To really dislike the acronym OH?

[MrsLyman]

I know it's a bit trivial but I get a bit irked everytime I come across it.

Me too. I am whole, all by myself.

Yabu, I think it's a nice cover-all thingy, wheras 'Mrs' is quaint! Na, na, na, na, NAH!!!

I hate all mumsnet acronyms. I don't understand the point of them at all - why not just use the actual words, it only takes about half a second longer to type. And it's got confusing too, all this DSIS and STBEX and WAHMS and WOHMS and whatever, it makes people look like they've got caps-lock tourettes.

You shouldn't have to consult a reference list to understand what the hell someone is going on about.

If this had been Mumsnet 50 years ago the acronym would have been BH. Don't think you hear that any more do you - although I do try to get my OH to use it

OH is not the other half of yourself, it's the other half of a couple, so YABU.

what Fred said.

I hate DP, we're all have our cross to bear

I hate all the Ds more. They are just so twee. OH I can live with.

Dogs Euro?

D is good: dratted, damned, dog's breath etc

I heard a new reference to partner/spouse the other day: Life Companion.

My obnoxious neighbour referred to my LC (MUCH better than DH) and myself as 'bed fellows' when I told her we weren't married .

Ooops, my smilie looks bald..., that's better.

I've been using these acronyms on t'internet well before I was posting on MN.

I particularly like the 'd' one, it's not twee at all, especially when it refers to my dastardly children...

Btw, they are not just MN acronyms - they are used all over the global Internet chat rooms

X-post Tapir

I don't mind but they do seem to get a bit complicated and I have to re-read when lots of them are used one after the other for different family members. I also forget what PITA is and haven't got a clue what HTH means

Tante

HTH = Hope That Helps
PITA = Pain In The Arse

I hate all mumsnet acronyms. I don't understand the point of them at all - why not just use the actual words, it only takes about half a second longer to type. And it's got confusing too, all this DSIS and STBEX and WAHMS and WOHMS and whatever, it makes people look like they've got caps-lock tourettes.

This.

WTF is the one that springs to mind every time I see them.

thanks tapir.

I only really use it because there was a time when my husband was being such Dick Head that I can't write DH about him without thinking dickhead. I am also a whole person and don't actually feel that I need him, or anyone else to complete me in any way. For the record, he shown quite a few redeeming qualities since that time.

Mumsnet has changed me. I find posts that don't use the acronyms harder to read. When people start posing about person A and friend B I struggle to follow.

They are not Mumsnet acronyms. They are internet acronyms.

I know it is hard for some people to understand, but Mumsnet is not the internet and was not and is still not the only or first parenting/relationship site.

That being said, I don't use them. I actually type my husband, my son etc.

Agree that they are internet-wide, and I still bloody hate them (as I posted last week). It's not difficult to use a generic name instead of 'Friend A' - let's call her 'Jane' shall we? - if that's confusing.

"I find posts that don't use the acronyms harder to read"

Really? That's unfortunate. How do you manage with things like books and newspaper articles?

TeeElf
"I know it is hard for some people to understand, but Mumsnet is not the internet and was not and is still not the only or first parenting/relationship site."

Thanks! But I did know that. However, it is the only site I frequent (and there are many) where this sort of thing goes on. Everywhere else, people manage to express themselves using widely recognised words, apart from ubiquitous stuff like "lol", which I don't mind at all for some reason.