'My other half'

onlyroz

I also hate all the abbreviations. I have a husband, a daughter and a son, not a dh, dd and ds. As for using correct spelling or slang in written English, I think it's just sloppy not to at least attempt to write correctly (and it mostly takes the same time to write). My niece fills facebook with barely intelligible rubbish that makes her look like a moron . Eg yesterday she posted a pic of herself and my daughter with the caption ' Wiv my cozzen'. I'm sure she thinks she's being cool but I just think she's an idiot.

marisco_2

DannyBo wrote: »

I know..

But whilst I'm on the subject; 'how's you?' Also grates on my nerves..

And don't get me started on 'Yolo'

Oh dear I am so behind the times. I thought 'Yolo' was some new way to say 'Hello', till I read further down the thread and saw it means 'You only live once'

I think I need to have a strong coffee and wake myself up a bit. Clearly that glass or two of wine was not a good idea last night

pimento

pink_princess wrote: »

I use correct grammar when needed,

Good grammar is always needed.

One of my (many) pet hates is 'hubby'. *cringe*

It took me a long time to work out what the initials stand for on this forum. At first, I thought that DH stood for d!ckhead. In my head, it still does.

jackieb

coolcait wrote: »

I don't have any problem with this one.

I am who am I am - to coin a phrase . An individual. A unique being.

Or as Popeye would say, 'I is what I is.'

marisco_2

jackieb wrote: »

Or as Popeye would say, 'I is what I is.'

Thank you. Now I know where my seven year old got that phrase from. He says it every time I tell him off.

jackieb

onlyroz wrote: »

I also hate all the abbreviations. I have a husband, a daughter and a son, not a dh, dd and ds. As for using correct spelling or slang in written English, I think it's just sloppy not to at least attempt to write correctly (and it mostly takes the same time to write). My niece fills facebook with barely intelligible rubbish that makes her look like a moron . Eg yesterday she posted a pic of herself and my daughter with the caption ' Wiv my cozzen'. I'm sure she thinks she's being cool but I just think she's an idiot.

I post in my dialect on my facebook page, but that's because of how I talk. I know how to type in proper English, but it's not how I normally talk with people close to me. Typing like this, isn't who I am in real life - so I type as I talk when 'speaking' to someone local online. It doesn't make me an imbecile just because I talk, and type, with an accent. An accent of which i'm proud to have.

delain

DannyBo wrote: »

But why not just say 'Cyril' 'John' 'Fred' ??

If you want to make a statement, wouldn't 'the only man I've ever loved' aka tomiev or 'the one without whom I cannot breathe' aka towwicb

'My other half' is just lame - call him/her by their name

Some of us like MSE's relative anonymity, and wouldn't want their names all over t'internet.

Edit: someone beat me to it!

I've also had people referring to my partner as 'your husband' and it doesn't bother me at all.

Another edit (i should have read the whole thread before replying ) I don't think of DD1, DD2 whatever as meaning 'dear daughter' it has always been just something that means 'daughter' to me!

jackieb

In real life when I refer to my husband, I call him 'my man.' That's definitely a local thing, and it's used a lot. It's what my Mum called my Dad and what my Grandma called my Granda. I wouldn't refer to him as 'my man' on here as it sounds so possessive, but it doesn't when it's used locally. Man is only used when you're married. 'My lad' is used when he's just your boyfriend. It's quite complex when you come to think about it, so unless i'm speaking to another local then I don't use those terms. OH suits me fine when i'm using it on here.

ellay864

Am I the only one who'd neve heard of 'yolo' until reading this thread?
I use husband when talking in real life but would previously use the term 'other half'. Boyfriend just seems wrong when we're both over 40, partner made him sound like a business arrangement. As for 'tomiel'..that just wouldn't apply and I'm sure there must be plenty of people very happily married but not to tomiels!

Pollycat

ellay864 wrote: »

Am I the only one who'd neve heard of 'yolo' until reading this thread?

Nope, it's a new one on me too.

I have no objection to anyone using well-known abbreviations on a public forum, but I really dislike text-speak.

I don't use it when I text and find it a pain to read.
In fact, if I'm reading a thread that uses it in a post, I generally don't bother reading any further.

Some websites don't allow it - something to do with word recognition software.