to pronounce...

[Minerves]

the acronyms used on these threads as words in my head when I read? (ie AIBU=ayboo, YANBU=yanboo, YABU=yaboo). and IRL I keep wanting to say these as actual words in conversations!

It took me ages to work out what AIBU meant when I joined

It never occurred to me to do that, but we have a specialized computer system at work, and we do that for a lot of the screen names.

I'm still not sure what SEN means, even though I see it on here all the time, and it took me a long time to figure out OTT.

On many occasions whilst writing a text message I have accidentally referred to my baby as DS

SEN - special educational needs? That was always my guess anyway

Took me ages to work out what NC was and I bet there are plenty out there that I have no clue about

I do it all the time! Also dee aitch and dee ess.

Haha I do the dee aitch and dee dee etc! & often go to refer to my husband as my dh and baby as ds

Me and my "dee aitch" both do this (he's a mumsnetter too) :)

While we're on the subject of pronouncing things, Minerves, I'm having difficulty with your user name. Is it to be said in a French accent, suggesting a wise, willowy, inspirational type? Or the more prosaic "My Nerves!"?

Ahh finally, I've always wondered if other people do this! I also read yanboo, dee aitch etc. My mind even has a go at the more impossible ones - 'eye-swim' for iyswim 'ick-wime' for ikwym.

'Rolf' for ROFL.

I've heard "ROFL" turned into a verb: "I'm roffling". It was on the radio, so it was probably done for comic effect, but it worked quite well, and not just thanks to the lovely Marcus Brigstocke.

I don't do this but i have found myself in real life saying 'it's not unreasonable' or 'am I being unreasonable' a lot! The vocab has obvs sunk into my psyche!
Still don't know what HTH means???

Happy To Help, charity!

While we're on the subject of pronouncing things, Minerves, I'm having difficulty with your user name. Is it to be said in a French accent, suggesting a wise, willowy, inspirational type? Or the more prosaic "My Nerves!"?

The second!

I also say dee dee, dee ess etc.

Yanboo, obviously, OhPea.

I thought HTH was 'Hope that helps'

It might! I'm usually wrong

Been on here some time now and have managed to work out what most things mean but HTH has always puzzled me; thought it was some sort of insult as it's often written at the bottom slightly sarcastic posts.

Thanks for enlightening me.

I always pronounce it yanboo in my head too I've also addressed my son as 'DS' before

Have any of you ever been on the TTC (trying to conceive) threads. I am certainly not in that category as a grandmother aged 70! but my friend's daughter is TTC and she's not on the internet so I took a look at one of the threads to see if I could pick anything up...............OMG the acronyms are utterly baffling - POA (peeing on a stick) DPO (days past ovulation) but so many more that I just gave up. I have to admit that both my children were "unplanned" or to be more blunt "mistakes" but I am SO glad that I never had to go through a similar tortuous process that these poor women.

Sorry my last sentence doesn't make sense but I think you know what I mean.

Aaaaah.....
Thanks Stupidhead

My very, very favourite acronym ever is TSSDNCOP. MNHQ use it from time to time. There is even a user with that as her name. Very cool.

Stands for The Secret Service Does Not Comment On Procedure. It's from The West Wing (TV)

I also think "TLDR" a lot but would never actually say so on a thread. (Too Long; Didn't Read)

Neither are particularly unique to MN though.

Ok while we are on the subject, what is PFB? I think I might know but I don't want to say in case I am wrong and look silly :D

You do all know that there's an acronyms page - link at the top of the Talk page, don't know what it's like on mobile devices so here you go.

HTH

and yes, I sometimes think of DD as 'deedee'.

I did not know there was an acronyms page! Incredibly useful thank you! Have bookmarked it :D