abbreviations

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just a quick one, can you please let me in on the code-d,ds,dh etc.I am sure it is really obvious but i can't make it out.What do you all mean?

What do all the abbreviations mean, for example;
d/ds/dh etc, what do you all mean?It must be obvious but i am confused...

oh god it has gone up twice, i'm not that confused...that was my mistake, i pressed the wrond thing!

Dh = darling husband, ds = darling son,dd- darling daughter, imo=in my opinion, ime =in my estimation, btw = by the way, lol= laugh out loud.

Hope that starts you off!

IMHE - In my humble opinion,
TIA - Thanks in advance
HTH - Hope that helps
MIL - Mother in law
FIL/SIL/BIL father/sister/brother in law

An others...

Oooops, that should have been

IMHO - In my humble opinion,

(seves me right for showing off!)

I thought IME was In My Experience? If not I've been using it incorrectly! Also, IWKWIM = If You Know What I Mean and OTOH = On The Other Hand.

Probably means both www!

Probably Lou33 and there's a typo in my post: IYKWIM, not IWKWIM...

sort of on the same subject. How do you make the smiley/grouchy/winky faces?

A smiley is a colon : and a right-hand bracket ) right next to each other.
A sad face is the same with a left hand bracket (

I forget how you do a mad grin!

And I think a wink is a semi-colon ; and a )

A big grinning face is a colon : and a capital O

If you look above this thread at Useful Stuff, then click 'Getting Started' it tells you about how to do the Faces and how to do Links as well

How about PITA for pain in the ar*e! R

Thank you everyone, that is much clearer now.I shall be using them all now!

sorry i cant find out how to start a new subject can and body help

Anoushka, this had me confused for a while too. If you click on Topics at the top of the page, then click on the topic from the list you wish to start a new conversation on then when the list of discussions on that topic comes up go to the very bottom of the page and click on the grey box that says "Start New Conversation". HTH (just getting to grips with the lingo myself! )

What's ROFL?

Roll On Floor Laughing (one step forward from LOL!)