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To be this thick?

197 replies

NoShitHemlock · 25/02/2019 15:01

Obviously having a (completely) lazy day including several cups of coffee and a good nose around MN when I noticed "TIA" at the end of a post. Not the first time I have noticed this, and I thought "Cor - that Tia gets around a bit - turning into a bit of a prolific poster. It's a bit odd she keeps putting her name at the bottom of her posts tho....."

And then the penny dropped.

TIA
or for you lovely ladies who are just as daft as I am...
Thanks In Advance Grin

OP posts:
Asta19 · 25/02/2019 15:20

You're not alone! Exactly the same thing happened to me Grin

StealthPolarBear · 25/02/2019 15:22

When I first joined I thought writing "bump" on a thread, any thread, was a pregnancy announcement

AgentProvocateur · 25/02/2019 15:26

I thought for years that there was a very high incidence of men with eating disorders (ED) on Mumsnet, before realising it meant erectile dysfunction. Grin (and I stared a thread about it at the time too, many years ago)

Mother87 · 25/02/2019 15:28

We've all been there in one way or anotherGrin

ILoveMaxiBondi · 25/02/2019 15:32
Grin

This may or may not be the perfect thread to ask this on.

In FB selling pages I’ve noticed some people posting “next” under a post. Its never the person who has posted the ad or discussion. has been under items listed for sale and things like “does anyone know which chemist is open on Sunday”. To me it comes across as very rude. Like the person is saying “can’t help you, move along” but that doesn’t seem right. Surely they would just ignore it? Does anyone know what it means?

KittyLover91 · 25/02/2019 15:33

Hahaha bless you. There is still loooooads i have no idea what they mean! Always hoping to stumble a across a thread with all of them in

QuirkyQuark · 25/02/2019 15:36

Max it means they want to be next inline for the item.

WonderTweek · 25/02/2019 15:39

I've thought this too! Grin Also whenever someone with a name like user75356435 posts I always thought it's just one person who has chosen quite an odd number combo as their screen name. Took me a while to realise that the numbers change... Blush

ILoveMaxiBondi · 25/02/2019 15:40

it means they want to be next inline for the item.

Oh that does make sense! I’ve seen it on discussion posts though so no items being sold.

NunoGoncalves · 25/02/2019 15:44

When I first joined I thought writing "bump" on a thread, any thread, was a pregnancy announcement

Hahahah that's much better than not knowing what TIA means! Grin

I'm just imagining your thought process when someone doesn't get any replies for 20 minutes then posts "bump" and you're sitting there thinking it's a bizarre pregnancy announcement. Grin

Saltovinegar · 25/02/2019 15:44

I don't know if I'm also being thick but can someone tell me why people post a Q on some threads. Does it mean something?

TIA!!

QuirkyQuark · 25/02/2019 15:45

Sometimes on some groups they're set up like selling groups and it's really easy to hit the stupid 'next' button. I've done it a few times and then had to apologise that my sausage fingers had accidentally done it Grin

GraceMarks · 25/02/2019 15:51

It took me AGES to work out what HTH meant. In the end, I googled it... I also couldn't work out what all the DH, DW, DD etc abbreviations meant. I still don't use them and insist on typing out husband, wife, daughter or whatever. I'm like that elderly relative everyone has who uses full sentences in all their texts (and yes, I do that too...)

brew0andbiscuits · 25/02/2019 16:01

It took me ages to figure out TIA and I thought the exact same as you OP hahaha. I was always wondering why you would end an anonymous post with your name at the end

StealthPolarBear · 25/02/2019 16:02

NunoGoncalves

Yes, does anyone know what time asda opens on Sundays?

Bump

Awwww congratulations :)

:o

alwaysthepessimist · 25/02/2019 16:04

Oh there are still some I don't know the answer to and posters that seem to write almost the entire posts with acronyms I can't cope with - by the end of the first line I have totally lost point and give up!

I also cannot for the life of me work out how you can name change temporarily.....it's beyond me....

FriarTuck · 25/02/2019 16:09

I don't know if I'm also being thick but can someone tell me why people post a Q on some threads. Does it mean something?
I saw this earlier and just assumed someone and mistyped and pressed post. Maybe not then Blush

Saltovinegar · 25/02/2019 16:11

I assumed the Q was fat fingers initially but it keeps popping up on different threads so it must mean something?

Rade · 25/02/2019 16:13

I always thought is was "thanking you in anticipation"?

VanGoghsDog · 25/02/2019 16:14

I work for a large multinational organisation which is HO in an EU country, not the UK.

Some of our teams put 'regards' in the language of that country at the end of their emails.

One of my colleagues saw this in a reply to her and thought the email was being signed off by a different person and that someone else had accessed that person's mailbox!

Bracknellite · 25/02/2019 16:15

Here on mumsnet I spent months thinking CF was Control Freak.

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NoShitHemlock · 25/02/2019 16:21

Apparently I am not the only thick one here Halo

I know that there is a link somewhere in the nether regions of MN that explains the alphabet soup, but being old an experienced interweb user I refuse point blank to read it.

On that note, what the hell does HTH mean? Asking for a friend....

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ImARocketMan · 25/02/2019 16:23

HTH means "hope that helps", hth Wink

I always thought when someone posted just one letter or a full stop on a post they were place-marking? I guess the Q maybe does mean something if lots of people do it?!

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NoShitHemlock · 25/02/2019 16:26

@ImARocketMan my friend thanks you Wine Grin

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CaptainButtock · 25/02/2019 16:33

Ooh while we’re at it...could someone decipher ‘piv’ (In relation to sex) and also ‘pfb’ or ‘pbf’ in relation to babies?
Ta Smile

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