to think the word is 'Little'

[Arsenic]

Two syllables, hard consonant sound in the middle?

Ooh Smashley come back I've always wanted to ask an American about this one,

We Brits say 'I couldn't care less' when expressing I don't give a shit.

Americans tend to say 'I could care less' in the same context

What's the logic behind that one (I'm not meaning to be rude just curious how it sounds in your head as it were)

StrawberryCheese I'm also Scottish and the lito lady, lito man and litto princess were all written by other Scottish people.

I always use "weans" on FB, it's what I say in real life.

Gawjus? Gawjus!

What fresh hell.... I have NEVER come across that before.

I say I couldn't care less- I'm with the Brits on this one. I could care less seems awkward.

But suzanne, the 'lil' thing is now on MN, in otherwise sensible literate posts.

It's taken on a life of its own.

Arsenic, just give it a bit of time and 'lil' will be akin to 'gawjus' and 'r u ok hun'
those not of that ilk will no longer use it for fear of being taken as the type who express themselves in that fashion

'lil boy'

I'm sure this has never happened.

It's 'ill man surely...?

Promise?

Better than 'Lickle', that makes my teeth itch!

'Lil. Not ill you stupid bloody autocorrect.

I've wondered about 'I could care less'
is it perhaps along the lines of 'I could care less but not much less'
or is there some sarcasm?

I think it also depends on the accent.
If said (read) in a 'Gail Tuesday, page free moddle' accent it is unpleasant

but perhaps less so in a Penelope Pittstop lil ole me American accent?

Soup www.mumsnet.com/info/search?query=lil+boy

You have a point, though www.mumsnet.com/info/search?query=lil+man

Yes, Suzanne I think US southerners can pull it off, but how many do we have here? There aren't many on my FB.

Nevermind. Maybe everyone will read this and start writing proper.

If I ask a particular friend a question via text and she's happy with it, she will reply with 'K'. Arrrggh.

'Lickle' makes me irrationally violent and I have to restrain myself from screaming obscenities at the speaker and smashing their face in whisky repeatedly yelling ITS LITTLE!!!!!!!

And breath...

Where I live some women say the word 'bockle' instead of bottle when referring to a baby's bottle.

"Is it time for his bockle? Does he want a bockle of milk?"

It makes me want to scream!!!!!

Whilst not whisky!! Sometimes autocorrect also makes me want to scream!

I wrote l'il on Facebooksomething this morning.

Shouldn't that be Li'l ?

Shockers is too busy self flagellating with a thorny branch to comment.

I thought whisky sounded a bit generous

I'm seeing "then" used instead of "than" (e.g. "I'm better then all of you") more and more recently, but British people as well as Americans. Also saw it done by an Australian the other day. So annoying!

YANBU.

I'm seeing a lot of "Lil" too and it makes me vomit in my mouth a little

I've seen lil on here. It's bad enough on Facebook.

I hate "little man" anyway, even typed in full.

"I'm so proud of are Lil men. There so good for they're teachers"