tesco samoa]

Nick name.

From my B.C. days ( Bare Chest without shame )

I grew up listening to a band called the Meatmen and the lead singer's name was Tesco Vee.

I always liked the name so when people asked what my nick name was Tesco was given.

Later on (around 1991 ) University days.... Ottawa Ontario I lived in a house where everyone went by their nick name so I decided to add a Last name to the nick name and I decided on the Country of Samoa. Since their only major problem at the time was that they had too many seagulls and removing the seagull crap was a national crisis. It was building up quicker than it was removed. Made sence at the time.

And I always used the id for bbs logins and email addresses etc.... So I keep the nick name going.

And I am located in North America right now, so I get to stick with everyone ( if they want )

By the way. Real name is Simon Baxendale and yes I am related to the actress.

It was a pleasure to dig into the past.

And you ???

[Growltigga]

Right, that explains a lot - I did wonder because 'Tesco' is Britian's leading supermarket chain (kind of like Wal-Mart but much better class) and I thought you might have some connection, if onl to their fruit and vegetable department.

'Samoa' - I wasn't aware of their guano problem - the only Samoans I have met are rugby players and they are exceptionally big chaps - I wouldn't dream of going up to one and asking them about their seagull crap problem!

I use Growltigga for log-ins - it is actually the name of one of my cats (sad I know) but comes from my old rock band days where my nick name was "GT" - this stood for Gin & Tonic which I used to drink by the bucket - the wifes' polite nickname for me is "Tigger" due to my boundless energy and 'Growltigger' was followed through a bizarre but very English thought pattern

Helen Baxendale - grrrr!!! I have met her you know - she stars in a series over here called Cold Feet which is set in Manchester and in fact used the board room at my office for some of the shots - she is a very attractive girl in the flesh

My real name is Rob, not related to anyone famous (save William Golding 'Lord of the Flies') as far as I know

Born in London, grew up in Canterbury, Kent (southern England), worked in London and then Germany, Greece, Switzerland, South Africa and New York and now work in Manchester where I moved after I got married. Cant stand the city and live out in the Cheshire countryside.

You are right, it is good fun to delve into the past

Take care

[dumbluck]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
Ah, that explains everything - that now means I have the hang of LOL, AFAIK, BTW, IMHO, OTOH and IIRC

anything else I should know for this forum?<hr></blockquote>

IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer. It was a joke a while back; unfortunately, I no longer remember the punchline....

[tesco samoa]

Lord of the Flies

Good book. Read it twice.

Anyone else want to explain there handle ????

[Praetor]

Praetor... The officers from the Roman Praetorian Guard. I thought it sounded cool, and figured anything along the lines of "Emperor" would already be taken, or at least passé.

BTW, I lived in England for three years, and have heard just about every good-natured and not so good-natured argument about why Americans or Britons are superior. I finally came to the conclusion: why argue about it? When the French are so much more annoying than anyone? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Also, in case anyone had doubts as to whether I'm total geek, that quote about England and America being divided by a common language is from Oscar Wilde.

[Suicide Junkie]

I needed to create a login name, so I pondered long and hard to find a name that:
a) looked/sounded neat
b) could not be taken too seriously.

After a week, this was the best I could come up with. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[capnq]

Long, long ago, in a thread (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=23&t=002871) far, far away... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Growltigga]

Praetor, I like the French for all their faults, Canadians and Australians are good people too!!

BTW, Praetors were not officers in the Praetorian guard, the guard was formed originally to guard praeteors. The title originally meant a consul, and later a judicial magistrate. In 242 B.C. two praetors were appointed, the urban praetor (praetor urbanus), deciding cases to which citizens were parties, and the peregrine praetor (praetor peregrinus) deciding cases between foreigners. The urban praetor exercised the functions of the consuls in their absence and of the peregrine praetor when he was holding a military command. As I recall, two additional praetors were appointed to administer Sicily and Sardinia, and two more to administer Spain. A principal duty of praetors was the production of the public games. Under the empire, the functions of the praetor were gradually taken over by the other magistrates and title was more an honorific.

I guess you want to be more a Praetorian ie a elite guardsman of the late empire (and generally a german mercenary) rather than a Praetor (a magistrate and game producer) - maybe not

PS spot who did classical civilizations at uni

[tesco samoa]

is it me or has this forum been really busy lately.

There has to be about 60 threads running right now. Shouldn't we be slowing down before gold??

I am coming here 3 times a day now to keep up.

Ouch.

Not complaining.

P.s. Canadians are quite polite.

If you hit there parked car in their driveway the first things out of their mouth will be 'Sorry about putting the car in driveway' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Growltigga]

must be because lots of forum lurkers have lots to say - I suspect when Gold comes out the forum will go into meltdown

Canadians are nice and polite - just like British - muggers over here ask permission first 'Excuse me old bean, would you mind awfully if I just helped myself to your wallet?' 'Yes?, oh well, never mind, sorry to have troubled you' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Fyron]

As an ex-semi-lurker, I know what you're talking about. I have made about 80 Posts in the Last 2 weeks or so. KA-BOOOM!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif


Actually, that number might be closer to 60 or so. I can't remember what my # of Posts were before this explosion.


[ 18 January 2002: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]</p>

[oleg]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by dumbluck:


IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer. It was a joke a while back; unfortunately, I no longer remember the punchline....<hr></blockquote>

may be it was :

"I am a doctor, not a lawyer!"

[Growltigga]

dumbluck, I really hope the punchline was worth it!

if you want to hear a good lawyer joke, I think the best doing the rounds at the moment is

Q "what do lawyers use for contraception?"

A "their personalities"

[LLB]

More or less on the off-topic of "Forum Decorum", I was just browsing postings and looking at people's "ranks" (wondering if I would ever post enough to get myself promoted to corporal), when I noticed something that gave me a chuckle -- all you "seargeants" out there have your ranks misspelled (should be sergeant, according to my dictionary). So there! Now I can feel better for still being a lowly pfc.

(Actually, whoever is responsible for this can count themselves in good company. I read somewhere that Leon Uris -- and his editors -- misspelled sergeant 108 times in his bestseller "Battle Cry".)

[Shyrka]

suicide_junkie, you sometimes post a message with a single word, BUMP. Please, can you tell me what does it mean? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

[dumbluck]

He does that to bump the thread back up to the top so that it doesn't get lost in the mass of old topics no-one looks at anymore. He does it to keep the discussion going, to keep the thread alive.

PS I know I'm not SJ, but hey, I knew the answer, and I'm sure he won't mind! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Do I really bump that much more than other people around here?
I really can't remember the Last time I did...
...A search tells me I've only used the word bump in five threads, not nessesarily as a "bump", either.

[ 20 January 2002: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]</p>

[Shyrka]

Thank you for your answers, I'm learning... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Do I really bump that much more than other people around here?
<hr></blockquote>

Not really, but every time I see it I cannot understand anything http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif and that annoys me because I'm usually very interested in the discussion http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I mentioned your name because the first time I saw it was in one of your Posts a while ago, and I spent some time trying to imaginate an English phrase that could match that four characters (B.U.M.P.) and with some sense http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (Expressions, components, strategies even PBW games)

Of course, I couldn't http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

[Phoenix-D]

" English phrase that could match that four characters (B.U.M.P.) and with some sense"

Heh. That is your problem right there- it is NOT a phrase. It's a word.

"bump" in this case means "bump it to the top". Think about keeping a volleyball in the air. "bump" in a non-internet context just means a small collison.

Phoenix-D

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by LLB:
all you "seargeants" out there have your ranks misspelled (should be sergeant, according to my dictionary)<hr></blockquote>

maybe it is intentional so that all 'seargeants' are considered to be 'hot stuff'

think about, think about it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

How about:
"Bump Up Many Posts"
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
How about:
"Bump Up Many Posts"
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <hr></blockquote>

better than my Version which would have been 'bringing up mediocre prattle' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Phoenix-D]

""Bump Up Many Posts""

Hmm, infinite regression..

B(B(B(B(B(Bump Up Many Posts)ump Up Many Posts)ump Up Many Posts)ump Up Many Posts)ump Up Many Posts)ump Up Many Posts....on and on and on..

Phoenix-D

[Growltigga]

can someone get a medic for Phoenix D? I think he has sniffed the tippex a little bit too much http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

"Easy now Colonel, we've got you...
Remember that "bump" is also an english word, and the english-word base case occurs as soon as it is part of a sentence.
You'll be fine now, as long as you don't think about GNU.

[Phoenix-D]

What? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Phoenix-D

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
What? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Phoenix-D<hr></blockquote>

dont worry mate, just rest easy, everything will be fine you'll see

[LLB]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:


maybe it is intentional so that all 'seargeants' are considered to be 'hot stuff'

think about, think about it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <hr></blockquote>

Maybe, but I thought we frowned on flaming in this forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by LLB:


Maybe, but I thought we frowned on flaming in this forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif <hr></blockquote>

Now that made me LOL - excellent LLB
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[tesco samoa]

growltigga your sign.

what is it

vathia is ancient greek right ??

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>vathia is ancient greek right ??[/QB]<hr></blockquote>

TS - very well spotted, it is Greek but modern and not ancient - I worked in Athens for a while and my clan had a house on an island called Patmos

It is a little rude (only in a Monty Pytonesque kind of way than anything vernacular or obscene) so I wont translate it save that it involves sea urchins (achinos) and sharp sticks (souvlaki) and for your information, 'vathia' means deep http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[dogscoff]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>
What?
<hr></blockquote>

GNU. It's another self-referential acronym: Gnu's Not Unix. Basically it's a reference to Linux.

(Disclaimer: I know it's more complicated than that, but I can't remember the details, before all you Linux gurus start beating me with your sandals.)

[tesco samoa]

speaking of linux anyone here playing seiv on linux???